HTTP port number

[johnlaroux]

If I were to change the http port number to 6000 would I be able to connect to it on my local network with this url   192.168.1.15:6000
 
Also would this enable me to connect over the internet to the webcontrol board  if I put a port forward in my router to 192.168.1.15 and port 6000.
 
Thanks   John

 

[rossw]

If I were to change the http port number to 6000 would I be able to connect to it on my local network with this url   192.168.1.15:6000
 
Also would this enable me to connect over the internet to the webcontrol board  if I put a port forward in my router to 192.168.1.15 and port 6000.
 
Thanks   John

 
192.168.x.x addresses are RFC1819 and are not globally routable.
You would be able to access that address/port from something else INSIDE your network in the same subnet, but it would not be reachable from outside on any, arbitary machine. The only way around it would be if you have PAT or reverse-NAT on your router, and even then you need to know what the outside IP address is of your router. (and hope it's not behind CGN!)

 

[johnlaroux]

192.168.x.x addresses are RFC1819 and are not globally routable.
You would be able to access that address/port from something else INSIDE your network in the same subnet, but it would not be reachable from outside on any, arbitary machine. The only way around it would be if you have PAT or reverse-NAT on your router, and even then you need to know what the outside IP address is of your router. (and hope it's not behind CGN!)

I connect to my home automation computer all the time using a free  DNS service and use port forwarding on my router.  I guess the DNS service keeps track of my outside ip address.

 

[CAI_Support]

Yes, you should be able to use your router port forwarding feature to connect to it remotely on different port than 80.
We did not try exactly 6000, but we did test port forwarding on router with a few different ports than 80.
A lot of ISP now keeps the IP address not changing, so that they can track user traffic easier.  If your ISP  is one of those, then you can also just using IP address and port number on the browser.  Just make sure started with http://your-ip:your-port
IP address wthout http:// part may not work on some browsers.

 

[johnlaroux]

Yes, you should be able to use your router port forwarding feature to connect to it remotely on different port than 80.
We did not try exactly 6000, but we did test port forwarding on router with a few different ports than 80.
A lot of ISP now keeps the IP address not changing, so that they can track user traffic easier.  If your ISP  is one of those, then you can also just using IP address and port number on the browser.  Just make sure started with http://your-ip:your-port
IP address wthout http:// part may not work on some browsers.

 
Yes this works great. Now I can practice the plc programming when Im away from home.

 

[CAI_Support]

For safety consideration, you may also change your user name from default admin to something harder to guess.
However, if you forgot that, the only thing to do is to factory reset the board, which will wipe out everything.