Can anyone please help, connectivity problem?

[terenceslattery]

Hi All,

I've installed Ubuntu server on my home server and setup an Xtream UI panel. I've added my streams and VOD content to my panel and I have been able to connect to the server and stream the content onto my TV using the Smarters Pro IPTV app. When I connected to the Smarters Pro app I selected the option to 'Log in with Xtream Codes API' option and I entered the username and password I setup on my panel along with my internal IP address and broadcast port (e.g. 192.168.0.29:25461) and everything worked like a charm.

So I decided I would try an external log in, by taking a note of my external IP address and logging out of my wifi on my smart TV and connecting to my mobile phone hotspot. I cleared out the data and cache from the Smarts IPTV Pro app and attempted to log in again, but this time with variations of my external IP while still keep the .29 element of my internal ip address. (e.g. if my external ip address was 70.30.235.179 I would attempt the following combinations:

http://70.30.235.29:25461

http://70.30.235.129:25461

http://70.30.235.1.29:25461

http://70.30.235.179.29:25461

However, on each attempt I would fail to connect to my server panel on the app. I'm sure it's something very basic I'm doing wrong, but networking really isn't my strongest area of IT so any help would be greatly appreciated. Once I can connect to my external IP address on the smarters app I will setup a DNS hostname to the address for future connectivity, but I can't seem to get that initial connectivity unless I'm connected to my home wifi and using the internal address?

Many Thanks,

 

[avatan]

Hello bro

You ned to open ports in routers 25461 tcp udp

 

[terenceslattery]

Hello bro

You ned to open ports in routers 25461 tcp udp

I forgot to mention I had done that for TCP with

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25461 -j ACCEPT

I've just also ran

iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 25461 -j ACCEPT

So I will attempt again, thanks.

 

[avatan]

I forgot to mention I had done that for TCP with

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25461 -j ACCEPT

I've just also ran

iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 25461 -j ACCEPT

So I will attempt again, thanks.

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[terenceslattery]

Still no success unfortunately. I believe the issue is probably due to the IP address I'm entering. If my external IP address was 10.20.300.179 and my default gateway address was 10.20.300.1 and for my internal panel my address is 192.168.0.29 then what would be the http:// address I should enter in the address bar on smarters when connecting externally? I believe it is http://10.20.300.XXX:25461, but it is the three X's there I'm unsure of? Thanks

 

[urgodfather]

you have port forwarding issues.

 

[terenceslattery]

It appears you're right guys, I checked the open port check tool and 25461 is closed for my external ip address. I've ran the following commands in the terminal and restarted the server, but the port is still displaying as closed however?

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25461 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 25461 -j ACCEPT
ufw allow 25461/tcp

 

[terenceslattery]

Sorted, I forwarded the port on my router and can now connect to the external IP address in smarters. Happy days.