jay wrote: > However, has someone looked into the possibility that all the > IPAddresses could be behind T-Mobile's router with a network address > translator?
I don't have first-hand experience, but I would expect this would be the case. I will be shocked (shocked!) if each handset gets its own public IP address. > Which means there's no way for clients on the internet to > directly connect to these server sockets. Which, generally speaking, is a good thing, security-wise. > I am curious as I would like to start peer to peer messaging system > but this would only work if the devices are directly reachable from > the internet (as well as android phone to another android phone). P2P systems have a number of solutions for this -- search your favorite search engine for "NAT traversal". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_traversal -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
