Self-hosted WCF can connect to localhost but can't connect remote

Question

I have a self-hosted C# WCF .Net 4.6.1 Windows service that communicates with another self-hosted WCF service. This works fine when both services are on the same server. However, when I move the server to another computer, I get this error:

System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException: The socket connection was aborted. This could be caused by an error processing your message or a receive timeout being exceeded by the remote host, or an underlying network resource issue. There are no firewalls running on either computer and I get a response when using http://192.168.1.129:6253/eTutorWcfService (using net.tcp in app).

Client app.config:

<bindings>
    <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="BasicHttpBinding_IeTutorMessage" />
    </basicHttpBinding>
    <netTcpBinding>
        <binding name="NetTcpBinding_IeTutorMessage" />
    </netTcpBinding>
</bindings>

<client>
    <endpoint name="BasicHttpBinding_IeTutorMessage" 
        address="http://localhost:6253/eTutorWcfService" 
        binding="basicHttpBinding"
        bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_IeTutorMessage" 
        contract="eTutorServiceReference.IeTutorMessage" />
    <endpoint name="NetTcpBinding_IeTutorMessage"
        address="net.tcp://localhost:6254/eTutorWcfService"
        binding="netTcpBinding"   
        bindingConfiguration="NetTcpBinding_IeTutorMessage"
        contract="eTutorServiceReference.IeTutorMessage" >
        <identity>
            <servicePrincipalName value = ""/>
        </identity>
    </endpoint>
</client>

Server app.config:

<services>
    <service name="eTutorServer.eTutorWcfService" 
             behaviorConfiguration="myeTutorServiceBehavior">
        <host>
            <baseAddresses>
                <add baseAddress="http://localhost:6253/eTutorWcfService"/>
                <add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:6254/eTutorWcfService"/>
            </baseAddresses>
        </host>
        <endpoint  
            address="http://localhost:6253/eTutorWcfService" 
            binding="basicHttpBinding" 
            contract="eTutorServer.IeTutorMessage" />
        <endpoint 
            address="net.tcp://localhost:6254/eTutorWcfService" 
            binding="netTcpBinding" 
            contract="eTutorServer.IeTutorMessage" />
        <endpoint 
            address="mex" 
            binding="mexHttpBinding" 
            contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
        <endpoint 
            address="mex" 
            binding="mexTcpBinding" 
            contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
    </service>
</services>
<behaviors>
    <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior name="myeTutorServiceBehavior">
            <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
        </behavior>
    </serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>

The client code:

EndpointAddress address = new EndpointAddress("net.tcp://" + eTutorServiceIp + ":6254/eTutorWcfService");
eTutorServiceReference.IeTutorMessageClient client = new eTutorServiceReference.IeTutorMessageClient("NetTcpBinding_IeTutorMessage", address);

try
{
    rtn = client.eTutorMessage(itm);
    client.Close();
}

When the client tries to connect, the output window of the server shows an SecurityTokenValidationException but I'm not sure what to do about that or if it means something relevant. I'm sure this has something to do with security but I don't know what to add where.

Answer 1

I added the following code and it works:

client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.UserName = runAs;
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Password = runAsPassword;
client.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential.Domain = runAsDomain;

However, I'd like to do this without security since it will be placed on multiple servers, none of which will have a public IP. I've tried to add to the bindings but on the client it's not a valid node and on the server, it stops the service from starting. I tried to add the following code to the server but it won't open the ServiceHost:

serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(eTutorWcfService), new NetTcpBinding(SecurityMode.None), "");

I can live with this but would really like to know how to do it without security.