I tried to creating a chat with nodejs ws (einaros),this is my code:
Server:
var WebSocketServer = require('ws').Server;
var wss = new WebSocketServer({ port: 80 });
wss.on('connection', function(ws) {
console.log('connecting count:' + wss.clients.length);
});
Client:
var hostname = location.hostname;
var port = 80;
var url = 'ws://'+hostname+':'+port+'/';
window.WebSocket = window.WebSocket || window.MozWebSocket;
var w = new WebSocket(url);
when I test with my computer or some other computers who connect with my router, it works well. However, other clients who visit via Internet cannot make the connection. Of course, they use the public IP, like 218.xxx.xxx.xxx, not 192.168.xxx.xxx.
I wonder how to solve this problem.
Thank you for you answer. But, it may be not the NAT problem. For example, My public IP is 218.100.50.50,and My private Ip is 192.168.1.1. When a connection comes from outside my network and visits 218.100.50.50:80, the router will redirect it to 192.168.1.1:80. There's a web page which can be visited in this way, but still cannot make the connection to my websocket server. This problem really confuses me much.