UDP packets to PC behind NAT

[Janto Dreijer]

Oops. That second UDPSock = socket(...) in the server.py shouldn't be
there.

Janto Dreijer wrote:
> Awesome! I haven't tested it on the actual server but I think it works.
> Thanks!
> I prefer a TCP connection solution and will post one if it works.
>
> server.py
> ========
> from socket import *
> print "listening"
> UDPSock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
> UDPSock.bind(("localhost", 1234)) # visibility to outside world
> payload, addr = UDPSock.recvfrom(1024)
> print "message from %s: %s" % (`addr`, payload)
> UDPSock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM) # open UDP socket
> result = UDPSock.sendto("your public address is %s" % `addr`, addr)
>
> client.py
> =====
> from socket import *
> UDPSock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM) # open UDP socket
> result = UDPSock.sendto("what's my public address?", ("localhost",
> 1234))
> payload, addr = UDPSock.recvfrom(1024)
> print payload
>
> results:
> ====
> listening
> message from ('127.0.0.1', 32787): what's my public address?
> 
> your public address is ('127.0.0.1', 32787)