Accessing SAB on my Mac from Android tablet

[4videosites]

Hey All,
Thanks for awesome app/program/utillity.

My problem is accessing, viewing, my SAB client that's on my Mac from a browser, Firefox, on my Galaxy Tab. It worked flawlessly until the last time I had to wipeout the tablet and reinstall everything, now I get a "Server not found" error. I have no clue what changed since last few times I had to wipe the tablet clean and reinstall all of the info. I would just access my SAB (and Sickbeard) from the Firefox browser and be able to control everything. I also now have a problem with SAB Android apps such as SABcontrol, I get "can't connect" errors. I can view/access from other Mac, which is right next to the one with SAB on it, and I can also access through Safari on my teeny tiny screened iPhone. I made sure all of the addresses were correct, hence being able to accessing from Mac and iPhone, but for some reason that's driving me apeshit crazy, I can't connect with the Galaxy Tab anymore, and I used the http://localhost:80xx/sabnzbd/, http://Apple-Xxxxx-Center.local:80xx/sabnzbd/ and finally tried the ip address/port supplied after installation process http://10.0.1.12:80xx/sabnzbd/ . Any help is much appreciated or direction to where I can find help would also be much appreciated, especially if someone on here has experienced and remedied this problem.

[sander]

When you use http://10.0.1.12:80xx/sabnzbd/ from one of your MACs, does it work?

BTW: you can leave in the details (no xx needed), as the number only have value on your own LAN. And it will avoid mistakes ...

[4videosites]

Yes it does work on my other Mac and iPhone too. I bought tablet to use as a couch surfing remote control center for myself and it's worked perfectly fine until last reset. UGH! Just a heads up, my other apps on the Galaxy still work and access apps on the Mac, like Rowmote, VLC remote etc.

Any help is much appreciated,

Thanks,
J

[sander]

To be sure: does it work from Mac and iPhone via http://10.0.1.12:80xx/sabnzbd/ ? So not via the other URLs you mentionned?

[4videosites]

Hey Sander,

I tried "http://10.0.1.12:8086/sabnzbd/" It doesn't work. I get a "Cannot connect" error. It also didn't work for "http://localhost:8086/sabnzbd", BUT IT DID work on my iPhone and Safari browser (on other mac) for "http://Apple-Media-Center.local:8086/sabnzbd/". Still nothing on the Galaxy no matter what address/url I use.

Just a FYI, after wipe and reinstall before this last one a few days ago on the Galaxy, the "http://10.0.1.12:8086/sabnzbd/" DID work until I turned off everything and started things back up the next day. I don't know what the heck happened with that.

Could the issue be related to my Airport Base Station. I have both computers hard connected to the router, while everything else uses the wifi channel.

Again, thanks,

J

[sander]

The machine on which SAB is running: what IP address does it have?

SABnzbd can discovers it's own IPv4 and IPv6 address:
First, set logging to Debug in SABnzbd: Status -> Latest Warnings -> Logging ... set it to +Debug
Then, after a (re)start of SABnzbd: Status -> Latest Warnings -> Show Logging ... that download the logging in a text file. Open that and find the line with "My IPv4".

Example:

2014-07-25 17:42:46,045::DEBUG::[sabnzbdplus:1271] My IPv4 address = 192.168.1.103
2014-07-25 17:42:46,054::DEBUG::[sabnzbdplus:1280] My IPv6 address = 2002:1122:aabb:1:fccf:34:3c:ca82

[4videosites]

Hey Sander,

I can't find those lines in the log (yet?)

[4videosites]

Oh wow, it showed up after installing latest version of SABnzbd….

2014-07-26 19:25:09,694::DEBUG::[SABnzbd:1283] My IPv4 address = 206.222.bla.bla

2014-07-26 19:25:11,134::DEBUG::[SABnzbd:1295] Could not determine my IPv6 address

except for IPv6… BTW it's running on SnowLeopard, if that makes any difference.

[sander]

206.222.bla.bla is a public IPv4 address (I have removed the last two bytes for you). That is strange; I would expect a private IPv4 address (10.x.y.z or 192.168.x.y) as you're behind a NAT-device.

And that IP address 206.222.bla.bla is different than the IP address from which you're posting, so I'm lost. You aren't running a VPN client on that Mac, are you?

Can you find your LAN IP address via one of the methods here: http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/21/find-ip-address-mac/

[4videosites]

I am running a VPN on that computer.

[4videosites]

I don't connect that computer to internet via WiFi. Should I? I thought ethernet was faster and more reliable and they are right next to each other, so what the hey?

The ip is 10.0.1.16 via Ethernet

[4videosites]

"Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope"

[sander]

The ip is 10.0.1.16 via Ethernet

Then you should use that, and not http://10.0.1.12:8086/sabnzbd/ which you tried.

But, with a VPN active, I really can't predict the behaviour.

[4videosites]

Hey Sander,
I GOT IT TO WORK! Somehow the ip address changed since the last time I input all of the info. I keep the info on a text file and so I kept putting the previous 10.0.1.12, but you made me look at it again in the Preferences and I just noticed that it is now 10.0.1.16. And now it works when I key in that address…. so far!

Thanks very much for making me double check.


J

[sander]

Good that it works.

You could consider installing a Zeroconf client on your Android ... as that client will see your OSX machines (and their IP address). See https://play.google.com/store/search?q=zeroconf