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If I connect to my server over VNC with my external IP Address (I have port forwarding set up), it seems just as fast as if I had connected to it with the internal IP Address. This also true with other protocols, but I'm using VNC as an example.
Why is this? Does the router know its own IP Address and just redirect it to internal IP Address?
NOTE: Connecting to my server over VNC from elsewhere is noticeably slower--so its not like my upload speed is really good.
maybe disabling "nat redirection filtering" allows it, or something. It seems to be related to that setting. that may be the name. or disabling that may be the feature. – barlop – 2013-03-10T01:17:33.467
may be called "NAT reflection" – barlop – 2013-03-10T01:21:47.243
The result of the command: Tracing route to cpe-24-24-174-153.socal.res.rr.com [24.24.174.153] over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms cpe-24-24-174-153.socal.res.rr.com [24.24.174.15 3] – agz – 2013-03-10T02:03:51.470
1@agovizer ok it's just showing your external IP but other than that, it's not even leaving your LAN, so this proves your hypothesis. And by the way, your router , and any router even one that doesn't do this feature(and only sees the internal ip from the lan), any router, has two IP addresses, one is internal one(LAN side) one is external(WAN side). (really serious routers have more IPs and connect many networks not just a LAN and a WAN). – barlop – 2013-03-10T10:57:34.840
ok cool, but whats the difference between http://cpe-24-24-174-153.socal.res.rr.com/ and http://24.24.174.153 both send me back to my server
– agz – 2013-03-10T17:43:24.657also is there a name or term for this redirection? – agz – 2013-03-10T18:15:29.847
" cpe-24-24-174-153.socal.res.rr.com and 24.24.174.153" one is the hostname (notice the ip happens to be written into the hostname to ensure the hostname is unique), and one is the ip. See my first two comments to this/my answer for names/terms or possible names/terms for this redirection. one name/term may be disabling nat redirection filtering. another may be NAT reflection. – barlop – 2013-03-11T01:36:19.867
let us continue this discussion in chat
– barlop – 2013-03-11T01:38:00.863