Client/server problems

[gononono64]

Goal: My goal is to create (eventually) a msn type chat.

Problem: i cant figure out how to connect over the internet... i can only connect through my router

Code:

Server:

global $connectedsocket
$ip = @IPAddress1
$port = 65432
;to start tcp services
TCPStartup()
;create listening socket
$mainsocket = TCPListen($ip, $port)
If $mainsocket = -1 Then Exit
;Accept incoming clients and recieve info
While 1
    $connectedsocket = TCPAccept($mainsocket)
    If $ConnectedSocket >= 0 Then
    $ip2 = TCPRecv($connectedsocket,1000000)
    ;create new socket to send connected message
    $socket2 = TCPConnect($ip2, $port)
    TCPSend($socket2, "connected")
    Sleep(2000)
    EndIf
WEnd
TCPCloseSocket($connectedsocket)
TCPCloseSocket($socket2)
TCPShutdown()

Client:

Global $Connected2

$IP = "192.168.2.8"
$Port =65432
$MyIP = @IPAddress1
;Start TCP services
TCPStartup()
;Connecting to main socket
$ConnectedSocket = TCPConnect($IP, $Port)
If @error Then
MsgBox(4096, "Error ", "TCPConnect error: " & @error)
EndIf
;Send info
TCPSend($ConnectedSocket, $MyIP)
; Create a Listening "SOCKET"
$MainSocket2 = TCPListen($MyIP, $Port)
If $MainSocket2 = -1 Then Exit
While 1
$Connected2 = TCPAccept( $MainSocket2)
; look for client connection
$recv = TCPRecv($Connected2, 10000000)
If Not @error Then Endit()
WEnd

Func Endit()
MsgBox(0,"connected",$recv)
TCPCloseSocket($ConnectedSocket)
sleep(300)
TCPCloseSocket($Connected2)
TCPShutdown ( )
exit
EndFunc

Thanks for the time

[gononono64]

anyone?.... i unno... please ?

[AdmiralAlkex]

So what is the problem then? Your description is so cloudy I can slice it with a knife.

Oh and read When should I bump my threads?

[gononono64]

kk well im sorry i was not clear... what i mean is... you should be able to connect one computer to another computer via internet right? This is all i want to do... i want to be able to send information from one computer to another using a server/client method. If you could at all help me it would be much appreciated. And i figured it had been long enough for me to bump. 17 hours?... thats not bad

[evilertoaster]

$IP = "192.168.2.8"

Will never work over the internet because it's a local address. The problem isn't related to AutoIt, but rather a lack of TCP/IP networking knowledge... you'll most likely want to read up on "port forwarding", in order to make you script work though a router.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding

[gononono64]

Thank you Evilertoaster.

You are right. I am pretty new to all this and am just doing it as a hobby. I am of course still learning and only able to do so through the web. I Barely know anything about networking or the code in autoit for networking and this is why im here ... Thanks for the info about about port forwarding but unfortunately i still do not understand how to make my code do what i want it to do.

If you can find something similar to what i want i would like to see it , not to steal, but to learn.

It would be much appreciated

Thanks again

[jchd]

You should first google for good network tutorials before starting. Not only you'll learn a lot, but it will save you from months of pointless frustration and dead ends.

People here are generally very helpful w.r.t. AutoIt and a particular situation, but nobody can possibly teach you networking basics in AutoIt forums.

[gononono64]

what exactly will i learn in networking thatll help?

[jchd]

Everything you need!

[gononono64]

lol okay... ill search for a good tutorial and post back after im done

[darkjohn20]

Also, check out _GetIP().

Edited May 6, 2010 by darkjohn20