3 Socket Q's but only 1.5 A's

[HyperChris at aol.com]

In reverse order ...

3. AIM uses port 80 (and/or a port hopping scheme controlled on port 80) and 
you probably have that very open !

2. yowza ... i will take the fifth on that one

1. I think it may have to do with inverse addressing records. That function 
doesn't work on either my static public address or my local router supplied 
address. I think that because I do not have inverse pointer records declared for 
either address and as a result I get an empty when I call hostname(). There 
ought to be a shell command that will let you get the IP of the ethernet 
interface(s)

In a message dated 3/26/04 1:14:46 PM, 
use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com writes:
> 1. This returns my local IP address on all my machines not
>     connected to my router:
>       get hostnametoaddress(hostname())
>     But behind my router it returns empty.  Why?
>     And what is the reliable way to obtain the local IP address?
> 
> 2. I maintain a log of socket activity while I'm testing, which
>     includes my own calls as well as messages like socketClosed
>     and socketTimeout.  I sometimes find that I get socketClosed
>     messages even as the session continues to work just fine.
>     I had the (evidently mistaken) impression that a socketTimeout
>     message was sent when a socket is closed due to a timeout.
>     But since the socket appears to remain open, what is the
>     common appropriate response to getting a socketTimeout message?
>     I'm assuming the answer is not to ignore it. :)
> 
> 3. To have my apps connect through my router I need to configure
>     my router's address triggering, specifying the port I'm using.
>     Apparently this approach is used by many games as well, and
>     some routers come pre-configured with settings that can be
>     turned on for popular games.
>     Why does AIM not have this requirement?
>     I realize it's going through a server, but since the server
>     is outside my firewall shouldn't I need to explicitely allow
>     it to talk back to my machine?