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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: ot: xbmc remote control
thank you so much for helping me, Lisa.
port 80 does not seem to be open but 8080 is. Would you recommend changing
the port in the xbmc box to 8080 or opening 80. No matter the recomendation
would you show me how to open ports? That brings a question.... what is the
difference between port 8080 and port 80?

~$ nmap 192.168.0.3
Starting Nmap 6.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-06-17 10:30 MST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.0.3
Host is up (0.024s latency).
Not shown: 999 closed ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
8080/tcp open  http-proxy
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 12.82 seconds
 ~$ netstat -antp
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
    PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:631             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     -
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40026         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:17500           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     2044/dropbox
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:445             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     -
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:139             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     -
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 127.0.1.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     -
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:35214         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:35213         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:40022       74.125.224.214:443
 ESTABLISHED 1990/chromium-brows
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:54172       74.125.224.206:443
 ESTABLISHED 1990/chromium-brows
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:36723         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:36723
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:35291         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:45112       108.160.162.52:80
ESTABLISHED 2044/dropbox
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:35291
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:35214
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:52586       74.125.140.125:5222
ESTABLISHED 1990/chromium-brows
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:35213
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp6       0      0 :::631                  :::*                    LISTEN
     -
tcp6       0      0 :::445                  :::*                    LISTEN
     -
tcp6       0      0 :::139                  :::*                    LISTEN
     -
~$ sudo netstat -antp
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
    PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:631             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     4657/cupsd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40026         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:17500           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     2044/dropbox
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:445             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     795/smbd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:139             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     795/smbd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 127.0.1.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
     1559/dnsmasq
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:35214         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:35213         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:40022       74.125.224.214:443
 ESTABLISHED 1990/chromium-brows
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:54172       74.125.224.206:443
 ESTABLISHED 1990/chromium-brows
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:36723         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:36723
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:35291         127.0.0.1:40876
ESTABLISHED 2485/libnpgoogletal
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:45112       108.160.162.52:80
ESTABLISHED 2044/dropbox
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:35291
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:35214
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp        0      0 192.168.0.4:52586       74.125.140.125:5222
ESTABLISHED 1990/chromium-brows
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40876         127.0.0.1:35213
ESTABLISHED 2488/GoogleTalkPlug
tcp6       0      0 :::631                  :::*                    LISTEN
     4657/cupsd
tcp6       0      0 :::445                  :::*                    LISTEN
     795/smbd
tcp6       0      0 :::139                  :::*                    LISTEN
     795/smbd
~$



:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:

> Mike,
>
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
>> don't have a droid just an ubuntu derivative
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>
> You need to troubleshoot the networking issues.
>
> In OSI troubleshooting, the issue will always be on either side of where
> you are experiencing the issue.
>
> So, you want to verify that the ports are open.
>
> I like using a tool called nmap for that (although nc/netstat will also do
> this):
>
> yum install nmap
>
> nmap $IPADDRESS
>
> netstat -antp
>
> Is port 80 running?
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>
>>>> this is strange! the first url was supposed to be:
>>>> http://lifehacker.com/5501010/enhance-your-xbmc-experience-with-remote-controls-for-any-device
>>>> and the second was an image that is in the first:
>>>> http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ixzpye9x9e7jpg/ku-medium.jpg
>>>>
>>>> as such my post reads:
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to make it so that I can control my xbmc box from my
>>>> laptop. I followed the directions here:
>>>> http://lifehacker.com/5501010/enhance-your-xbmc-experience-with-remote-controls-for-any-device but
>>>> when I type in the xbmc server's IP,
>>>> http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ixzpye9x9e7jpg/ku-medium.jpg does
>>>> not appear but rather the 'website may be down' error appears. What am I
>>>> doing wrong? (both the laptop and xbmc server run an ubuntu derivative) (a
>>>> firewall is not running)
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I would go back over your HTTP settings and then run an nmap from
>>> another local system or your android to verify that port 80 is actually
>>> open.
>>>
>>> If the error says there is nothing answering there is nothing
>>> answering!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Lisa Kachold <
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't see the website might be down:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> aren't you proud of me..... I did the ot thing! lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to make it so that I can control my xbmc box from my
>>>>>> laptop. I followed the directions here: http://tinyurl.com/lwsdkjr but
>>>>>> when I type in the xbmc server's IP, http://tinyurl.com/kl56lwn does
>>>>>> not appear but rather the 'website may be down' error appears. What am I
>>>>>> doing wrong? (both the laptop and xbmc server run an ubuntu derivative) (a
>>>>>> firewall is not running)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the redirect I get when I click on your second tinyurl.comlink:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ixzpye9x9e7jpg/ku-medium.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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