In reverse order ... 3. AIM uses port 80 (and/or a port hopping scheme controlled on port 80) and you probably have that very open !
2. yowza ... i will take the fifth on that one 1. I think it may have to do with inverse addressing records. That function doesn't work on either my static public address or my local router supplied address. I think that because I do not have inverse pointer records declared for either address and as a result I get an empty when I call hostname(). There ought to be a shell command that will let you get the IP of the ethernet interface(s) In a message dated 3/26/04 1:14:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 1. This returns my local IP address on all my machines not > connected to my router: > get hostnametoaddress(hostname()) > But behind my router it returns empty. Why? > And what is the reliable way to obtain the local IP address? > > 2. I maintain a log of socket activity while I'm testing, which > includes my own calls as well as messages like socketClosed > and socketTimeout. I sometimes find that I get socketClosed > messages even as the session continues to work just fine. > I had the (evidently mistaken) impression that a socketTimeout > message was sent when a socket is closed due to a timeout. > But since the socket appears to remain open, what is the > common appropriate response to getting a socketTimeout message? > I'm assuming the answer is not to ignore it. :) > > 3. To have my apps connect through my router I need to configure > my router's address triggering, specifying the port I'm using. > Apparently this approach is used by many games as well, and > some routers come pre-configured with settings that can be > turned on for popular games. > Why does AIM not have this requirement? > I realize it's going through a server, but since the server > is outside my firewall shouldn't I need to explicitely allow > it to talk back to my machine? _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution