[mythtv-users] Mythtv and Choice Hotels

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:15 PM, mons37318 at mypacks.net wrote:

<snipped irrelevant storyline>

> earthlink won't allow (connections?) to port 80 so our mythweb is on  
> port 8080

Actually, you'll find that earthlink won't allow you to run a server  
from your connection so what you're doing it circumventing their  
rudimentary security in making sure people don't run web servers on  
their home connections because it's against their terms of service.

> tried to get online from various Choice Hotels (3, in three  
> different cities and levels - el cheapo, pretty okay, and Wow, it's  
> a Suite!)
>
> couldn't connect.

Right. The terms of service when you use a hotel system generally says  
something about only allowing certain ports for security reasons.

> had brother check at home
> no probs at home
> argued a bit
>
> someone may have suggested adding :8080 to url
> got different error message
> argued more (the order of these events is fuzzy in my head)
> I suggested some firewall thingy at the hotel might be screwing with  
> the port, not allowing me to connect
>
> we decided that was the case.
>
> so, if you are traveling and recording, you might want to either  
> choose a hotel that does not belong to the choice hotels chain, or  
> you might want to gripe to them in advance

This happens in most of the service providers for hotels that I've  
stayed in. This is not a Choice Hotels decision. It's the company  
they've hired to provider their internet service. Again - most of them  
do this.

The bottom line is that if you want to run a server without issue from  
your home, get service that allows running servers. I have a  
"Business" DSL line for $80/month that gives me 8 static IP addresses,  
no port-blocking at all and unlimited traffic. This is a left-over  
from when I worked solely from home and needed a constant VPN  
connection to my main office across the country, but I kept it because  
I like to run my own web servers and don't want to run into problems  
like this.