[mythtv-users] Accessing mythweb from outside internal network

[Bert Van Kets]

There are indeed messages saying that Comcast is slowing down incoming 
traffic. Set up a port forwarding on your router to forward a random 
port (ex. 5687) to port 22 of your Mythbox. See if that is as slow when 
you connect to your Mythbox from outside over ssh. Do a few directory 
listings or use scp to copy over a file.
At least this will give you an idea if you have the same problem on a 
different port.

Have you tried accessing MythWeb using your external IP address from 
inside your network? The IP routing should go out to your router and 
then come back in without any Comcast interference. If that is fast, 
only Comcast can be blaimed.

Personally I would suspect Comcast big time. They made P2P file 
transfers almost impossible not long ago by slowing down the IP traffic 
on P2P ports. I would not be surprised if they still had these settings 
on other ports.

Bert

nasa01 at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having some issues with accessing mythweb from outside my home network.  I'm not sure where the problem lies, so I was hoping I could get some help from those who do this successfully.
>
> First, a little on my setup.  I have comcast provided internet.  The Comcast provided modem is connected to a  router which is connected to my mythbox via cable (ie: not Wifi).  There are 2 other machines on the network on a day to day basis.  I use my router to forward https request to my mythbox, which I have configured to receive them.  I have created a local certificate to make all this work.
>
> Presently, I can use mythweb from my home network without any real issues (it maybe a little slow to load on some pages, but general it works well).  This is with me address the computer by it's internal ip address.  
>
> >From outside the nework, I can address both apache (getting the "it works" message) and mythweb (getting a unsafe certificate error, followed by a login prompt).  
>
> So what's the problem, one might ask?  The default webpage will take 5 - 10 minutes (yes, that right -- MINUTES) to load.  And no, things don't get faster as I try to surf around.  I have tried this (or have a friend try) from multiple machines and multiple locations.
>
> I have heard about Comcast *managing* it's network, but that (at least on the surface) doesn't seem to explain why it's so slow.
>
> Hopefully, I can get some pointers on where I should be looking or what I should be doing to resolve this. 
>
> Thanks
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