port forwarding question

Sorry to bump an old thread but I’m having some trouble using port forwarding. Does port forwarding work for the Mobile App?

I’ve configured my router correctly, when I go to the Mobile App, I select manually add device. I enter my IP, 41.x.x.x:80. I enter my password which was changed from the default opendoor. I click submit, the busy wheel spins, then it throws the following: Check IP/Port, and try again. What am I doing wrong? I’d like to access this away from my home network. Thanks in advance.

@salbahra wrote:

Yes port forwarding works well with the mobile app.

When using port 80 you don’t need to define it. See if that helps (just the IP).

Are you sure your port forwarding port 80 to the correct device?

I tried just the IP same problem. I’ve got a Linksys router. My OSPi has a static IP of x.x.x.131. In the router I went to ‘Single Port Forwarding’ There is an External Port and Internal Port Column. I set them both to 80. Protocol is listed as ‘Both’, then my .131 IP address with the enable button checked.

I disbale wifi on my phone, go through the steps but I still arrive at ‘Check IP/Port and try again’

Are there any other settings needed in the router?

@salbahra wrote:

Some ISP’s may block port 80/443 and other ports such as 445. Check another port and see if it works.

I checked with my ISP and you’re correct port 80 was in fact blocked by them. They said that 443 was not blocked so I tried that. Same results. On the app I tried using my ip that I got off whatsmyip.com with and without the :443. Same result. I just read that I can unblock 80 since I subscribe to a higher package deal, but I’ll need to be on my home network to make the changes. When I get off of work I’ll give it a try and post my results. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the advice, but I’m still having an issue. Here is what I’m looking at.
This is Single Port Forwarding, I also have the option for Port Range (thats blank).

And my device. The x’s are my IP from my ISP. I’ve tried with and without the port number. The busy wheel spins and I get the same error as from my original post. The info I read about port 80 being blocked and unblocking it didn’t pan out. Open to any other ideas thanks. 🙁

Hey Ray, you’re right, it didn’t work.

@ray wrote:

The first thing you want to try is to open a browser, and type in:
http://x.x.x.x:1080
where x.x.x.x is your IP from your ISP. If this doesn’t work, the app won’t work either. Can you type down the first two fields (i.e. first two x.x.) of your IP? From that we can probably tell if this is an external IP or internal IP.

Update: When I went to x.x.x.x:80 (the 80 disappeared) in Chrome I was brought to a “OpenSprinkler Pi (OSPi) Pre-Configured SD Card” page. Mostly text and some links.

Am I on the right path? This seems like its some progress.

Still getting the error on the web app. I’m trying to set up two connections one for when I’m on my network and one off. I’m assuming since there is an “Add” button, you can have multiple connections.

Any help would be great. Thanks in advance… again. 🙂

@kkpwr&h2o wrote:

Greetings,

Having a similar situation in that I can see the “inside: IP addr for my OSPi, can see that port 80 is visible via WhatIsMyIP on the “outside” IP, yet can’t get the app of to see the OSPi using either IP. Don’t think I have changed the password. Is there somewhere to check to ensure the password is the default, or reset the password to the default “open-door” p/w?

Thanks,
KK

I think the default password is ‘opendoor’ not ‘open-door’