[kopete-bugs] [Bug 125553] Auto-detect WAN IP address for file transfers

[François BARBIER]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125553


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--- Comment #10 from François BARBIER <francois barbier gmail com>  2009-01-13 20:39:47 ---
1. Pardon my poor english, it's not my native language.
2. Thank you so much for this great piece of software!
3. I'm not sure if this is the right place to talk about this, but this bug is
the most related to the problem I'm having with Kopete right now.
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Version: 0.12.7 (using KDE 3.5.10) 
Installed from: Mandriva 2009 One
OS: Linux 

Hi!
When I send an MSN message containing a local IP address (e.g. 192.168.x.x) to
someone in the same local network as me, the local IP is translated to the
public IP address (e.g. 81.121.x.x) and thus it's unusable inside the local
network, because of NAT or iptables rules. The same applies to incoming
messages.
Maybe the IP translation discussed above should be done only when the remote IP
address doesn't match the local IP address (resolved)?
At least there should be an option somewhere to disable the IP resolution
feature so I don't have to ask people to send their IP like "192 168 x x" with
space separators instead of dots, and I don't have to correct it on my side
before using it. For people who know the difference between local and public IP
addresses, this Kopete feature is very annoying and time wasting.
Thank you for your time !
Best regards


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