Not possible on a shared web hosting service as I doubt they'll permit you to run any sort of service and may be locked down a lot further depending on how switched on the provider is.
VPS will do it no dramas. You'll need to write some sort of service to bind to an external IP and port. Piece of piss and heaps of code around to start from. David. David Connors da...@connors.com | M +61 417 189 363 Download my v-card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Follow me on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/davidconnors Connect with me on LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/davidjohnconnors On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Paul Evrat <p...@paulevrat.com> wrote: > Hi All,**** > > ** ** > > I want to receive raw TCP messages from an industrial device (that has an > in-built modem) at a *shared* web hosting service, is this possible?**** > > ** ** > > The modem requires an IP address and port number to send the messages to.* > *** > > ** ** > > I have received TCP messages before on a PC connected to the internet > using TcpListener(My Static IP, port number) by opening that port number > on the router but can it be done with a hosting service (pref shared > hosting) instead?**** > > ** ** > > I imagine an IP would be necessary to attach to the hosting address but > would this work given the Listener must address a port number?**** > > ** ** > > If not on shared hosting would a VPS do this? (Haven’t used one before.)* > *** > > ** ** > > Any pointers greatly appreciated.**** > > ** ** > > Regards .. Paul ..**** > > ** ** > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
