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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:50

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"roger" <rogersmail@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> so if i am using a router and the router accepts the incoming call
> for the realip i can either have the server port diversion in the
> router admin pointing to the correct PC on my lan.

You have to do that anyway.  So you don't really have any benefit in
detecting the presence of a router, because the client machine still has to
listen on its local machine and have the router be configured to forward
data to that machine.

> if i am not using a router etc then mr joe can connect directly
> to my realip where the server would be listening on the port assigned.

It has to listen there either way.


Gambit

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