Improve TURN documentation. (#7167)

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Improve README.md by being explicit about public IP recommendation for TURN relaying.

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The following sections describe how to install [coturn](<https://github.com/coturn/coturn>) (which implements the TURN REST API) and integrate it with synapse. The following sections describe how to install [coturn](<https://github.com/coturn/coturn>) (which implements the TURN REST API) and integrate it with synapse.
## Requirements
For TURN relaying with `coturn` to work, it must be hosted on a server/endpoint with a public IP.
Hosting TURN behind a NAT (even with appropriate port forwarding) is known to cause issues
and to often not work.
## `coturn` Setup ## `coturn` Setup
### Initial installation ### Initial installation