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- 1-21-2015
- Categorized in: Internet Questions
The radio iLines deploys on your property is essence a single port wireless router. This means that it is doing NAT (Network Address Translation) of the public IP address to a private IP address which is given to whichever device our equipment is connected to in your house. If our radio is then connected to a customer owned router you are now more than likely operating behind another NAT. This is called a double NAT.
In most circumstances this does not hinder or otherwise cause any issues with normal Internet applications. However, in some cases this double NAT will break certain applications. A few examples would be P2P online gaming, home survalence cameras, Webhosting, and Home media servers.
To overcome most issues with a double NAT, iLines needs to make a small configuation change to the wireless radio we deploy at your home. Please contact us at (765) 482-8881 or via support@ilines.net and we will process this change immediately.
If possible please have handy a list of the TCP/UDP ports your application needs for proper operation as it may be needed by our technicians.