problem with a blocked port

[BonRouge]

Hey there.

I've managed to get VLC streaming some videos. I've done the port forwarding to get through the router to the Internet. For some reason, I'm having trouble streaming a second video to the Internet. I'm able to have two videos playing at once and I can view them on my office network, but I can't access the second one from the Internet. As far as I can see, I've set everything up OK with the router and whatever.
If it helps, the first video is on port 1234 and the second (problem) one is on 1235.
Any idea what kind of thing might be the problem here?
Cheers for any help.

[revolunet]

i you setup a distinct port for each streaming there should be no problem unless your router is buggy

[BonRouge]

Well, yeah, it's frustrating. I have set up different ports for each video stream and configured the router, but...
I can only think that it's a problem with the router, but I thought perhaps there was something I've missed.

Thanks for the input.

[revolunet]

are you using HTTP streaming ?

[BonRouge]

Yes.

[revolunet]

so this technique should work

try with telnet / vlc verbose mode to see if you can reach the vlc

[BonRouge]

Thanks for the continued help. Do you think you could explain what you mean there? I don't know what you mean by 'telnet / vlc verbose mode'.

Thanks again

[revolunet]

vlc verbose mode : i refer the vlc error mode (messages window) who always give information, for example if someone connects to the vlc

telnet : is a way to test a connection from somewhere else. for example if your friend type in msdos box

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telnet 1.2.3.4 8000

this will try to open port 8000 in ip 1.2.3.4. this can give some info like if the port is well opened or not

you can go to this page http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2 to check if your ports are well opened or not