Can't connect remotely to a simple server

[Japheth]

I've written a very basic server in c++ and started in on my ubuntu 12.04 box. I can connect to it via telnet from the same machine, but I can't connect to it remotely via telnet. Could someone help me get the remote connection working?

The server code is listed here:



#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
int socket_desc, new_socket;

socket_desc = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (socket_desc == -1)
perror("Create socket");

// do stuff
cout << "Created a socket" << endl;

struct sockaddr_in address;

/* type of socket created in socket() */
address.sin_family = AF_INET;
address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
/* 7000 is the port to use for connections */
address.sin_port = htons(7000);
/* bind the socket to the port specified above */
int val = bind(socket_desc,(struct sockaddr *)&address,sizeof(address));

cout << "bind: " << val << endl;

listen(socket_desc, 3);

socklen_t addrlen;
struct sockaddr_in client_address;

addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);

while(1)
{
new_socket = accept(socket_desc, (struct sockaddr *)&client_address, &addrlen);
if (new_socket<0) {
perror("Accept connection");
}else {
cout << "Accepted a client connection" << endl;

const char *message = "Got your message\n\t";
send(new_socket, message, strlen(message), 0);
close(new_socket);
}
}

close(socket_desc);
}

[spjackson]

Your code works for me over my LAN. Might you have a firewall blocking your remote connection?

[Japheth]

I suspect this is indeed a firewall issue with the computer I'm trying to connect from. I'll post again once I get a chance to connect from a different computer.