Donzi;241293 Wrote: > > I have both ports open in my router and it seems pretty clear than 9000 > is open at work since I can get to my server with http:\\local_IP:9000 > but I'm not so sure about 3483. Is there any program or command line > utility that I can run at work to confirm if a port is open? In any > case Softsqueeze still isn't working. Back to the drawing board > tomorrow. >
I think you would be better off using SSH. (Edit: I just noticed you first want to try without, but as you will read below, chances are it may in fact not work without SSH but it is almost certain to work with SSH). First of all there's simply the security issue. If you open ports 9000 and 3483 on your router, anyone on the Internet could connect to your SlimServer. I know you can enable a userid/password for the SlimServer, but these will be sent unencrypted over the Internet and a hacker could still get in sooner or later. Also, if there are vulnerabilities in the code of SlimServer (which is almost a certainty), a hacker could exploit those as well. SSH uses strong encryption and authentication making it much harder for a hacker to gain access to your SlimServer (and ultimately your entire home network). Second reason is just practical. As you already discover, chances are that connections to port 9000 or whatever exotic port number just don't make it to your home PC. The reason may be your employer but could also be your ISP. SSH on the other hand is a widespread and standardized protocol and most if not all employers and ISP just allow this port. What you then do is: * At your home PC you will need to have an SSH server/daemon running. * you setup an SSH connection from your work pc to your home PC. You however setup that connection such that it tunnels ports 9000 and 3483 through the connection. * then instead of pointing your browser, your winamp, etc... to your home PC address, you point it to 'localhost'. These connections will work because the SSH on your work PC will accept them and then forward any data it receives through the SSH connection to your home PC. All SS related traffic will thus be encrypted and go over the SSH connection which won't be blocked by neither your employer nor your ISP (because basically they don't even see the data nor destination ports). * an extra advantage is that you can point your webbrowser and winamp always to localhost, even if your assigned IP address at home has changed. The only thing that would then change is the address that your SSH should connect to. Detailed instructions of the above are a bit beyond the scope of my post though ;). I'm pretty sure there are tutorials available online. > > For some reason the mouse point disappears when I mouse over the player > though and I can't tell what buttons I'm hitting. > There's an option in Softsqueeze called Touchscreen mode (under the Skin menu) which would cause what you describe. So you may want to check that the option is turned off. -- Squid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Squid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9073 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40069 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
