[mythtv-users] mythmote Unable to Connect

Ian Barton lists at wilkesley.net
Mon Nov 18 14:38:24 UTC 2013


On 18/11/13 14:33, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us
> <mailto:leif at pihl.us>> wrote:
>
>     I can't get my Mythmote to work either, so I'll be watching this
>     "stream" (for lack of a better word).
>     LP
>
>
>     On Nov 18, 2013, at 3:13 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
>
>      > I am trying to set up mythmote on my Android phone to connect to
>     a frontend. I can get the remote interface to work on the by ssh
>     using netcat localhost 6546. However, mythmote complains about an
>     unknown host.
>      >
>      > The ip addresses of my frontends are allocated by my dhcp server,
>     so I have added the server name (myth3.bantercat.co.uk
>     <http://myth3.bantercat.co.uk>) in Mythmote's setup. Reverse lookups
>     do work ie I can ping myth3.bantercat.co.uk
>     <http://myth3.bantercat.co.uk> from other computers on my network
>     and the port is not blocked by my firewall, as I can netcat
>     myth3.bantercat.co.uk <http://myth3.bantercat.co.uk> 6546 from other
>     computers in the network.
>      >
>      > Ian.
>
>
> I just installed mythmote maybe 2 weeks ago and it's working fine for
> me. I used the IPV4 numeric address. One thing to check is to make sure
> your phone/mobile device is on the same wifi network (I had to prevent
> mine from connecting to my isolated "guest" network).
>
> Karl
>
> P.S. I really hope that address is firewalled from external access,
> otherwise ill-intentioned people could wreak havoc on your myth box.

Just tried using the ip address, rather than host name. Still no 
connection. Only one Wifi network here and no close neighbours, so I 
know it's the right one.

My firewall (Shorewall) blocks all external traffic from the Internet, 
except selected services.

Ian.


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