[mythtv-users] frontend connecting from outside my home network
Kevin Kuphal
kuphal at dls.net
Tue Jan 9 22:02:09 UTC 2007
mythmail at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a mythtv system running on my home network that's behind a
> router/firewall. I was wondering if there was a way that I could have
> my lab desktop (not on my home network, but with a plenty fast
> connection to it) running the frontend connect to my home system. I
> tried just forwarding the ports for the backend and MySQL through the
> router. I can access the MySQL database just fine, but I can't access
> any video. I think this is because the backend at home has it's IP
> set as 192.168.1.3 and the lab computer doesn't know to try my
> router's IP address instead. Does anybody have any ideas how I could
> get this to work? Some fancy iptables setup maybe?
> Thanks, this has the potential to make some of those late nights go
> by much smoother,
>
You could set up a VPN. Then your lab machine would get assigned an IP
on your home network when connected. A really easy way is to use a VPN
enabled router. Otherwise you can set one up using Linux software I'm
sure somewhere.
Kevin
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