PLaceShifter Router Ports to open

[electrofex]

Does anyone know What ports need to be open to get the placeshifter to work through a router. Also can these ports be changed?

[Opus4]

This is documented: there's a firewall FAQ and a section of Appendix N in the PDF manual called "Enable Remote Access to your SageTV server".

- Andy

[electrofex]

ok I can log on now and see and mess with the main menu, BUT i cant play back anything live or recorded. I just get a blank black screen with channel info and time laps bar but nothing else . Just black screen

[matt91]

what kind of server are you running? What else is it doing while you're trying to watch placeshifter? What content are you viewing? I assume you're watching over the internet; what's your upload pipe like from the server to the internet?

[electrofex]

I have a computer dedicated to sage. The Place shifter works ok behind the router. BUT through the internet The Place shifter will only work when I DMZ the whole computer. I did notice that after it starts working I can turn off DMZ and it will keep working. There must be something else I have to do to the router to make it work. Any other ports? Do I have the right ones open?

Got any Ideas?

[electrofex]

Thanks for your help. I figured it out.
I temporally put my router in DMZ then using the command prompt I typed the command “Netstat” and got a list of ports used by sage and other programs. Then I entered the ports into my router and WaLa.! The port numbers are: 31099 TCP, 31100 UDP, and 7818 TCP!

[electrofex]

Pasword, Placeshifter just works. I does not ask for a password? Is ther away to put inplace a password?

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by electrofex

Thanks for your help. I figured it out.
I temporally put my router in DMZ then using the command prompt I typed the command “Netstat” and got a list of ports used by sage and other programs. Then I entered the ports into my router and WaLa.! The port numbers are: 31099 TCP, 31100 UDP, and 7818 TCP!

As the docs say, you should only need to open port 31099 on your router. That is the only one open on mine -- just that one port is forwarded to my SageTV server PC.

Because you mentioned having to open the other ports, and...

Originally Posted by electrofex

Pasword, Placeshifter just works. I does not ask for a password? Is ther away to put inplace a password?

... that makes me wonder about your setup.

It is acting like it is a local connection, thus your need to open additional ports and the lack of the username/password request.

I'm not sure what would make it appear to be a local connection, though.

Are you trying to connect to a local server, but going through the router instead somehow?

What is the LAN address of your server?

- Andy