Mike Scott wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 11:42, Pat Farrell wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 09:40 -0700, Matthew Hodgskiss wrote:
http://localhost:9000/stream.mp3
However i'm not sure what to use for localhost. My ISP
IP address is 81.100.21.105, however my slim server
runs on a PC on my network with IP 192.168.0.3
use http://192.168.0.3:9000/stream.mp3
The documentation uses "localhost" to mean
whatever host your slimserver is running on.
Except that 192.168.0.3 is a private non-routable IP address.
If you want the slimserver to be seen outside of your private network,
you will have to to the following things.
Except that he might want to stream from one LAN box to another, in
which case 192.168.0.3 is appropriate.
1. Read security FAQs telling you why this is a really bad idea
2. Hope your ISP will allow this traffic
3. Configure your router to forward port 90, then your slimserver will
appear as http://81.100.21.105:9000/stream.mp3
4. Read again why this is not a good idea
Or, "do what I do" for internet streaming...
Use Softsqueeze through an OpenVPN (openvpn.net) tunnel. OpenVPN is a
free, cross platform software package that will allow you to connect to
your internal network in a way that's far safer than exposing the
network on the whole, and much easier to set up than an IPSec VPN. It's
reasonably well documented with good examples.
One thing to consider if you're streaming over the internet is
bandwidth. My cable modem is rated at 384k up, and I want to stream
music without interfering with my wife's home-office work. Since
Slimserver can resample streams for a particular player, I resample down
to 128k. Yeah, there's a bit of a loss, but the headphones I use at work
don't miss the quality.
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