Valdis,
Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
And unfortunately, a lot of the Just Does Not Work stuff are
applications like H.323 and VOIP that Joe Sixpack actually
*might* be interested in.
Unfortunately, there is no single reason [protocol or app xyz] does not
work over NAT. When [protocol or app xyz] does not work, it's a
combination of _two_ things.
1. The protocol designer designed a protocol that is not NAT-capable
therefore the protocol designer is stupid.
2. The network administrator tries to run a protocol that is not
NAT-capable over NAT therefore the network administrator is stupid.
As a protocol designer, I will say that the network administrator is the
one being stupid because if s/he even understood the basics of protocol
design s/he would understand why I have to embed the port number in the
packet.
As a network administrator, I will say that the protocol designer is the
one being stupid because if s/he had any clue about what it takes to
operate a network s/he would not have designed a protocol that could not
cross NAT.
Conclusion: this leads us nowhere.
Michel.