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Article #702Re: Port forwarding - NAT
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:34
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:34
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"rogo" <gui@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> I want to do this automatically
To do that, the router needs to support uPNP and have it enabled. XP has an
API available for uPNP:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa382303.aspx
> i am under the unserstanding that its called port forwarding.
Yes.
> Can someone tell me if iphlpapi can be used for port forarding.
No, it cannot.
> Is it only using the Upnp Api that i can accomplish this
Yes.
> is there other ways.
You could write code that mimics a web browser so it can log into the router
admin and process the pages the same way a user would. That would be the
long way to accomplish what you want, though.
> What would be BCB version of MS's CString
AnsiString
> i have MS code using Upnp but the stdafx just wont let me compile
You will need to convert the code to BCB's equivilents.
Gambit
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