Hi. I'm new to this forum, so, please forgive me if I've broken any rules. I've written a few p2p applications in java for clients that run on the same local area network. But I would like to know how to make a p2p socket connection between two computers across the internet. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
For a Lan, the computers can ping each other, so, it is a trivial matter to create a socket connection to any listening IP on the LAN. But this would not work across the internet, unless of course one of the systems has a live IP. I want both systems to be able to communicate directly without having to rout all the information through a server. Thanks for your help
If you're connected to the internet, you have a live IP. It might not be a static IP. If it isn't, you have to work around that by getting one, or purchasing a service that deals with that, or have some side means of communications that makes your current, dynamic one known.
If I connect to a server with a static live IP, would that server be able to view my dynamic live IP? If not, Could you please tell me how I could make a dynamic IP known? Thanks for your help
