Conneting to a computer using socket
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Hi, I am writing a small app to connect 2 computers. When i test the server side right from my computer, it 's ok. But because i am using a shared network with a router, my friends cannot connect to my computer by using my IP (because it is a local ip). Can anyone suggest a way to overcome this problem, please?
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Hi, I am writing a small app to connect 2 computers. When i test the server side right from my computer, it 's ok. But because i am using a shared network with a router, my friends cannot connect to my computer by using my IP (because it is a local ip). Can anyone suggest a way to overcome this problem, please?
You may configure your router for NAT [^], [^]. :)
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You may configure your router for NAT [^], [^]. :)
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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so, that 's means i have to configure something "manually". Is there any solution by using code? I just wonder how p2p apps can work when 2 comps connected directly to each other and one comp is under a shared network :omg:
bubuzzz wrote:
I just wonder how p2p apps can work when 2 comps connected directly to each other and one comp is under a shared network
When one of the two peer-to-peer appliacations is inside a private network, you've to configure (manually) the router for
NAT. :)If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Hi, I am writing a small app to connect 2 computers. When i test the server side right from my computer, it 's ok. But because i am using a shared network with a router, my friends cannot connect to my computer by using my IP (because it is a local ip). Can anyone suggest a way to overcome this problem, please?
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Port forwarding is not possible (see router configuration)?
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so, that 's means i have to configure something "manually". Is there any solution by using code? I just wonder how p2p apps can work when 2 comps connected directly to each other and one comp is under a shared network :omg:
bubuzzz wrote:
so, that 's means i have to configure something "manually". Is there any solution by using code? I just wonder how p2p apps can work when 2 comps connected directly to each other and one comp is under a shared network OMG
As long as one of the two peers is not firewalled (incoming connections are not blocked), they can make a connection. If both are in a local network without port forwarding it gets much more trickier, but there are still possibilities (as Skype shows). /M
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