[mythtv-users] MythWeb question

[David Levine]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:41:10 -0600, mjc <mjchiasson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know this might seem a little odd but I was wondering if anyone has
> set up their MythWeb server to be accessible from an Internet web
> page?
> 
> I want to set mine up so that my wife and I can be able to set our
> mythbox to record programs while we are away at work.  I have to linux
> boxes running on my home lan: one my web server and one my mythbox.  I
> am running Myth v.16 right now, and MythWeb is accessible  from any
> computer in our house.
> 
> I just wanted to know if anyone had any ideas, short of VNC using SSH.
>  Thanks in advance.

I access my MythWeb from work all the time.  Because my ISP filters
out port 80, I just adjusted the Apache configuration file to use a
non-standard port (2525 in my case).  Plus, I set up my router to
forward any requests for that port to go directly to the Myth box. 
All other ports are blocked from outside.  Finally, my router uses
Dynamic DNS to make sure I don't need to know what the current IP
address of the router is, I just use my domain name.  Finally,
although not strictly necessary, I did set up Apache to use basic
auth, as well.