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[hitman07]

Hi all, i remember seeing a programme that you can access your dreambox remote control on the internet or something and im wondering if its possible to access it from another place and what the website or programme is. any help is much appreciated.

[^^MaXiMo II^^]

if your dreambox is connected to the internet just digit in your browser your hostname or your db ip address you will get the webif of your db there you can select: remote control etc etc

[hitman07]

When i type my db ip address in the address bar at work it just gives me a msn search

[Curious123]

If your dreambox is connected to the internet through your router than it is a little bit more involved to access it over the internet. You need to set up dns hostname and than you need to make sure that you port forward this dns hostname through router to your dreambox.

[^^MaXiMo II^^]

If you have not a host name set up, simply direct your browser to the port that you opened for your db to connect on the internet, for example if you opened port 80 in your router and your ip address is 73.54.89.0 type in your browser: http://73.54.89.0:80

[hitman07]

i have tried this but it still doesnt work from my work pc. it works from my home pc tho

[^^MaXiMo II^^]

if it doesnt work take curious123 advice and set up a hostname

[hitman07]

Im not sure how to actually set up a hostname, can anyone please help me?

[^^MaXiMo II^^]

create an account here is free

https://www.dyndns.com

[hitman07]

Is this the same as a no ip address name?? sorry if i sound silly

[^^MaXiMo II^^]

Is this the same as a no ip address name?? sorry if i sound silly

yep is same
you can use either i like dyndns

[hitman07]

i have already got one setup for that, but i dunno what to do next

[Curious123]

If you have already set up dns hostname for your dreambox than you need to set your router to forward the request to your dreambox. Have read through this for port forwarding routers ;

PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

@DF apologies for attaching external link, delete if inapropriate.

[hitman07]

Yeah i have done all that, what do i need to type in to access the site? sorry again for the stupidity of me

[Curious123]

Yeah i have done all that, what do i need to type in to access the site? sorry again for the stupidity of me

Not sure about anyone else but you have lost me now; are you talking about the dyndns site, port forwarding site or your dns host?