Receiving data with Sockets when behind a Router

[Derek Bump]

So I have an idea to help resolve the issue of port forwarding.  I did 
some testing with a friend overseas (Japan) and my computer (USA).  He's 
behind a router and I am not, but it's apparent that his router supports 
Port Triggering.  I know this because the Port that his computer 
supplied to me during the socket connection (that he initiated) was like 
324 or 243.

The model of my program is that of a program that acts as a client and 
server, and occasionally updates it's information with a central server. 
  So could I do this to overcome the Port Forwarding issue:

   1. Client A opens a socket to the Primary Server.

   2. Primary Server stores the IP Address & Port.

   3. Client B gets Client A's IP Address & Port from the Primary Server.

   4. Client B opens a socket to Client A with the IP Address & Port 
that it just received.


Would this work?  The reason Client A connects to the Primary Server is 
because Client B has no idea what the IP of Client A is, and I want to 
eliminate the need for Static IP's and services for such.


Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/



Derek Bump wrote:
> I'm in need of some guidance.  How do you resolve an IP address when 
> it's behind a router or a firewall?
> 
> I'm trying to build a simple communications device in Revolution, and I 
> have been looking at some of the demo stacks that are out there.  They 
> all work wonderfully, but I occasionally run into the problem of being 
> behind a Wireless Router.
> 
> My IP address when connected through the router is 192.168.0.7, while 
> the outside world see my IP as 69.179.91.117.  Attempting to connect to 
> the public IP address results in nothing.
> 
> I mean I'm figuring with all the Instant Messengers and P2P programs out 
> there that there's a way to do this.  Help!
> 
> 
> Derek Bump
> Dreamscape Software
> http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com/
> 
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your 
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
> 
> 
>