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C7000 Port 8080
Hi everyone! i am trying to control my DirecTV over port 8080. I have created a static IP for my DirecTV and enabled TCP/UDP port forwarding of 8080 to the DirecTV static address. When I tried to...
> I have created a static IP for my DirecTV and enabled TCP/UDP port
> forwarding of 8080 to the DirecTV static address.
As usual, showing actual actions with their actual results (error
messages, reports, ...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
interpretations. Copy+paste the actual port-forwarding rule and address
reservation?
I understand why you might not want to reveal it, but not showing the
actual "ipaddress" in your URL means that we must trust you that it's
the right one. Does that URL work from your LAN?
Yeah, I was just told never to share ip addresses. But the command does work within the LAN, just not the WAN. And I have Port Forwarding open.
> Copy+paste the actual port-forwarding rule and address
> reservation?
Still waiting.
> And I have Port Forwarding open.
Perhaps. I want to see the evidence.
> But the command does work within the LAN, just not the WAN.
Which "the command", exactly, works on the LAN? A URL with the LAN
address, or a URL with the WAN address? If port forwarding is working,
then both should work from the LAN.
> Yeah, I was just told never to share ip addresses.
Fine. But hide that one datum, not all the data. Copy+paste remains
your friend.Oh gotcha. Sorry I misunderstood before. So the DirecTV IP Address is 192.168.0.15. This is what I changed in the router.
> Copy+paste the actual port-forwarding rule and address
> reservation?> But the command does work within the LAN, just not the WAN.
This is the command.... http://2600:8800:1e12:3522:7c17:b076:cbe0:28b6:8080/remote/processKey?key=pause&hold=keyPress
So when I put this in the address bar on my home network 'Netgear' it pauses the DirecTV. But when I attempt from my cell phone (ie. the WAN), it doesn't work. I got the 2600..number by googling 'whats my ip'.
Thanks.