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Moble internet why can some host and others not 15/10/2009 at 10:23 #112
mad mick
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can someone shed light on why some internet providers moble internet only show an internal ip address so you can not host.
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Moble internet why can some host and others not 15/10/2009 at 10:23 #3636
mad mick
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can someone shed light on why some internet providers moble internet only show an internal ip address so you can not host.
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Moble internet why can some host and others not 15/10/2009 at 10:28 #3637
clive
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This is because they run their entire service behind a gateway and allocate RFC 1918 (what SimSig calls "internal"addresses to their customers. It prevents customers doing real Internet things, like hosting servers.

No doubt they have a much more expensive service that gives you a public address.

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Moble internet why can some host and others not 15/10/2009 at 15:09 #3639
AnyFile
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If I remember correctly in Italy the first time the broad-band was provided by fasteweb, there was the same problem (every users have only a private IP behind a very big NAT). This made impossible to host games, but for some games it was found a way to make the connection possible. I will look to see if I can get some documentation about this system. Maybe it can be used in your case too.
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Moble internet why can some host and others not 18/10/2009 at 12:27 #3674
David Russon
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O2 Broadband advised me , when I signed up , that I would require a fixed IP address ( rather than dynamic changing addresses ) at a higher per month subscription rate in order to host any games. I have not taken this up.

DavidR

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