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Jan 03.2006

Hi, this isn’t really a java question as such, but since the program I made is written in java I thought someone here would know how to help…

I’m having problems hosting a server on my computer – I’ve made a ServerSocket and made it bind to my ip address, but since I’m on a router, I think it’s binding to my local IP address instead of my router’s IP, so it won’t work over the internet.

I’ve heard I can forward ports from my router to my computer so that this will work, but I tried changing the NAT settings on my router so that the appropriate port was forwarded to my computer, but it doesn’t seem to work.

Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? I assume the answer would be more to do with my router than my code though.

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@omnicityJan 04.2006 — Are you able to forward port 80 traffic, (or any other port for that matter) to your PC? If you can get that licked then you will be half-way there.

Alternatively, can you get a response from your app to another PC on the same network as you, ie behind the router?
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@BigDogJan 04.2006 — well, if you are running both the server and client on your pc, just use the loopback address. You will know for sure that it is not a network problem then.
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@agent_x91authorJan 04.2006 — yes omnicity, it works fine on the LAN, amongst the other computers on the router. And no, I don't seem to be able to forward port 80, which is why I thought it had to be a program caused by my router to begin with. Also, I tried getting someone else to host the server for me and it seemed to work fine over internet.

Anyone got any suggestions?
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@WaylanderJan 05.2006 — It sounds like you've got it figured and I would agree with you, some routers can do dodgy stuff ive had some fairly intersting experiences with them. Re-configuring the router would be a fairly good option, I would also look it up to see if anyone else has had the same issue with your model.

All else fails I would suggest borrowing someone elses router and putting it into your network if it works you will have isolated the problem to that specific device or its configuration.

Waylander.
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@agent_x91authorJan 05.2006 — Err, that's a little bit extreme. I'm pretty sure it's the device anyway, and I'm looking for a solution to the problem...
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