dminches;257718 Wrote: > > I am running Slimserver on my laptop and have been able to access the > music at home by attaching via my home IP address xx.xx.xx.xx:9000. I > can see all my music folder so I know this part is working. > > I am not sure how to configure Softsqueeze. What IP address do I put > in for the slimserver hostname? Is it the same address I used in > slimserver or is it the IP address of my laptop itself? When I put in > my home computer's IP address I get an error saying the connection > failed. 127.0.0.1 doesn't work either. > > Also, I assume i need to have slimserver running on my laptop to use > softsqueeze. Is this correct?
You will need a "real" ip address for your laptop, one that exists on the internet outside of your local home network. You actually do have that if you are connected to the net via an ISP. Try opening http://whatismyipaddress.com/ which should show you the ip address of your router as seen by the internet. This is the address you need to put into softsqueeze on the remote machine. Then you need to go into your router's configuration screen and set up port forwarding for 9000 and 3483 to the local ip address of your laptop. This is the address you see if you run 'ipconfig' in a terminal (Windows) or 'ifconfig' (Linux and OSX). If you have a firewall on your laptop you will need to open up ports 9000 and 3483 to allow the traffic between Softsqueeze and Slimserver. Be aware that this is not a secure setup and anybody who can get hold of your internet ip address can get into your laptop and control Slimserver themselves. To prevent this it is best to use SSH tunneling - Softsqueeze actually has SSH client capabilities built right in so you just need to set up the SSH server on your laptop. Linux and OSX can use OpenSSH; on Windows I have had success with WINSSHD (http://www.bitvise.com/winsshd). You do not need to run Slimserver on the remote machine, just Softsqueeze. davep -- davep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ davep's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42136 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
