nat_info 0.0.1

A package to get public IP of nat and derive its port mapping scheme.

nat_info

A package to get public IP of nat and derive its port mapping scheme.

When developing peer to peer systems one of the main obstacles faced is dealing with NATs. THis package aims to reveal information about the NAT that the device is behind as well as how the NAT deals with the mapping of ports with regards to port forwarding.

Usage

To use this plugin, add nat_info as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

Example

import 'package:nat_info/nat_info.dart';

void main() async {
  NATInfo state = await getNATInfo();
  print(state);
}

This will print out a report similar to this

connected:true
public IP:InternetAddress('149.252.79.63', IPv4)
NAT mapping:Direct
NAT mapping certainty:1.0

NATInfo

The NATInfo object contains 4 fields. The connected field is a boolean corresponding to the existence of a valid internet connection. The publicAddress field contains the internet facing address of this device. The natMapping field is either Direct or Random depending on whether the NAT maps port directly from this device to its outward facing ports or whether the assignment is random. The mappingCertainty field contains a certainty from 0 to 1 about how sure the package is about the mapping being Direct or Random.