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dannzeman
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Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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I'm trying to login remotely from outside my local network to SABnzbd 0.6.15 on my Mac (10.7.4) using Safari on my iPhone and every time I try it says it cannot connect to the server.

If I forward the ports on my router to my Windows 7 PC running SABnzbd 0.6.9 my iPhone can connect just fine.

Is there a problem with the Mac version not having this capability? Or is it a bug? Or probably just my settings somewhere?
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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Are you using a firewall on the Mac?
What is the host address in Config->General on the SABnzbd running on the Mac?
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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First step: Can you access the Mac from your PC (using the local address, probably 192.168.x.y)
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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shypike wrote:Are you using a firewall on the Mac?
I don't have a third party firewall installed. This is my first experience with Mac OSX so I don't know if there's a built in firewall like in Windows that I need to configure.
shypike wrote:What is the host address in Config->General on the SABnzbd running on the Mac?
It says "localhost".
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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sander wrote:First step: Can you access the Mac from your PC (using the local address, probably 192.168.x.y)
On my PC I did Start>Run>\\192.168.1.109 and it couldn't find my Mac. I double checked the ip just to make sure. I was able to connect to another Win7 pc on using this method.
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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dannzeman wrote:
shypike wrote:Are you using a firewall on the Mac?
I don't have a third party firewall installed. This is my first experience with Mac OSX so I don't know if there's a built in firewall like in Windows that I need to configure.
shypike wrote:What is the host address in Config->General on the SABnzbd running on the Mac?
It says "localhost".
It should say 0.0.0.0. So change it, restart SABnzbd, and try again.
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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dannzeman wrote:
sander wrote:First step: Can you access the Mac from your PC (using the local address, probably 192.168.x.y)
On my PC I did Start>Run>\\192.168.1.109 and it couldn't find my Mac. I double checked the ip just to make sure. I was able to connect to another Win7 pc on using this method.
I think that won't work. You have to type the address in your webbrowser, so http://192.168.1.109:8080/
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Re: Can't remotely login from web to Mac, but can to PC.

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sander wrote:
dannzeman wrote:
shypike wrote:Are you using a firewall on the Mac?
I don't have a third party firewall installed. This is my first experience with Mac OSX so I don't know if there's a built in firewall like in Windows that I need to configure.
shypike wrote:What is the host address in Config->General on the SABnzbd running on the Mac?
It says "localhost".
It should say 0.0.0.0. So change it, restart SABnzbd, and try again.
This fixed it. Thank you!
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