TCP sockets python timeout public IP adresss

[bobbdeep]

On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 2:27:59 PM UTC+5:30, bobbdeep wrote:
> I am trying to communicate between a server and client using TCP sockets. 
> 
> Server code:
> 
> import socket
> import sys
> 
>     # Create a TCP/IP socket
>     sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
>     # Bind the socket to the port
>     server_address = ('my-server-ipadress', 1999)
>     print >>sys.stderr, 'starting up on %s port %s' % server_address
>     sock.bind(server_address)
>     sock.listen(1)
>      try:
>             print >>sys.stderr, 'connection from', client_address
>     
>             # Receive the data in small chunks and retransmit it
>             while True:
>                 data = connection.recv(16)
>                 print >>sys.stderr, 'received "%s"' % data
>                 if data:
>                     print >>sys.stderr, 'sending data back to the client'
>                     connection.sendall(data)
>                 else:
>                     print >>sys.stderr, 'no more data from', client_address
>                     break
>                 
>         finally:
>             # Clean up the connection
>             connection.close()
> 
> Client code:
> 
>     from socket import *
>     
>     clientsocket = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM)
>     
>     clientsocket.connect(("my-server-ip-address",1999))
>     
>     recv = clientsocket.recv(1024)
>     
>     print(recv)
> 
> It is working fine on a local connection. The problem I am facing is when I run the client code on my laptop (using my home wifi network)and try to communicate with the remote server, it is not able connect to the server. What could be the problem ? Any changes in the code required, or do I need to disable firewall on my laptop ?
> 
> The error I get is, error: [Errno 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond

Thanks guys everything worksfine.