What is going on...

[UncleJohnsBand]

I guess I know what you mean that it is two ports. The server puts EWA on port 7647 by default. So the client gets the web page there, but he is obviously not having a problem doing that. Then he says he has tried port 443 and port 8080 for the streamer. Port 8080 is unavailable to stream on because vlc serves up a control panel there. That would be a conflict. 443 should be fine if its not blocked by a firewall.

I believe most firewalls do not block outbound http on any port unless the administrator is very anal or the company has super strict security. Thats the main point I am making, the stream is using http and gets routed to the right node on the private LAN automatically at my office therefore its not like the firewall at work has to be specially opened for all inbound traffic on a port. It is being preceded by an http outbound packet so the router knows where to send the inbound.

So Bwangster, did you change the EWA port in the gbpvr config misc tab? If so what are you using there?

On the server side there are two ports you configure (or leave at defaults) and you have to set the home router to forward both to the server. defaults are 7647 for EWA and 7648 for streaming. Is the problem that you can't even open the EWA web page when it is left at 7647?

I was talking about what ports need to be specially configured at a router on the client side. Answer: none.

I know you can't have the web page served up on the same port as the streamed video.

I didn't connect his problem as not even being able to open EWA in a browser at the default setting. Thats a very strict router if thats the case. And when he was describing the ports as EWA and VLC I thought he was changing the vlc server control panel port from the 8080 setting somehow (I don't know where that could be configured) and was describing the streaming port as EWA. I guess I had a brain fart.

I've seen a strict outgoing network, they used a proxy server and blocked all outgoing traffic that didn't go through the proxy. If thats not what he has at work, then routers generally allow outgoing http which should let him open EWA on the default port 7647.

Got it.



Yea, mine does at work but we have tight regulations, the government, and customer data to worry about. We have a similar setup. Basically everything that isn't http web data is blocked on our network. No streaming media, pinging, remote sessions... you name it.

My understanding is that Bwangster has EWA and VLC on 443....thus the conflict.

You can block ports on local machines, my office does this for some known high trojan use ports, so it is very easy to have issues from work even if you have any number of ports at home to configure EWA and VLC on.

Bottom line is you need two ports......the client pc will be communication to EWA anb VLC on two different ports......one for the EWA traffic and one for the VLC traffic.

[jim08127]

Bwangster, did you try port 80 for the EWA, and then 443 for streaming? Possibility that your ISP blocks port 80, but worth a shot.

[Bwangster12]

I'll give Port 80 a try for the EWA and port 443 a try for the VLC stream. I know for a fact that 443 will work for VLC because I can stream VLC when it is by itself. I am not so sure about port 80 being available.


EDIT...

Well that didn't work. My intentions were to try "netstat -b" in a cmd prompt at my office so I can see what programs are running on what ports, but netstat -b didn't work at my office. All it did was give me a key of the netstat shortcuts. At home it showed me the programs on each port.

[jim08127]

You might want to try this: from the office can you access the vlc control panel at http://yourserverIP:8080?

(port 8080 would need to be forwarded to the server at home)

If so maybe there is a way to turn that control panel off and use the port for EWA instead.

To make the panel active for your test appear you can either launch a stream from EWA or just open VLC player and under settings choose add interface -> web interface.

[Bwangster12]

You might want to try this: from the office can you access the vlc control panel at http://yourserverIP:8080?

(port 8080 would need to be forwarded to the server at home)

If so maybe there is a way to turn that control panel off and use the port for EWA instead.

To make the panel active for your test appear you can either launch a stream from EWA or just open VLC player and under settings choose add interface -> web interface.

No it doesn't connect. I can't access that from my home computer either.

[jim08127]

On your home computer try it this way http://localhost:8080.

Should work. If not that may mean something else is wrong.

[Bwangster12]

On your home computer try it this way http://localhost:8080.

Should work. If not that may mean something else is wrong.

No, it doesn't work. I opened up those ports on my router and on the Windows Firewall.

[jim08127]

Maybe a reinstall of vlc..?

[UncleJohnsBand]

To access the VLC web admin on 8080 you need to turn on the interface....

Start VLC
Click on menu Settings
Add Interface
Web Interface

Then....VLC needs to be running to see anything on port 8080. You can start VLC (don't need to be running anything) and then go to localhost:8080)

[Bwangster12]

Aright that worked... I was able to connect to the web interface. So now the idea is to try to see if I can connect to this at work and then turn off the web interface?

I don't think port 8080 works, lol.