C# I can't get my client connect to my own server

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Hello!

I have a problem with my own program.

Source for server:

MSIL

mainServer.ServerBindIPAdress = "my ip address";
            mainServer.ServerBindPort = 1897;

Source for client:

mainClient.Connect("my ip adress", "1897", false);

Now when I try to connect it's just throw an exception that the server couldn't respond in time.

I have opened the 1897 port in my router. Pics:http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/1992/portok.png[^]

OS:windows 7
used program:Microsoft Visual studio c# 2008

PS.:On network it works perfectly, and so on localhost.

Posted 5-Sep-10 7:42am

velvet7

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Per Söderlund · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-05T19:14:00

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If i got this right you want your client software to connect to your server software through your router from outside of your network?

If that is the case you need the client to connect to your server side external ip adress(you can get it here http://www.whatismyip.com/[^]), then you have to forward the port from the router to your computer.

Posted 5-Sep-10 19:14pm

Per Söderlund

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Roger Wright 6-Sep-10 1:27am

Reason for my vote of 5
I think it nails the problem on the head - good answer.

Roger Wright 6-Sep-10 1:29am

It looks like he has the port forwarding configured, if I'm interpreting the Virtual Server Address correctly in the image supplied. But his client has to access it via the WAN port IP address of the router to invoke the port forwarding function. Good call!

Per Söderlund 6-Sep-10 1:34am

I try to keep it simple and straight forward :)