Access TCP Server outside LAN

[gunjannigam]

Is it possible to access a TCP server running outside our LAN through internet? I thought we could use the router IP Addess(which I got from whatismyip.com) in the class Socket Constructor

Socket(InetAddress address, int port)

. But client wasn't able to find the server. Has anybody successfully achieved this before?

[musthafa.aj]

port forwarding .

[gunjannigam]

port forwarding .

I was thinking the same. Tried to did that also but it didnt work. Here is what I have done till now
Server Code

//The server code Server.java:



/**
 * This is to help people to write Client server application
 *  I tried to make it as simple as possible... the client connect to the server
 *  the client send a String to the server the server returns it in UPPERCASE thats all
 */
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class Server {

	// the socket used by the server
	private ServerSocket serverSocket;
	// server constructor
	Server(int port) {

		/* create socket server and wait for connection requests */
		try
		{
			serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
			System.out.println("Server waiting for client on port " + serverSocket.getLocalPort());

			while(true)
			{
				Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();  // accept connection
				System.out.println("New client asked for a connection");
				TcpThread t = new TcpThread(socket);    // make a thread of it
				System.out.println("Starting a thread for a new Client");
				t.start();
			}
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println("Exception on new ServerSocket: " + e);
		}
	}

//	you must "run" server to have the server run as a console application
	public static void main(String[] arg) {
		// start server on port 1500
		new Server(1500);
	}

	/** One instance of this thread will run for each client */
	class TcpThread extends Thread {
		// the socket where to listen/talk
		Socket socket;
		ObjectInputStream Sinput;
		ObjectOutputStream Soutput;

		TcpThread(Socket socket) {
			this.socket = socket;
		}
		public void run() {
			/* Creating both Data Stream */
			System.out.println("Thread trying to create Object Input/Output Streams");
			try
			{
				// create output first
				Soutput = new ObjectOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
				Soutput.flush();
				Sinput  = new ObjectInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
			}
			catch (IOException e) {
				System.out.println("Exception creating new Input/output Streams: " + e);
				return;
			}
			System.out.println("Thread waiting for a String from the Client");
			// read a String (which is an object)
			try {
				String str = Sinput.readObject().toString();
				str = str.toUpperCase();
				Soutput.writeObject(str);
				Soutput.flush();
			}
			catch (IOException e) {
				System.out.println("Exception reading/writing  Streams: " + e);
				return;
			}
			// will surely not happen with a String
			catch (ClassNotFoundException o) {
			}
			finally {
				try {
					Soutput.close();
					Sinput.close();
				}
				catch (Exception e) {
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

Client Code

//The client code Client.java:


import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Client {

	ObjectInputStream Sinput;		// to read the socker
	ObjectOutputStream Soutput;	// towrite on the socket
	Socket socket;

	// Constructor connection receiving a socket number
	Client(int port) {
		// we use "localhost" as host name, the server is on the same machine
		// but you can put the "real" server name or IP address
		try {
			socket = new Socket("122.170.27.18", port);
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Error connectiong to server:" + e);
			return;
		}
		System.out.println("Connection accepted " +
				socket.getInetAddress() + ":" +
				socket.getPort());

		/* Creating both Data Stream */
		try
		{
			Sinput  = new ObjectInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
			Soutput = new ObjectOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
		}
		catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println("Exception creating new Input/output Streams: " + e);
			return;
		}
		// now that I have my connection
		String test = "aBcDeFgHiJkLmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ";
		// send the string to the server
		System.out.println("Client sending \"" + test + "\" to server");
		try {
			Soutput.writeObject(test);
			Soutput.flush();
		}
		catch(IOException e) {
			System.out.println("Error writting to the socket: " + e);
			return;
		}
		// read back the answer from the server
		String response;
		try {
			response = (String) Sinput.readObject();
			System.out.println("Read back from server: " + response);
		}
		catch(Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Problem reading back from server: " + e);
		}

		try{
			Sinput.close();
			Soutput.close();
		}
		catch(Exception e) {}
	}

	public static void main(String[] arg) {
		new Client(1500);
	}
}

Attached is the image of my port forwaded router. What do I need to do more??

[gunjannigam]

Sorry, got it sorted out. Had firewall problem at the Client side.

[musthafa.aj]

Yes, firewall never allow socket unless we configure firewall to allow tcp socket at particular port.