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Access externally

Posted: January 17th, 2015, 6:46 pm
by powerpengun
Hey guys,

I am trying to access SAB externally but having a bit of trouble. Ironically I can access it within the SAB app on my iphone but hoping to access the queue from a web browser when im outside the network. I have it hosted by dyndns which automatically updated when the ip address changes, I have the port forwarded and a dynamic dns setup on the router so im not sure where I am going wrong. If anyone could help me out that would be fantastic.

Re: Access externally

Posted: January 17th, 2015, 7:41 pm
by sander
As a forum admin, I can see your IP address. And on port 8080 of that IP address, my browser gets a popup asking for the SABnzbd username/password. So that looks good to me.

So can you describe in more detail what you tried, and what worked and what didn't?

Re: Access externally

Posted: January 18th, 2015, 3:28 am
by powerpengun
Is it ok if I PM you the address I am trying to use to connect to it?

Re: Access externally

Posted: January 18th, 2015, 5:22 am
by sander
powerpengun wrote:Is it ok if I PM you the address I am trying to use to connect to it?
Yes, you can.

But maybe easier: access http://api.ipify.org from the system (or LAN) SABnzbd is running on; it will show your public IPv4 address.

And one step further: go to http://www.whatsmyip.org/port-scanner/ (which will show your public IPv4 address), at "Custom Port Test" fill out 8080, and then click on Scan Port.

Re: Access externally

Posted: January 18th, 2015, 2:20 pm
by sander
I've written a server side program which you can use to see if your SABnzbd is accessible from Internet

Usage for SABnzbd running on default port 8080
http://scanmysabnzbd.appelboor.com/cgi- ... sabnzbd.py

Usage for SABnzbd running on another port, in this case port 33333
http://scanmysabnzbd.appelboor.com/cgi- ... port=33333

Feedback welcome