One of the beauty's about the Slingbox is it's ability to stream video around your WIFI network, and more potentially accessing it remotely via some router changes.

Router Settings

So, first off log into your router with your internet browser...

http://192.168.1.1

Enter your admin username + password and get into the system.

Now first off you need to put the Slingbox into the DMZ (demilitarized zone), basically in front of the firewall so that you can connect to it remotely in cyberspace.

So with a belkin router, click [firewall], then [dmz]

Now add a static ip entry for your slingbox, like...

public ip : 82.23.44.92
static ip : 192.168.1.237

So in the first line of the DMZ screen it will show your router's currently assigned IP address, on the right it will list static ip's assigned to devices within your network that you want out in the open.

Because the Slingbox uses the default IP of 192.168.1.237, we set the first line to : 192.168.1.237 or 237

Hit save, now you need to setup a port for the slingbox.

So click [firewall], then [virtual servers]

Now add an entry for your slingbox's internal port.

lan ip address: 192.168.1.237
protocol type: TCP
lan port: 5001
public port: 5001
enable: tick this

make sure the entries are correct and you've ticked [enable], click [set] and you're done!

Your Slingbox is now available online.

So open your slingbox software, click [get info] and tick [access remotely], enter your router's ip address (from the DMZ screen, public ip or in this case 82.23.44.92) and the port 5001, click [save] and sit back and watch TV from your slingbox anywhere in the world.

Further Note

You can also apply this to other devices such as if you are like me and buy an ICYBOX NAS enclosure with a BitTorrent tool in it, by putting it in the DMZ it then has free access to the internet and you can load up torrent files into it and leave it to download them for you.

Nothing illegal mind, for me it's Fedora 9.

;-)

Take care,

New toy arrived today, the Slingbox Solo!

This is a cool little device that basically allows you to stream any AV source across the internet, and is perfect for watching tv wherever you happen to be.

Here's how it works.

• unpack your slingbox solo (bought from amazon.co.uk).
• connect the slingbox to your broadband router, via the supplied ethernet cable.
• use the scart passthru connector to connect your ntl / virgin / etc. box to your TV, and plug the composite cables into your slingbox's IN ports.
• plug in the supplied IR cables and rig them top & bottom to your cable's IR port (the LED you aim your remote at).
• turn it on, download the software from the slingbox website and your away!

Basically it takes over your cable / av source mimicking what the remote would normally do, then streaming the video across the web to whatever receiver you happen to use; your laptop or mobile phone via the Slingbox software.

The Slingbox Solo allows you to stream one AV source at £119; and considering you can give your friends overseas access to your box, suddenly your Eastenders-Hungry cousins can finally get their fix.

Awesome tool, and possibly the end of the TV.

• Slingbox