Web Access

[Frank S]

I have no clue how to access my HS 2.0 machine from other PC's on my network or how to access them from the internet. I have the Windows XP firewall shut off on the HS 2.0 PC. What else do I need to do to gain access?

[MeSteve]

Start by trying to type in the IP address of your HS server in the address bar of another computer. 192.168.xxx.xxx, etc.

Do you knw how to get the address?

[Frank S]

Not sure. I went into my router and found two devices connected: 192.168.1.2 and 192,168.1.5. When I tried accessing these through IE, I got a logon page for one and "cannot access" error on the other.

[MeSteve]

start -> run -> type 'cmd' -> type 'ipconfig' this will give you the IP address. type that into the address bar of IE. Do this on the HS box.

[Tcassio]

That will work only if you used the standard port 80. I am using port 81 so the address would be http://192.168.1.120:81.

[rmasonjr]

I'm only mentioning this because I had this same problem

Did you enable access in the HS setup screen?

[Frank S]

ipconfig comes back with 192.168.1.4. When I try to access that from another PC on my network, it comes back with "The page cannot be displayed"

[Rupp]

Frank,
Did you enable web access in the HS options, web server tab?

[Frank S]

Oops, forgot to enable

Yes, I just discovered I hadn't done that. It now works from the HS 2.0 PC and others on my network.

How do I access this from the internet? Do I use the same IP address?

[jon00]

To access from the internet, you just replace your internal IP address with your external IP address in the web address.

To find out what your external IP address is, just bring up the about Homeseer web page. This can be found by using /abhs at the end of your internal web page address i.e.:

http://192.168.xxx.xxx/abhs
or maybe http://192.168.xxx.xxx:81/abhs

You may need to configure your router to port forward your HS2 webserver port to your internal IP address of the machine running Homeseer.

[Frank S]

"You may need to configure your router to port forward your HS2 webserver port to your internal IP address of the machine running Homeseer."

It appears that that's what I need to do.

However. I'm not sure how to do that. Here's a screen print of that option on my router; What info do I need to get this to work?

[joeslat]

Type anything you want in "Service Name" (I use HS2). In Starting Port and Ending Port, put whatever port number you are using for HS, which you can find in the Setup section. The default is 80, but if you have IIS installed, it may default to 81. Finally, put the internal IP address of your HS server in the IP address. That's it.

From outside your router (house), you can enter your external IP address and colon port number, e.g., http://65.187.55.222:81.

Better yet, go to no-ip.com and set up a rolling IP address there, then you can have a nifty address that is always the same, like http://frankshomeseer.no-ip.info, and do the "email port forwarding" option onto your router. It's free!

Joe

[Frank S]

OK, I've got it set up as you've explained. I'm able to access my HS PC from the PC's on my network, using 192.168.1.4 or http://69.168.162.71:80. However, I had a friend of mine try to access it from his house at http://69.168.162.71:80 and all he gets is the "cannot display" timeout screen.

[Rupp]

Frank,
If your using port 80 you do not need to put it in the url. Many ISP's do not allow incoming traffic on port 80. Try switching HS to port 81 as well as your port forwarding.

[Frank S]

Many thanks to all of you who helped me out with this. Changing to port 81 worked. THANKS!