Port forwarding alternative

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Ricardo Pinto
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Hi,

Wouldn't it be nice to have an alternative to port forwarding?

I remembered this today, when I had to hard reset my ISP router, and totally forgot to reopen the ports to bOS and found myself with no access on mobile network. So no bOS, no Alexa commands to bOS etc.

In fact, there are many services that are using "P2P" services, using mechanisms to get rid of the port forwarding stuff.

The reality is that we are often hard resetting the ISP routers. Sometimes by ourselves, other times because of automatic firmware updates from the ISP. And many times we forget the port forwarding stuff.


What do you think?

Best regards

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Ricardo Pinto

I know that probably this implementation would require a middle server or something to take care of the IP records etc... (But I think that our Comfortclick account already does that, by using our Access ID).


So if there was a secure alternative to port forwarding bOS it would be great...


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ComfortClick Support
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Hello,

we are working on a solution without port forwarding, which will be available in future releases, we're trying to get the best alternative for our port forward option that is available now, but it will probably require a monthly fee.

Best regards.

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Francois Lesueur

Hello,

Will this solution without port forwarding not need a fixed IP address ? 

That would be great, because this would enable to use 4G (which apparently does not allow fixed IP address) to easily connect to bOS server. I would be happy to pay for the monthly fee for this. 

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SS Nasser Lootah

hi 

I am using Laptop as server 

want to access Client app  remotely

port 443 is OPEN Still not connecting 

error is Sever not available ,   Port forwarding is also done 


help

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Ricardo Pinto

Hi,

You need to assure that port 443 is correctly opened in the Windows firewall.

You can test the connection with the following site:

https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

If it says port closed, then the port configuration is not correctly opened in the Windows firewall, and you need to double check it.

bOS is actively listening on port 443 locally, so if it doesn't work remotely, it's almost certain that the problem is on your Laptop's Windows firewall

Best regards

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Jürgen Jürgenson

Also check if other port forwardings are working, sometimes ISP turns forwarding off, and you will need to call them to activate it.

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Jef Aernouts
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Hello,

we are working on a solution without port forwarding, which will be available in future releases, we're trying to get the best alternative for our port forward option that is available now, but it will probably require a monthly fee.

Best regards.

Hi

Any updates on remote access without port forwarding?

Thanks

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ComfortClick ComfortClick
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Hi

Any updates on remote access without port forwarding?

Thanks

Hello,

gateway access (remote access without any port forwards) is in our beta stage right now, if you want to test it, please contact us (support@comfortclick.com) and we'll arrange it.

Best regards,

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Jef Aernouts
Dear Sir

I want to test the gateway access.

- Jef
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Kresimir Marusic
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Hello,

gateway access (remote access without any port forwards) is in our beta stage right now, if you want to test it, please contact us (support@comfortclick.com) and we'll arrange it.

Best regards,

I am also intersted to test gateway access feature.


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