Just a couple of points,
VM Superhub does NOT support DDNS, however both DynDNS and no-ip have a little PC client that you can run on your PC that will update DDNS with your public IP address. Check on their website for the download.
Good news is that depending on your area, your public IP address shouldn't be changing much. I've had mine for over 18 months now. I don't even bother with DDNS service, I just have a note of my IP. To get your public IP address just go to Google and type in 'what is my IP'. If you are on VM its likely to be 82.x.x.x
I would REALLY recommend changing the port used to access the web interface for your box. Port 80 is commonly scanned and I suspect most of you haven't set a password, you just looking for your box and potentially internal network getting hacked. To change the port go to menu -> settings -> plugins Select Webif and under its setting you can change the port. You can pretty much use any port but between 9000 and 10000 is good. Port forward the new port on your router as well. Now when you want to access the web interface either internally or externally just use http://82.x.x.x:yyyyy where 82.x.x.x is your public IP and yyyyy is the new port number.
Just a couple of points,
VM Superhub does NOT support DDNS, however both DynDNS and no-ip have a little PC client that you can run on your PC that will update DDNS with your public IP address. Check on their website for the download.
Good news is that depending on your area, your public IP address shouldn't be changing much. I've had mine for over 18 months now. I don't even bother with DDNS service, I just have a note of my IP. To get your public IP address just go to Google and type in 'what is my IP'. If you are on VM its likely to be 82.x.x.x
I would REALLY recommend changing the port used to access the web interface for your box. Port 80 is commonly scanned and I suspect most of you haven't set a password, you just looking for your box and potentially internal network getting hacked. To change the port go to menu -> settings -> plugins Select Webif and under its setting you can change the port. You can pretty much use any port but between 9000 and 10000 is good. Port forward the new port on your router as well. Now when you want to access the web interface either internally or externally just use http://82.x.x.x:yyyyy where 82.x.x.x is your public IP and yyyyy is the new port number.
in no-ip.com do i put in the local ip of the device i.e. 192.168.0.x and the client shows the external visible one.
thats how ive set mine now, but i dont think it updates my local ip when it changes...
also can't anyone access via that ip adress (external) isnt that an ip that is general for the area/street or is really isolated for the end user....
Just a couple of points,
VM Superhub does NOT support DDNS, however both DynDNS and no-ip have a little PC client that you can run on your PC that will update DDNS with your public IP address. Check on their website for the download.
Good news is that depending on your area, your public IP address shouldn't be changing much. I've had mine for over 18 months now. I don't even bother with DDNS service, I just have a note of my IP. To get your public IP address just go to Google and type in 'what is my IP'. If you are on VM its likely to be 82.x.x.x
I would REALLY recommend changing the port used to access the web interface for your box. Port 80 is commonly scanned and I suspect most of you haven't set a password, you just looking for your box and potentially internal network getting hacked. To change the port go to menu -> settings -> plugins Select Webif and under its setting you can change the port. You can pretty much use any port but between 9000 and 10000 is good. Port forward the new port on your router as well. Now when you want to access the web interface either internally or externally just use http://82.x.x.x:yyyyy where 82.x.x.x is your public IP and yyyyy is the new port number.
in no-ip.com do i put in the local ip of the device i.e. 192.168.0.x and the client shows the external visible one.
thats how ive set mine now, but i dont think it updates my local ip when it changes...
also can't anyone access via that ip adress (external) isnt that an ip that is general for the area/street or is really isolated for the end user....
IP address is 110% absolutely unique to you, not the street or area. What you will find is that you and your neighbors will have a similar IP address, e.g. 82.101.32.64 and your neighbors might be 82.101.32.65 Its to do with subnets but don't worry about that right now.
DNS is like an address book. Remember that you need an IP address to know where to connect to.
So for example if you wish to connect to google, you don't type in http://12.34.24.21 for example you type in Google Google is much easier to remember plus if google decides to change their IP address you they can update the address book and you don't to know about that.
So DNS does is hold a record of Google IP address is 12.34.24.21
With no-ip, you can create your own web address (e.g. jsmith.no-ip.com) and no-ip will store your public IP address (the 82.x.x.x) for you. So when anybody types in jsmith.no-ip.com no-ip will direct them to your home network. The DYNAMIC part of DDNS means that YOU can update your public ip address on no-ip DNS server on the fly. If you use a web browser to log into the no-ip website, it knows your public IP address from your web request and updates their records according.
The problem you may get is that virgin media can change your public IP address when they want, you won't know this has happened until you try jsmith.no-ip.com and the connection does not work. What entering your no-ip details into the router does is automatically keeping no-ip updated with your public IP address. You can achieve the same thing by either periodically logging onto the no-ip website from a PC at home network or run the no-ip client which will keep no-ip DNS server updated.
As I mentioned, you may not need the services of no-ip because your public IP address does not change that frequently and you can just enter 82.x.x.x address into your web browser when your outside of home network. Note that 82.x.x.x will NOT work when you are at home, use the 192.168.x.x address when you are at home.
Hopefully this makes sense.
Hi
I have managed to set everything up but the app runs picture freezes is that my internet or the app
Great guide, thanks Andrew28Flan
For those on Android I recommend Dreamdroid (Free) or (Dream EPG £5.99)
Both stream, set timers, epg and are remote controls.
If you have your own VPN then you can connect to your home network and just use your Zgemma's IP.
Sorry I should have been clearer. Yes I have a Synology Nasbox which lets me use OpenVPN, very reliable, never been disconnected once.
Sorry I should have been clearer. Yes I have a Synology Nasbox which lets me use OpenVPN, very reliable, never been disconnected once.
I would have thought the VPN bit would have been on your router, not internal device. I don't know if your NAS is using uPnP to configure your router.
any chance of help setting this up via teamviewer i have a virgin router
and dont see u login with putty to pass on your openwebif not a good idea with no pass