I created a simple echo server in Java. When I try it locally, it works as it should. However, when I try to connect it from a different computer using the IP address and the port number the server is running on, it never connects. Is there anything else that should be done to connect to a server from a different computer?
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
public class EchoServer {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// create socket
int port = 4444;
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
System.err.println("Started server on port " + port);
// repeatedly wait for connections, and process
while (true) {
// a "blocking" call which waits until a connection is requested
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
System.err.println("Accepted connection from client");
// open up IO streams
In in = new In (clientSocket);
Out out = new Out(clientSocket);
// waits for data and reads it in until connection dies
// readLine() blocks until the server receives a new line from client
String s;
while ((s = in.readLine()) != null) {
out.println(s);
}
// close IO streams, then socket
System.err.println("Closing connection with client");
out.close();
in.close();
clientSocket.close();
}
}
}
netstat -naand check if the address you bind the server. It should be 0.0.0.0:* (or :::* for ipv6)netstat -naI see the port I was listening on. Output looked like this: TCP 0.0.0.0:12555 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING