[Live-devel] live-devel Digest, Vol 47, Issue 15

[Brian Gitonga Marete]

On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 07:07 -0700, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> The bottom line here is that you cannot run a RTSP server behind a 
> NAT, unless you are satisfied with accessing the server's streams 
> using RTP-over-TCP only.
> 
> The IETF is currently working on standardizing techniques (probably 
> based on ICE) that may allow RTSP servers behind a NAT to work, and 
> if/when this is standardized, we will likely implement it.  Until 
> that time, however, you should run publically-accessible RTSP servers 
> on real, public IP addresses. 

Even if the RTSP server is on a public IP address, but the client is
Source NATed (Masqueraded), delivery via UDP will not usually work
unless the Masquerading/NATing router has special capabilities, right?

BGM.