[Live-devel] Some questions about network infrastructure

[Ross Finlayson]

>  I read that RTP is not designed for use with a server behind a NAT router.

That’s not correct.  RTP/RTCP works just fine across a NAT, provided (of course) that the NAT is set up to forward the appropriate port number(s) for RTP and RTCP.

However, *RTSP* (the streaming media control protocol) does not (in general) work across NATs - especially if the RTSP server is on a private network.

Therefore, if you have a RTSP server, you should put it on the ‘real’ public Internet - not on a private network behind a NAT.


Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
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