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Re: PHP socket and NAT [message #177131 is a reply to message #177128] Thu, 23 February 2012 13:19 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Feb 23, 1:09 pm, "sl@exabyte" <sb5...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm assuming you're talking about talking to two people on a remote
>> LAN, and that LAN uses NAT to connect to the internet.
>
>> The first question is - who's connecting to whom?
>
>> If the remote systems are connecting to you, then there's no problem.
>> However, if you are trying to connect to them, there's a lot more work
>> involved.  The router must be set up with port forwarding and you have
>> to connect to the correct port to forward to the proper machine.
>
>> You can find more information in a TCP/IP newsgroup.
>
> I am thinking of the scenario where I am talking to 2 persons via the
> internet, and these 2 persons are in the same LAN, something like chatting.
> So the problem in my mind is that these 2 persons have the same IP.
No they don't, the local network will not allow it. They will have
different IP addresses.
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