Thanks for the link. I guess we'll have to wait and see what type of NAT they'll put in place.
On Oct 12, 2:47 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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, > 2009http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
