Chris wrote:How will I do that. I got it working sweet on wife. But won't update on 3G.
It emails me but only if the laptop is running. But if I can get the app to run 3G then I can just keep an eye out.
So any ideas on what I need to do. Sorry I'm not really comp minded.
Also it would really cool to get the client suite on the iPad.
Chris, first thing you want to do is go to
http://www.dyndns.org, create a new account and setup a new hostname. By doing this, you will create a new host address. Something like "chris.dyndns-remote.com". What this will do is bind the chosen host address (chris.dyndns-remote.com) to your IP address that your ISP will give to you. This gives you a way to access your home network outside of your home. Most modern routers will have a "DynDns" or "Dynamic DNS" option that lets you provide your newly created dyndns account/host information with your router. Anytime your ISP hands you a different IP address, your router will automatically update your dyndns host information making sure you're always able to reach your network via your dyndns host address.
Next thing you will want to do is assign your ReefAngel wifi adapter a static IP address, again through your router's setup page. This will ensure that anytime your network is reset, no matter what, your wifi adapter always has the same ip address. By default I think most routers will dynamically change the devices ip address. In my case, my router will always assign the wifi adapter the ip address 192.168.1.110 as you can see from the screenshot below:
Next step is to setup a port forwarding rule. This will make sure that anytime your router sees a request coming in on a specified port, it knows exactly where to forward that request to, again on the specified port. Port 2000 is the recommended port for this. Here you can see anytime a request comes in on port 2000 - my router will forward it to the static ip address (192.168.1.110) on the same port 2000. This is why its so important to setup the static ip address rule in the previous step. If your router is always changing the ip address of your wifi adapter, then the port forward rule won't work out so well.
Last step is to update the IP address field in the iphone application to now point to your dyndns host:2000. (
http://chris.dyndns-remote.com:2000). This will let you see the ReefAngel information over 3G when you're not connected to your homes wifi router. You can also use the same url inside the Client Suite installed to a laptop outside of your home and it will work just the same..
