Regarding not being able to stream via NAT...
I was streaming via a Netgear wireless router just fine... I
then got a D-Link VoIP router (TA) and now I can't stream... (even
after turning the W-router into a switch (turned off DHCP)..
I wasn't able to stream over another wireless router last year (don't
rememver whch one)... For some reason it seems to work over some
routers and not others...
I've emailed D-Link/Real to see if they can tell me something..
hopefully some magical setting I can set on the router... :-)
Otherwise, I may have to wait a few months until they support putting
the VoIP router (TA) behind another router (they are working on
it...)...
I was searching for the posts by "RS" and replies frmo MVPs and
couldn't fine it... Maybe it hasn't made it to Google Groups yet...
Could you give me some other text to search for?
Thanks
This was an extremely useful post and solved my problem. Thank you - I was
becoming obsessed with this:-)
I have been attempting to stream to an HP4150 running RealOne with no
success.
This is solved by port mapping. The attached section from Draytek help
explains this:
When running NAT (Network Address Translation) the Vigor router takes the
single public IP address, allocated by your ISP and automatically passes
data between it and the local PCs on your private local network. However,
with only one address visible to the outside world, external users cannot
address specific local PCs inside your network.
Therefore, an 'unsolicited' TCP/IP packet to your Internet IP address
would arrive at your router but then the router wouldn?t know who,
locally, the packet is intended for.
What is the difference between Port Mapping, Open Ports and DMZ ?
In the previous section, we discussed port mapping to allow internal
network devices (e.g. servers) to be accessible from the Internet. The
Vigor router actually supports three variants of port mapping methods, as
follows :
Port Redirection - The packet is forwarded onto a specific local PC if the
port number matches that defined. You can also translate the port to
another port locally.
Open Ports - As Port Redirection (above) but allows you to define a range
of ports.
DMZ Host - This opens up a single PC completely. All incoming packets will
be forwarded onto the PC with the local IP address you set. The only
exceptions are packets received in response to outgoing requests from
other local PCs or incoming packets which match rules in the other two
methods.
When using combinations of these three systems, there is a priority
structure; i.e. if a rule in one method co-incides with a rule in another
method, then there is strict precidence, so that the result should be
predictable. The precidence is as follows :
Port Redirection > Open Ports > DMZ
For example, if an incoming packet's port number matches a rule in both
'Port Redirection' and 'Open Ports' then the packet will be forwarded onto
the local address defined in 'Port Redirection'.
CWatters - 16 Jun 2004 11:00 GMT
> This was an extremely useful post and solved my problem. Thank you - I was
> becoming obsessed with this:-)
> I have been attempting to stream to an HP4150 running RealOne with no
> success.
> This is solved by port mapping. The attached section from Draytek help
> explains this:
Sorry if I'm being dumb but I thought last time I looked at this you had to
open up a very large number of ports to get it to work. Isn't that kinda
defeating the purpose of having a firewall or doesn't it compromise
security?