Changing the HTTP port!

[Tyrewt]

We need a feature to allow HTTP port configuration. I already have port 80 and 8080 in use on other devices. Is this something we can get in the next firmware release?

[hypnosis4u2nv]

I would like to see the also, as I can't access it through port 80..

[adventureboy]

I'll put my vote in for this too please.

[GrandWizard]

This has always been low on the priority as you can do this with any home router. Just port forward any external port you want to your envisalink on port 80 or 8080. Its easy.

[hypnosis4u2nv]

I can access other devices through Port Forwarding on my router, but the 2DS remains elusive no matter what port I try..

[EyezOnRich]

Not sure if we are explaining this right (or if we are understanding the problem correctly). But say for instance you have 5 different devices that are all listening on port 80, you can still access them all through port forwarding in the the following way:

This is just an example (your details will be different). In each case you have 3 parameters to play with:
1. The IP of the device
2. The Port the device is listening on (this is on the device itself and is on your internal network)
3. The External port of the router.

So if I had 5 different devices all listening on 80, I just do this:

External Port Internal Port IP

8080 -> 80 192.168.1.100
8081 -> 80 192.168.1.101
8082 -> 80 192.168.1.102
8083 -> 80 192.168.1.103
8084 -> 80 192.168.1.104


The logic being. I want external port x to go to internal port y for the IP z.z.z.z. The external port is completely arbitrary. It is whatever you choose and doesn't have to match the internal port. A more real situation might look like this:

External Port Internal Port IP

8080 -> 80 192.168.1.100
8081 -> 8080 192.168.1.110
8082 -> 80 192.168.1.113
8083 -> 80 192.168.1.114
8084 -> 8080 192.168.1.127

Also you should set a DHCP reservation for the IP of each device so that it doesn't change.

[hypnosis4u2nv]

I have tried everything that you mentioned and I have no luck accessing it from outside my home network.. The Trendnet works outside the network, but the 2DS won't..

[GrandWizard]

The '2DS won't respond to port 4081. It will only respond to port 80 or 8080.

What make of router is that? I don't recognise the pages.

[hypnosis4u2nv]

The '2DS won't respond to port 4081. It will only respond to port 80 or 8080.

What make of router is that? I don't recognise the pages.

Tried port 8080 and that worked, but port 80 doesn't work (I think because my network printer has a web access page on the same port).. I still think there should be an option to change the port to avoid conflicts with other devices..

The router is a DLink DIR-825..

Thanks GrandWizard..

[EyezOnRich]

To further GrandWizard's point, it's your router that is the limiting device.

My router and most of recent ones that I've seen have the 3 options I outlined. You can control which outer port goes to which inner port for which IP, that way it doesn't matter if you have 100 devices all on port 80, they can all be mapped to different outer ports and all accessed anyway.

Your router is only offering you control of only 2 of the options. i.e. It requires that the outer port and the inner port are the same. That is very limiting because then you have to have a unique port for every device (even though they have different IPs).

Not to say that we aren't putting the request on the list but, I personally, would consider switching routers as you will encounter many devices that have fixed ports and that is easily taken care of by other routers.