PHP and NAT

JPulham · Post by **JPulham** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:36 pm

could I use a PHP script to perform NAT punch-through?
From what I under stand,(Warning: EXTREME paraphrasing

) both NATs send out and wait for the reply, but the initial send out from one will look like a reply to the other and then the 'holes' will be left open.
I have a web server, with PHP support, could I use PHP sockets or HTTP to copy the IP addresses over to the two clients and have them start their 5 or 10 connection attempts, or would the PHP be too slow?

xDan · Post by **xDan** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:01 pm

I was wondering this a while back. According to some knowledgeable people, no.

See here: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums ... 1&#2837270

(of course they could be wrong. If you do figure out a way, let me know!

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