Profilux 3, cannot connect to IP Address when not on wifi

[nsr500rossi]

As above, all works fine when i am at home and my iphone is connected to wifi.

As soon as i move away from the home and try to connect, it fails.

It does not come up with an error, it just loads and there is nothing on the screen.

Any ideas, is it just a setting in windows?

I am on a mac using Parallels 5.0 with windows 7

Thanks

Mike

[boboxx]

Are you nating? what's you public IP? is it static?

[nsr500rossi]

Hi, i not sure of either.

I am running bridged networking, default adaptor in parallels.

How do i know if i have a static ip address?

Cheers

M

[nsr500rossi]

My IP is http://192.168.1.74/

If that helps

[Matthias]

this looks like a local IP?

you need a "global" IP for accessing your home from outside and your router must forward port 80 to 192.168.1.174

[nsr500rossi]

Ok, so how is this done, looked on the internet but am a bit confused about the global ip address

Thanks

[boboxx]

look under NAT, DMZ or IP forwarding on your router... if you cant find it contact the support from your router manufaturer

[Johan]

Ok, so how is this done, looked on the internet but am a bit confused about the global ip address

Thanks

Hi

If you don´t have static IP-Adress you need a DNS (Domain Name System). You can get it at dyndns.com its free. When you got on DNS adress you go to you internetrauter and typ it in. Your IP adress is not always the same but you dns is. DNS is like a phonebook. The DNS-service will update you dynamic IP adress and will "always" find yor rauter.

Good luck

/Johan

[nsr500rossi]

Thanks to both of you

I have opened port 80 (port forward on my router) checked it and it says it is open, so i guess that is the first step.

Next i have to get a global ip address (is that the same as a static address)

Will follow last instructions.

When i have that, i guess i have to manually put the ip etc into the profilux under settings, is that right?

thanks all

M

[Johan]

Thanks to both of you

I have opened port 80 (port forward on my router) checked it and it says it is open, so i guess that is the first step.

Next i have to get a global ip address (is that the same as a static address)

Will follow last instructions.

When i have that, i guess i have to manually put the ip etc into the profilux under settings, is that right?

thanks all

M

Is it port 80 that profilux need?

www.yourdns.com:80 or xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 if you have global ip


/Johan

[nsr500rossi]

Johan, i did go to that site but it is all very confusing.

Can i not just setup a static ip address in windows.

I have run config in windows and have all my network details up..

[nsr500rossi]

Johan, not sure, just did as Matthias said

Quote ....

"this looks like a local IP?

you need a "global" IP for accessing your home from outside and your router must forward port 80 to 192.168.1.174"

[boboxx]

here is some quick info on NAT:
http://192-168-1-2.org/how-nat-works.html

[nsr500rossi]

Thanks, i am now going to try to set up a static address, will this work?

Why is this all so damn hard!!!!!

[nsr500rossi]

Ok, so as i am running Parallels on the mac would i have to create a static ip address on the mac or in windows.

In network settings on windows there is no ip address, subnetmask etc, it is just set to auto.

[boboxx]

you set the statip ip on the profilux

[nsr500rossi]

I am going to give up.

I have put a static ip on the mac, a static ip on the profilux, i have set up port forwarding to port 80 to the profilux static ip address

I do not no what else to do.

Would have been nice for the team to give us some idea what to do, i have wasted so much time now.

[boboxx]

what's your public IP? go to this site to find it:

http://www.whatsmyip.us/

post it here I will test...

[nsr500rossi]

Hi it's

78.***.***.***

Got to say this is the first time i have seen this address, should i be using it somewhere?

tahnks

mike

[boboxx]

That is your external IP... that's where a dynamic DNS comme in.

I just tried it and it's not working... there is still some configuration missing on the inside of your network.

[nsr500rossi]

now i am really lost

some configuration missing on the inside of your network???

What could it be, think i need to start from the beginning again.

Ok i can just ignore Parallels and windows yes, this has nothing to do with them...this is between my mac the router and the profilux yes??

1. set static address in mac?

2. port forward 80 to my profilux

3. do i enter the ip address etc manually into the profilux??

4???

[boboxx]

1. set static address on the Profilux?

2. enter http:// _IP_ from Step 1 in Safari

if that's working now continue wit the port forwarding.... port forwarding has noting to do with the inside our your network... it's a configuration done to enable the "talk" from the internet to your inside network.

3. port forward 80 to the IP set on step 1.

[nsr500rossi]

What do i fill in for the static address in the profilux

obviously i put 192.168.1.74 in the ip address field

But what about subnet mask and the other default gateway?

I have reset my router and port fowarded 192.168.1.74 on port 80

I have manually filled in the ip etc in my macs network prefs

here is what i have in the mac

ipv4 192.168.1.72
subnet 255.255.255.0
router 192.168.1.254

by the way http://192.168.1.74/ still works fine on the network

[nsr500rossi]

Here is a link to Steve_pr's instructions for setting it all up, worked for me.

T

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=355548&page=3hanks Steve