[MMM-Remote-Control] Can not access remote control module

[sdetweil]

@motdog lot more than that…

by default your home router blocks ALL incoming requests (or should anyhow) so you would have to open a port and map incoming requests on that port to your mirror machine (and port) by using the routers admin function… some providers do not allow this
(this is called port forwarding)

second, the IP address of the router on the internet is assigned dynamically, and might change…
some of us use a dns mapper to define a specific NAME to our router as it appears on the internet
( I use dyndns.org to map a known name to my router ip address, today my routers internet ip address is near 47.220.177.xxx)

third, the ip address of your phone will be randomly assigned too… their router, maybe over phone link connection… so , here u might have to say 0.0.0.0 anyone…

[retroflex]

@motdog If you open up a port for outside access of MM you’ll have to whitelist all IP’s since your phone changes IP. You will then expose it for everyone. This includes the config.js file, which might contain passwords to calendars etc. So be careful! Best option is to connect to your network using VPN. It is possible to setup a VPN server in some routers.

[sdetweil]

@retroflex he will still have to whitelist everything, or use Listen: 0.0.0.0

[motdog]

Thanks for all the feedback. I get the concerns and why its set up that way. No big deal at all

[AshDarko]

So I still get access denied, but if i change

ipWhitelist to [] then my phone can now access the remote page.

Just dont understand when I have address the correct ip for my phone it says access denied to that same ip in the terminal

Changed:

ipWhitelist: [ "127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:10.100.10.1",],

To:

ipWhitelist: []

[Mr.Gysy]

Hello,

I know the topic is old, but may someone can help me.

The module is shown on my screen but when I want to enter via Browser it always shows: This site cant be reached.

when erase the // from the config: The screen shows me an error, I should install a config data.

Can someone help me?

Thanks

[sdetweil]

@Mr-Gysy position: “bottom_right” needs a comma after when the next line is NOT a comment

[OldSunGuy]

@Mr-Gysy
I see you have:

    adresss: “0.0.0.0”,  

It should be:

     address: “0.0.0.0”,  

Just a user helping another user

[Mr.Gysy]

Thanks for help. fixed that 2 parts. Now no error for config but site still cant be reached :/

[Mr.Gysy]

no idea anymore or tips? :(

[sdetweil]

@Mr-Gysy sorry, unclear on error you are seeing

[Mr.Gysy]

changed something, now webpage shows: my connection has been rejected?

[sdetweil]

@Mr-Gysy so, steps to debug

from another system can u access the mirror itself
http://ip:port
if no, then either firewall, or mirror config prevents.
address: or whitelist or both

if address is localhost, then ONLY apps on the SAME PHYSICAL system can access
if address is 0.0.0.0, then apps can access from any network connection
if address is something else, some specific ip, then apps can only access server thru the hardware adapter that provdes that address. think if u had two network cards, and wanted to restrict access to only one of those cards…

now, once you’ve got that
we go to whitelist
now you can constrain access to specific systems on that netwokr, or groups of systems by address range (or applied mask)

so, to start I’d do address: “0.0.0.0” and whitelist :[],
means any system from any network

can u access the mirror app

now can u access the remotecontrol app insde the mirror?

[Mr.Gysy]

adress is set on 0.0.0.0
and whitelist []

on pi itself same from browser : 192.168.178.40 rejected the connection

[sdetweil]

@Mr-Gysy said in [MMM-Remote-Control] Can not access remote control module:

192.168.178.40

need the port too

http://192.168.178.40:8080 (thats the default port)

[Mr.Gysy]

[sdetweil]

@Mr-Gysy remove after the port. Let’s make sure default works

[Mr.Gysy]

same :/

[sdetweil]

@Mr-Gysy ok. Check the address of the pi

sudo ifconfig

[Mr.Gysy]

sudo ipconfig

sudo: ipconfig: Command not found

thats not good :/