Client Server using Internet [ask]

[Papang]

Ohh my, you're right. I ping my router, not my host. That's why the client never reach the server.

Do you know how to setting it?

I'm using laptop and PC.

[cschneider]

depends on your router...there are normally options called "port forwarding" which allow you to forward a port to your computer...as the name says ;-). there, you can define a port which will be, when accessed, directly forwarded to your computer...or you can define your computer as exposed host, which means all ports or incoming requests are forwarded...

[cschneider]

oh...and if you have one device directly connected to internet (without router, that means it has a public ip address), you can try changing the role of server and client for a test...if the server has a reachable ip from the internet, the client should have access to it, even if its behind a router (the client!!)

[Papang]

Huahh, it's quite complicated.. I have no basic in networking so its quite hard for me, but let me try first then..

[cschneider]

which router do you have?

[Papang]

Belkin..