chat program behind a router

[Mark Talluto]

On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 03:05  PM, Dar Scott wrote:
>>
>
> LOL!  I often see documentation, dialog boxes or other communication 
> that says "See your System Administrator."  But I am the system 
> administrator!

I am certain that if this does not kill me, it will make me stronger.

>
> Some routers are hard to set up.  Fortunately, IPNetRouter should be 
> easier than most.  I have never used it, but I'm aware of what it can 
> do.  It uses a different NAT terminology than I use.  To make a 
> connection from the outside to a computer on the LAN, use "inbound port 
> mapping."  You should also check your filters in the IP Filter to make 
> sure that all kinds of TCP packets can go both directions on the ports 
> and IP addresses you need.
>
> With "inbound port mapping" the computer on the outside will then try 
> to connect to the router (not the inside computer) on the port that 
> will forward to the port used on the inside computer.

It is funny you said this as I am knee deep in their .pdf manual just 
reading up on "inbound port mapping".  This is the trick for my personal 
needs.

>
>> Now putting a server outside the firewall is probably going to be very 
>> important to insure that all users can communicate no matter what 
>> their situation is.
>
> Note that the above method actually does put the service on the 
> Internet.  The service being in the trivial case one of the chat 
> clients.
>
> There are cases in which some strict firewalls will still block.  Some 
> won't allow connections to strange ports.  Some have software local to 
> each computer that will only allow certain applications to go through 
> the firewall.
>
> Dar Scott
>

The whole point of this chat program for me is to learn how to send data 
back and forth for network gaming.  I have grand visions of creating a 
multi-player game that I can build on my new founded knowledge of tcp, 
ports, networking, routers.... and the list goes on.

As time goes on, I may request support again.  In fact I am sure of it.

Thanks!

-Mark Talluto