Question

I have made a simple server running locally using tcplisten and it works fine over local network e.g. (127.0.0.11:8888).

But how do I now receive connections to the server from the internet, what ip and port do I set??

Thanks

Answer 1

There are a few things you need to do:

1) Log in to your Router and set up port forwarding:

1. From a computer that is connected to the router…
2. Find out your router’s local network IP address and connect to that address in your web browser (common ip’s are 10.0.1.1 or 10.0.1.254 or 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254).
3. Find the menu option in the router that allows you to set up port forwarding.
4. Add a port to forward and enter your server’s network IP address (should be close to the router’s ip address) and desired port number.
5. Save and close.

2) Add an exception to your firewall to allow TCP traffic from your desired port.

3) Find out the public IP address of your router (try http://www.myipaddress.com) and attempt to connect to your server using that address.

That should be all you need to do.