mrxmas Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Hi, I would like to access my ISY from the internet. I can access it from my cell phone at home through the network, but when I dont have the wireless on, and only the 3g I can not! I have tried to enable the internet on the file portion on the admin consonsole, but it always fails! What am I doing wrong?? Any Ideas???
FrayAdjacent Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Accessing something over the internet requires that you 1. know your home IP address (which can change) 2. have a router/firewall and set it up to forward appropriate traffic to the device It's like this, when you're at home, you're on a closed phone system. When you connect to your ISY from your phone at home, it's like calling an extension in the same building. Of course, when you're outside of that building, you can't call the extension, because the phone system you're on outside, doesn't know what it is. You need the phone number that will get you into the building. This is an overview,of course. There are several variables, but the above is a good analogy of how it works.
apostolakisl Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 What am I doing wrong?? Any Ideas??? Yes, you have a router that doesn't support the ISY auto config. You will need to manually set your router to port forward to ISY. I suggest using the secure port (443). I assume your isp has not given you a static ip, so you will need to setup a dynamic dns server. dyndns.com can guide you through that. Probably your router has a page dedicated to that function, but if not, you can run an application in the background on your pc. You need to give your ISY a static IP address if you haven't already done so. Go to your router page and find the port forwarding section. Set port 443 to point to whatever IP address you gave the ISY (like 192.168.1.xx). Now, from any internet connection, type in https://www.thenameyousetupwithdyndns.com and it will take you to the ISY.
mrxmas Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 Thanks all, we have to install a new router this weekend, this gives me a place to start!
iostream212 Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 Also windows home server users get a free domain to host their personal website. I use that. Its xxxxx@homeserver.com, and does not need monthly logins like free dyndns does. I would change the secure port on isy going this route. Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk
FrayAdjacent Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Also windows home server users get a free domain to host their personal website. I use that. Its xxxxx@homeserver.com, and does not need monthly logins like free dyndns does. I would change the secure port on isy going this route. Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk That would work. I suppose WHS does the DNS updating dynamically for you. Bum thing on my end is that I have to do it manually, but the IP doesn't change very often. If I'm at work and it has changed, I just check gmail, as it will show the IPs I've logged in from.
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