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August 6, 2008 04:06 PM

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Steve H

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my slignbox tunner is located in mass and my son is in georga.  i can access the slingbox fine using my wireless laptop, however, starting about 2 months ago my son started having problems accessing the slingbox.  prior to 2 months ago all was fine.  all software and firmware is up to date.  my son has 3 computers 2 with xp 1 with vista.  none of these machines work?  any ideas?

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August 6, 2008 11:32 PM

Are you using your laptop inside of your local network or on another remote network?

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August 7, 2008 9:55 AM

My laptop goes through my LinkSys router and my son is connected through his Belkin router. Does this answer your question?

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August 7, 2008 10:41 AM

Yes it does. Can you bring your laptop to a coffee shop or someplace with Internet and try to run the slingplayer software? This will determine if it's the your local Internet or your son's.

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August 7, 2008 12:20 PM

Thanks, that was my next test. I will try it tomorrow and keep you updated.

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August 8, 2008 1:43 PM

Phil,

I went to a coffee shop as you suggested and as you suspected I could not connect to the Slingbox. This is confusing to me, it seems that if you are connecting through a wireless network to the internet you should be able to do it from anywhere. Also the fact that this problem just started a few months ago. Before that all was well.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Steve

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August 8, 2008 11:44 PM

Seems like the router is not forwarding the ports correctly. Run the router configuration again.

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August 9, 2008 10:42 AM

I reset the Slingbox and reinstalled from the beginning. Also added the router changes following the Slinbox installation procedures. Below are my settings under
Applications & Gaming.

Port Range
Application Start End Protocol IP Address Enable
Slingbox 5001 to 5001 Both 192.168.2.237 X

Is there anything else I need to change in the router?

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August 10, 2008 3:43 AM

Sounds about right. Have your son try it out.

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August 10, 2008 11:16 AM

Still does not work. More info, I am using DSL with a Westell modem. The thing is that my son seems to get to the Slingbox but it tells him that it my be turned off or there is some other problem.

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