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Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:23 am
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DaveL17
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Two more options:
It is also possible to use direct access without the reflector service, which is what I do (I use the reflector service for Indigo Touch). There's absolutely nothing wrong with the reflector service--it works great!
1. You need to know the WAN IP that your ISP has assigned you (I set up a small Python script to save the Indigo server's WAN IP to an Indigo variable because mine changes regularly.) Then I can whip out Indigo Touch to get the current IP, and--with the Indigo client software on the MacBook--connect to this the WAN IP. This method requires your Internet security (router, firewall, etc.) to be setup to allow you to do this. Since you're able to connect remotely with Indigo Touch, you should be able to make this work. There are also dynamic DNS services that will do this IP tracking and routing for you (you attach using a static IP or DNS name that the service gives you).
2. More recently, I've been connecting to my home network via a VPN service that I'm hosting locally on my Ubiquiti router. Once the MacBook's successfully attached to the VPN, I connect to the LAN IP of my Indigo server. The company makes available a complementary dynamic DNS service for its products. This is my preferred approach because I then have much more access to other things on my home network. There are a few small limitations, but this approach is nearly identical to how it works when I'm sitting on the couch.
Both work like a champ.
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