FieldServer 1.1 user manual Appendix C.3. Connecting to a FieldServer over the Internet

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Appendix C.3. Connecting to a FieldServer over the Internet

The diagram below shows how this is typically done.

	LAN	WAN		WAN	LAN
Interface		Interface	Interface		Interface	IP = 192.168.1.10
PC
Ethernet			INTERNET		Ethernet
			IP =			FieldServer
			165.165.124.33
4) Ruinet -i165.165.124.33 -k10000	Company			Company
	Firewall /			Firewall /
	Router			Router
1024			1024
1) Port 1024			2) Port 1024	3) Incoming Packets on
must be opened			must be opened	Port 1024 must be
to allow a UDP			to allow a UDP	redirected to the
connection to			connection from	FieldServer’s IP
the Internet			the Internet	address
Firewall			Firewall
Ports			Ports

Note the following:

1.On the machine running Ruinet, the firewall must allow UDP connections to port 1024 on the WAN (Wide Area Network) interface / Internet.

2.On the network where the FieldServer is situated, the firewall must allow UDP connections from the WAN interface / Internet to port 1024.

3.On the network where the FieldServer is situated, the firewall must redirect network packets from the internet on port 1024 to the FieldServer’s IP address.

4.To connect to the FieldServer, run:

Ruinet –i165.165.124.33 –k10000

Note that the –k switch sets the timeout to 10 seconds or 10,000 ms. This is a timeout value that should work well over the Internet, but it might be necessary to increase this further on a very slow connection if timeouts keep occuring.

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