Sounds like they are using a product called WebSense,,, suffice it to say your SOL.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, because if it was easy, then it would just be the way.
Hi Folks....I was having a jolly ole time remote viewing my beloved slingbox at work......now my IT NSA buddies has locked the ports down tighter than...well we won't go there.....I used a program to find out what ports or open on the proxy/firewall server...but I still can't find one that will let me out.....but yet I can listen to streaming music via windows media player...does any one know what port WMP uses and if that port would work with the sling....thanks
December 15, 2006 10:10 PM
December 18, 2006 6:43 AM
Hey Razor.
Thanks for the help....but I still would like to know what port windows media player uses?...is it what ever port internet is using?....and slingbox support if you are reading this....please do something to help the so many people that are having issue with this same problem.....
Thanks
December 18, 2006 7:59 AM
Well, the slingbox if using UPnP defaults to 5001. The slingbox uses it's own player not WMP.
Have you tried port forwarding with your router? Using the free domain name stuff at dynDNS.org? and forwarding through port 443?
A shortcut has to be a challenge, because if it was easy, then it would just be the way.
December 18, 2006 9:04 AM
yes Razor, that is what I was doing all along...I had it working without a hitch...until IT blocked the port that I was using...I tried a program called Lan Spy and could see what ports were available....but 443 is not on the list....please don't tell me that I have to sell my box..I don't understand why can't use the same port that is used for http????...I know I shoud have paid attention in computer class at school for a reason...DAMM IT!!!
December 18, 2006 10:34 AM
You can try the ports you see open, they might work, won't know if ya don't try right? thing is, if they are going to all this trouble now to lock things down then they are also monitoring everything thats going on. Believe me they can tell when you are streaming stuff so I would be careful at this point. I am not in any way telling you to sell your box, thats up to you however. Sorry I can't help out further. Good Luck dood.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, because if it was easy, then it would just be the way.
December 19, 2006 1:39 PM
This seems to be a recurring issue ...
It depends on how anal your IT people are, but ... where there is a will, there is a way. (Whether it's a good idea to try to sneak by them ... left as an exercise to the reader.)
Anyhow, the way to get through is to stream through an encrypted tunnel. Whether VPN, or through SSH, it's up to you, but, they can't peek inside the tunnel, so they can't block it based on content. Of course, if I were the admin, I would also do traffic pattern analysis and would be having a chat with you in no time flat.
"Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity." - Henry S. Haskins
December 19, 2006 2:31 PM
LOL...haha.....sorin I like your attitude...I belive IT knows what going on....and has become like a game with them....I HAVE TO WIN!!.....do you know which is easier to do VPN or SSH?....and where I can I find a good guide to setting up one?....the thing is...I usally only streamed audio from the slinger at a low bit rate...and I am still able to listen via WMP stream...so its not like I am hogging thier precious bandwith...any help would be greatly appreciated...
December 19, 2006 2:48 PM
I like SSH, as I can use it from anywhere, and can keep all the necessary files, including the player on an USB drive.
Basically, you need an ssh daemon running at your place - I have one running on my router, if yo don't have an "open" router you will need to run sshd on a computer on your LAN, and port forward to it.
Assuming you have SSHD running on your router use
"ssh your.router.IP -C -L 5001:192.168.0.237:5001"
and point your player to "localhost".
I think I wrote a better explanation before, just search the forums. See last post in this tread http://www.slingcommunity.com/forum/t...
Good luck.
"Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity." - Henry S. Haskins
May 14, 2007 3:53 PM
I used canyouseeme.org and port 80 is available both at home and at work, I therefore configured my slingbox to use port 80 and forwarded that port to my slingbox. It works fine at home on a separate computer from the original slingbox installation but as soon as I try at work I get the following error
Unable to connect to slingbox, Verify your slingbox network and connection settings and try again Error 0x9234006A. Help please anyone
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May 14, 2007 4:44 PM
It's entirely possible that your company is using a web proxy on their firewall. Basically what that means is that any application or HTTP header or content that is not on the allowed list will get blocked. I run my company's network and our Watchguard Firewall has this capability. I've disabled it though as it's too much of a headache and causes problems with websites or services I want to access! :) Plus it's caused problems for other people too. I don't have the time to mess with it to get it working well. And we are a small company where I pretty much trust everyone. The Watchguard we have is about 7 years old now. I am sure the technology has changed a bit since then and "improved." If port 80 shows open on both places and you can't Sling, then you are probably SOL. Try it from some other remote place that is not at your company (ie: a friend's house, Starbucks, etc). Actually, you could use a VPN connection to your home. That would work. If you get a Broadcom based wireless router (Buffalo, some Linksys, and Belkin), you can install third party firmware that will allow you to do a VPN to your home network.
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May 14, 2007 4:52 PM
How exactly did you check on canyouseeme.org that 80 was open? You would have to have had something listening on 80, and the port forwarded on your router to whatever devices was listening for canyouseeme.org to show it as open.
As to connecting to it from some other machine on your lan.. how exactly did you try to connect? With the finderID, or with the public IP address of your router?
Most soho routers have issues with loopback forwarding.. So I would assume your home test just used the local IP it found with it broadcasted for your sling. Unless you created a new connection to your sling an used the PUBLIC ip of your router..
Setup your router to forward 443 (ssl port) to your slingbox IP.. Then from work connect to your routers public IP on 443
May 14, 2007 9:22 PM
yes we have a firewall but I know how to bypass it, I do so when I'm going to blocked sites and budman all you have to do is to enter a port on canyouseeme.org and they let you know whether its open or not by trying to access it. Anyway I'll try 443. I'll let you know what happens.
May 14, 2007 10:02 PM
I am WELL of aware of how canyouseeme.org works dude.. Which was the reason for my question -- Sorry... there has to be something LISTENING ON THE PORT for it to show open!!
If there is nothing listening.. then its not open now is it ;)
So what did you have listening on 80 was my question, an you would of had to configured your router to forward to the IP that this was listening on for canyouseeme to work.. Or it was just seeing the remote admin interface of your router, or some device with httpd running that was in your dmz, etc.. etc..
Your mention that you checked that the port was open at work with canyouseeme.org confirmed your not quite clear on how this stuff works.. It checks for inbound ports -- not outbound.. from work you need an outbound connection... I highly doubt they have port 80 allowed inbound to your machine ;) An I would expect the IP address that canyouseeme sees from work is a shared IP, etc.
For any check of a open port - there has to be something on the end catching it..
If you can access ssl sites from work, then port 443 is open outbound. Now do you need to auth to access this is another story. So if you setup this to forward from your router to your slingport, you should be good to go.
May 15, 2007 10:27 AM
Dac,
You say "I have to win..."
All I can say in response is, weigh the value of wining this battle against the risk of losing your job. There are many reasons why companies block video streaming, and it is very easy to find out who is eating up the bandwidth if you do succeed in making it work. Check your companies policies on computer usage and make sure you aren't setting yourself up for a very unpleasant visit with HR.
Carl
June 7, 2007 3:15 AM
Ok, so i'm a little slow and not as savy as other but I was able to use putty and connect to my ssh server at home. While in the putty window I can ping my sling box using my private Ip addy. 192.168.xxx.xxx. So far so good huh? Now were's the problem. I can't get putty to forward the port for the sling player. what am I doing wrong? I went through tthe directions serveral times I even done the log but the log does not show that the ports are being forwarded. Please Help!
June 7, 2007 7:05 AM
So what port are you trying to forward, and where are you trying to connect? What directions did you follow? Where are these directions?
I would assume your wanting to forward the default 5001 port. So setup a tunnel in putty so to the IP of your slingbox 192.168.?.?
This is how it would look in the putty tunnel section
L5001 192.168.?.?:5001
Then in sling player setup a direct connection to 127.0.0.1 on port 5001
Shaazam your watching your sling thru a ssh tunnel.
June 7, 2007 1:41 PM
I've transfered my Sling Player to my USB drive, but when I go to change the Network Preferences on my computer at work the field is "greyed-out". Is this my Network Admin saying: "Don't even think about, dude!"
June 7, 2007 1:52 PM
coolpants said: I've transfered my Sling Player to my USB drive, but when I go to change the Network Preferences on my computer at work the field is "greyed-out". Is this my Network Admin saying: "Don't even think about, dude!"
LOL! they are called "Security Policies" you are SOL! applied by login credientials no matter what machine you log on to.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, because if it was easy, then it would just be the way.
June 7, 2007 8:12 PM
Custom made BartPE disk is your friend. If your PC can boot from a CD.
"Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity." - Henry S. Haskins
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