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Hello i just installed sabnzbd about a week ago and everything works like a charm i have been reading the wiki and the tutorial but i cant seem to find on how to set it up so i am able to access it from my laptops, or my other computers they're all connected to the same network they're connected wireless through my router and the main one working with sabnzbd is connected through cat 6 wire. I already attempted accessing it the same way as my main computer by typing in localhost:8080 but that only works on my computer that has the software installed. Do i have to install the software on all the computers and fill in the info i want to do this to check status and add nzb when i am not at my main computer thank you. If i can be directed to a link or any help would be appreciated.

On the computer running SAB, in SAB go to Config -> General (so probably http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd/config/general/) and fillout "0.0.0.0" without the quotes at "SABnzbd Host". Then press Save, and restart SABnzbd.

Then find out the private IP adress of your computer running SAB. If you use Windows, type "ipconfig" on the command prompt, and look for something like 192.168.x.y or 10.0.0.x.
Then point your browser to that IP-adress follow by 8080, so something like http://192.168.1.50:8080/

If that works, you can use that URL from the other devices on your LAN.

Does that work?

FWIW: I'm not a Window users, but instead of the private LAN address, maybe you can also use the Windows name of the computer, so http://bigboy:8080/

Yes it worked thank you very much i really appreciate it. Now to see if i can figure out how to get couch potato to work the same way if possible.

cherritaker wrote:Yes it worked thank you very much i really appreciate it. Now to see if i can figure out how to get couch potato to work the same way if possible.

Good. Did you use the IP-address method? Then there is something you should know; after a reboot, your system can have a different IP-address. You can fix that in your modem/router.

Did you (also) try the window-name method? If that works (and it should), you have no problems with changing IP addresses.

The hostname that will be used to access sabnzbd. The default of localhost will only allow access from the computer running sabnzbd. Change to 0.0.0.0 (unless using vista) or leave it empty (auto-finds local ip address) to be able to access from other pcs in your network. For more information see command-line-parameters.

127.0.0.1 or [::1] or localhost = Access from this computer only
empty = Finds and listens on your local (ipv4) ip address. Used for accessing from other computers. localhost will not work anymore so update your bookmarks.
0.0.0.0 = Listens on multiple interfaces (both local IP and localhost). Recommended if you are not running vista. Vista prefers ipv6 so your ipv4 ip address (192.168.x.x) won't work which means forwarding the ports may not work. Note for Ubuntu users on Karmic (9.10): if 0.0.0.0 doesn't seem to work for you, try the actual internal or external IP you want to use.