Re: [slim] Access Slimserver from work

2008-01-03 Thread slimkid
You probably don't even need anything special on your work machine. Once you establish your home IP address, just connect to it through the web browser, start softsqueeze from the left panel (if it won't install as Java, try applet). As mentioned earlier, ports 9000 and 3483 need to be open for so

Re: [slim] Access Slimserver from work

2008-01-03 Thread davep
Well, if you have iTunes on your PC then it is possible to stream music from home, it just can't be done securely. You can establish a dyndns account on the Mac at home so that you have an internet ip address for your home machine. Then set up your router so that ports 3483 and 9000 are forward

Re: [slim] Access Slimserver from work

2008-01-03 Thread thrice
Thanks...it might not be possible since it's my work computer and I can't install anything or change anything on that machine at all. I was hoping to just access everything via a web browser and have playback that way...is that possible? I might be able to convince the IT guy to let me do thos

Re: [slim] Access Slimserver from work

2008-01-02 Thread davep
It is certainly possible to do this - in fact I am doing it now. Take a look here http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?ConnectingRemotely for some details. The main things to do to enable this are a) get a fixed internet IP address for your home network. This is easily done by signing up

[slim] Access Slimserver from work

2008-01-02 Thread thrice
Is it possible for me to somehow access my slimserver remotely via the internet from my computer at work? Would I need a DNS server? How would I set it up? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, thrice -- thrice thrice's Pr