subsonic.org is registered, but could not connect

[GJ51]

People sure do go to great lengths to make simple things complicated. JUST OPEN *)*! TO THE SERVER.

*)*! is really just UPPER CASE for 8081

[vsteel]

People sure do go to great lengths to make simple things complicated. JUST OPEN *)*! TO THE SERVER.

*)*! is really just UPPER CASE for 8081

But that is the point of port forwarding, when you can't open 8081 (or any of the other 8K ports). In my case I HAVE to use port 80 but if I try and run subsonic on port 80 that turns into a mess because then I have to run things as root to open it up. (I am on Linux). I was just hoping there was a way to easily set the port that the server is using for the http://<YourNameHere>.subsonic.org redirect. That way I don't have to remember my IP address, I can just easily remember a nice name. The server runs great on port 80, the redirect just tries to always connect to port 8081 unless you do some juggling as I mentioned in an earlier post.

[GJ51]

I'm so confused ...

If the server runs great on port 80, then just set SS to use 80. That's not my personal preference, but if that works best for you then just use it.

I have seen many users claim that their work environment blocks ports, so they set SS to a port that isn't blocked by their work environment. I have yet to have anyone explain to me how the port used by Subsonic in your home affects the port being used by your browser at work. When you request data from your browser at work it will use whatever port designated for http traffic, typically 80. The router notes the internal ip of the request and routes the response back to the requesting ip. I fail to understand how the port used by SS on your home network has any bearing on the ports used to request/recieve data by your browser at work. I could be wrong, but I have yet to see anyone provide a logical explanation of how that works.

I have accessed my Subsonic servers from many environments, never yet have I encountered it being blocked. I have read that some providers have the capacity to analyze the data stream and can block/throttle data by type (such as mp3), but that can be worked around by enabling SSL.

In any event, where does 100 come into play on your setup? I've reread your post a few times, but it still eludes me as to what you are actually doing.

[vsteel]

The port in my earlier example 100, was just an example number. When you turn on the option of using the http://<MyNameHere>.subsonic.org it just assigns the name to your IP and uses the port that the server is running on. So it was running for example 8081 on my computer. Because of work I need it to run on port 80. So I would set up port forwarding on my router. A packet coming in on port 80 from the Internet would go through the router and get changed into 8081 because of the port forwarding. Anything coming from the computer get turned into a port 80 reply in the router and sent out over the Internet. Using the http://<MyNameHere>.subsonic.org doesn't work though because it tries to tell an external computer to come to my home IP but use port 8081. It will work on the home LAN because port 8081 is open on the LAN, but externally only port 80 is open.

The reason it is bad to run something on port 80 is because you have to run a program as root to use any port below 1024. Normal users in Linux can't open ports below 1024. OK, so why not run it in root? Well if there is a security hole in Subsonic somewhere, then a hacker might have root access to my machine. If I run as a normal user or have a limited account for the subsonic server, then even if they do get in they can't do much.

Now I know people are going to say there are IP tables and other ways around this in the OS. I was just looking for a one button solution.

Sorry for the confusion and thank you for trying to help.

[GJ51]

Please, just answer this one question for me, can you access my site from your workplace?

http://maplegrovepartners.subsonic.org

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[vsteel]

Please, just answer this one question for me, can you access my site from your workplace?

http://maplegrovepartners.subsonic.org

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No, I can't. I can't connect at all.

[GJ51]

Do you get any messages?

[rickrack]

Hi, sorry for delay in replying, been away. Canyouseeme.com can see the relevant port.

[GJ51]

http://80.229.174.62:4040/login.view?

I get to your log on page just fine.

[vsteel]

Do you get any messages?

All I get is "can't establish a connection to the server at 108.17.27.224:452"

I can't even get to the login screen.

[GJ51]

Firefox?

Try Chrome.

It's also possible that your workplace is using a "white list" on the proxy server. I run into this at a local coffee shop that only allows connection to approved sites on their white list. Not being on it, I can't get to my SS server when I'm there.

[donpearson]

I to have a problem with the subsonic URL not working.

My network is setup as in the image below



As said in past posts it's due to my server not being connected directly to the internet and behined another conputer (smoothwall).

I would love to get this fixed.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[GJ51]

Is it just the SS URL? Can you access from outside your network using your external ip:port# ? Which device handles DHCP?

[donpearson]

Is it just the SS URL? Can you access from outside your network using your external ip:port# ? Which device handles DHCP?

Yes its just the SS URL, as i already have a dyndns running (had it years).

Smoothwall handles DHCP.

[GJ51]

What msg. do you get when you go to Settings/Network and hit the Save button. I'm assuming you have the little box checked next to Access server over internet...