# Re: Drb through NAT/firewall problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-drb-through-nat-firewall-problem/66610>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 27, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-drb-through-nat-firewall-problem/66610 "2006-08-27T20:08:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![philpraxis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@philpraxis](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/philpraxis)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-drb-through-nat-firewall-problem/66610/1 "2006-08-27T20:08:59Z")

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Philippe L. wrote:

> This makes me beleive that the Drb protocol is not  
> NAT-friendly, and that it cannot work without some sort of  
> proxy, or firewall workaround for a single natted client. Hopefully  
> I’m wrong…
> 
> Did anyone use Drb through NAT successfully?

Solution found: DRbFire works just fine for this purpose.

Cheers,