Accessing Remotely

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The BCS-460 can be made available to the public internet by configuring your router to allow access to the BCS-460 on your local area network.

[edit] Security Considerations

It is recommended to enable authentication when setting up the BCS-460 for remote access. This provides basic password protection.

[edit] Port Forwarding

By default, the BCS-460 hosts the html user interface from port 80. Most ISPs block port 80, so a higher number port such as 8080 can be used by updating the port in the Ethernet Settings page. After the port is updated, reset the controller for the changes to take effect. Now to access the BCS-460, enter the IP address followed by :port, for example, 192.168.0.100:8080

Each router is different, but most allow users to setup port forwarding. What this does is forward traffic on specific ports from the router to an IP address in the LAN.

For example, if you go to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ and find that your external IP address is 69.207.19.56, and you setup your router to forward any traffic to port 8080 to your BCS-460, which is 192.168.0.100:8080, then visiting 69.207.19.56:8080 with bring up the BCS-460 user interface.

[edit] Dynamic DNS

Most ISPs change assigned IP addresses frequently, which can be an inconvenience. A great free service called Dynamic DNS can provide a static URL that won't change. More information at http://www.dyndns.com