Re: WME --> Windows Media Player - URLs that function/don't from home/work

Networks are far from basic.

If that failed, there are a few possible reasons. Do a "ping
jlpupcam.no-ip.info" and see if you get a response and see what IP is returned
by DNS (note: sometimes firewalls block ping requests.) Once you have the IP,
try "telnet <ipadd> 8080" and see what you get. That should fail as well. Now
verify that the IP you got from your ping is the actual Internet IP your
computer is using (try http://www.whatsmyip.org/). If it's not the same, then
the Internet DNS does not have the correct IP address for your host name.

Another possibility is that port 8080 is being blocked by your firewall. From
within your LAN (behind your firewall) do a "telnet <privateIP> 8080" and see if
you get a response. If yes, then it's likely a firewall issue. That's where
you'll probably need to investigate NAT port forwarding.

"Jim Lewandowski" <jlewand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Telnet jlpupcam.no-ip.info 8080 gets "Connect failed". What does that tell
us?

This stuff seems SO basic, but I can't find any doc. that REALLY explains all
this. The bookstore is the last hope.

JL


"Mike Lowery" <selfspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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machine name = Internet host name including DNS suffix (mysite.no-ip.com)

The "funky LAN-ish name" is not visible on the Internet.

"Jim Lewandowski" <jlewand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ticket opened at no-ip and no response yet. I made it clear I'm using port
8080.

What is "machine name" in the line below? Is that the funky "LAN-ish" name
that's mnemonic? Please clarify, you can't assume I know what you mean.

JL


"Mike Lowery" <selfspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think some of these free DNS sites will only work for HTTP (port 80)
redirects. They strip off any port appended to the URL. As a test, go to
your work PC and type "telnet machine-name 8080" and see if you get a
connection. It should work, which means the service is truncating the URLs
it's sent.

"Jim Lewandowski" <jlewand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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At home, I got WME to successfully work with my webcam (a miracle). At
home, to TEST, I used Windows Media Player and used the "Copy Internet
URL"/"Copy LAN URL" both are the SAME (one is uppercase, one is
lowercase). This URL looks like the "machine name" as far as Windows is
concerned. All OK.

At work, semi-obviously, using this internal "Lan-ish" URL does NOT work.
From work I had to use the actual IP address of my home PC.

Since, I want to make this easier, I signed up for a no-ip.com "domain".
All good, up and running. However, I can not get it to work. To
summarize:

At Home

Fire up WME - set to "pull" to port 8080

http://machine-name:8080 works in Windows Media Player
http://IPaddressofmyPC:8080 does NOT work (C00D11B3) in WMP
http://myname.no-ip.info:8080 does NOT work (C00D11B3) in WMP


At work

http://machine-name:8080 does not work (11B3??) in WMP
http://IPaddressofmyPC:8080 works in WMP
haven't tried the no-ip URL yet but will Fri AM.


Can someone explain not only WHY the above combos work/don't work but HOW
this really works (no-ip has no doc., WME has no doc, I've scoured the
internet newsgroups and regular webpages for almost 2 full days with
nothing remotely close to explaining HOW this works).

IOW, what is REALLY happening when you put in the no-ip address - is it a
URL redirect just like when you have "URL forwarding" for a domain name?

What is happening to "port 8080" when WME is running?

When WMP gets either a HARD IP address of the new funky no-ip URL, what
happens behind the scenes to get it all hooked up to work?

JL











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