MMM- Remote Control help

[Nneuland]

Can anyone explain the ip modifications needed to the config file for the Remote Control module?

[sdetweil]

@nneuland the address and ipWhilelist fields control what clients can connect to MagicMirror

address set to “localhost”, means only apps INSIDE the same machine can connect

changing to “0.0.0.0” (all adapters) means SOME systems outside the MM machine can connect,
and ipWhitelist give a list of address masks to test if those systems are allowed

for easy access , and no security for anyone on your local lan/wifi), address:“0.0.0.0” and ipWhiltelist:[] will allow anyone on your lan/wifi to connect to the MagicMirror application

[Nneuland]

@sdetweil
Thank you for the reply. After adjusting the address to “0.0.0.0” and adding my IP, I’m in a holding pattern of blank screen and curser, and no connection to the http://192.168.xxx.xxx:8080/remote.html website.

“This site can’t be reached”

[sdetweil]

@nneuland did u remove everything from ipWhitelist?

[Nneuland]

@sdetweil

This is what have in my ipWhitelist

ipWhitelist: [“127.0.0.1”, “::ffff:127.0.0.1”, “::1”, “ffff:192.168.XXX.XXX”], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses

I have xxx’d my actual ip address.

[sdetweil]

@nneuland 1st let’s take everything out

[Nneuland]

@sdetweil

Thanks for the help. []

This site can’t be reached192.168.xxx.xxx took too long to respond.
Try:

Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
Running Windows Network Diagnostics
ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT

[sdetweil]

@nneuland can u connect to mm

http://ip:8080

[Nneuland]

@nneuland sadly no

This site can’t be reachedCheck if there is a typo in ip.
If spelling is correct, try running Windows Network Diagnostics.
DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

[sdetweil]

@nneuland ok, so it’s a networking problem

u said windows… I always turn off the firewall for a while

[Nneuland]

@sdetweil

Thanks Sam. Oddly turning off firewall is yielding the same results.

Not sure the problem…

[sdetweil]

@nneuland had someone the other day have pi on guest wifi while phone was on family wifi…

[Nneuland]

@sdetweil
Nailed it! That was exactly the issue.

Thank you Sam. SOLVED

[CheapDad]

:grinning_face_with_sweat:

[DigiDadbod]

@nneuland just want to let you know; depending on how good your router is, you should be able to get it set up on a separate IOT network if desired. I forget exactly how I set mine up but it was either by allowing specific IP addresses to talk to each other one way, or a combo of that and enebling mDNS of some sorts (which is something I think you have to enable for things like Google speaker on an adjacent local network). Obviously, you will find better info on a forum dedicated to your router…

[Nneuland]

@digidadbod

That’s great. Thank you for the tip