Hi there,
running VRS. Local i can see my VRS (127.0.0.1)
Told my router to forward but when i hit the button "put onto internet" nothing happens... why? ???
Did someone try to connect to your public IP address and the VRS port?
I kinda of have the same problem. I can see VRS locally and on the network on the pc running it. Cannot see it on my iPad's Chrome browser. Also, not able to see VRS with any of the internet addresses anywhere; pc or ipad.
Do you close VRS down on the PC before you try to run it on another device, such as your iPad? Is the iPad on the same local network as the PC?
Anmer, not quite sure what you mean by closing down VRS before trying to run it on iPad . I only tried on the iPad via the link provided on the VRS settings. Yes, the iPad is on the same network as my pc. Should I try disabling wifi on the iPad before trying to connect to the VRS ?
I haven't used VRS for a long time so am not too sure about concurrent sessions.
What address are you using in the iPad browser?
The internet address shown on VRS / default version;
http://73.49.238.251/VirtualRadar.
Remember my question about trying the ipad with the wifi off? It worked. Now at least I can view my BS remotely.
Quote from: gcopter1 on April 28, 2016, 05:29:23 AM
Remember my question about trying the ipad with the wifi off? It worked.
How are you connecting to VRS running on another device via the iPad's if its WiFi is turned off?
My iPad has cellular connection.
Hi all, I have recently set up VRS on my computer whilst going through the install process I ticked the firewall box, however I can only view the radar on the PC I set it up on I've tried my phone connected to the WiFi and nothing loads up
VRS gives me a 127.x.x.x address and a 192.xxx.x.35 address
Any ideas? I have a virgin media hub 3 if it helps
Welcome.
What are you using on your phone to view VRS?
Just the built in chrome browser
And what IP address?
I tried both of the one's in the 1st post
Do you have mobile data set to off on the phone?
Are you entering just the IP address or with a port number as well? What does the browser screen show?
Data is off yes.
I just typed the addresses exactly as they show on my VRS screen
So you just type the 192 IP address, no port number?
What does the browser screen show?
http://192.168.0.35/VirtualRadar/desktop.html is the network address it shows
When you type that address in Chrome on your phone, what message do you see?
Your search
http://192.168.0.35/VirtualRadar/desktop.html
Did not match any documants
Thanks.
I'm back home and can confirm that I too cannot access VRS running on a desktop PC from other locally connected network devices, including a smart phone and Chromebook.
This seems to be a common issue posted on the VRS forum. I can't see a solution but someone may know the answer.
I have disabled the firewall on the PC running VRS and it makes no difference.
Thanks for your help doesn't look like that option will work then
I'll have a look at some alternatives
Just a thought, does your VRS system have UPnP enabled only most routers don't make a very good job of managing it.
Does the indicator on your console show a port number for the network connection as in the attached image.
I am able to connect to my system through a couple of domains & every device internally accesses it fine too, plus I have VRS running in a virtual box on Hyper-V.
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UPnP is ticked
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Quote from: pellonet on February 01, 2019, 04:59:41 PM
I am able to connect to my system through a couple of domains & every device internally accesses it fine too, plus I have VRS running in a virtual box on Hyper-V.
Thanks for the help.
Can you describe your VRS and router setup to enable access from local browsers?
So do you connect with 127.0.0.1, this won't work as it is the local loopback address. Try 192.x.x.x:8080, this will prove whether your UPnP is working correctly. In the image I attached, the port was auto assigned as I don't use UPnP.
Quote from: Anmer on February 01, 2019, 05:04:43 PM
Quote from: pellonet on February 01, 2019, 04:59:41 PM
I am able to connect to my system through a couple of domains & every device internally accesses it fine too, plus I have VRS running in a virtual box on Hyper-V.
Thanks for the help.
Can you describe your VRS and router setup to enable access from local browsers?
My VRS is running on a Virtual Server2016 in Hyper-V.
The default port 80 for the web server is left as-is although you could change this in 'InstallerConfiguration.xml'.
My Router has a port-forwarding setting from port 8061->80 on 192.168.1.80
So access to my VRS becomes http://192.168.1.80:8061/VirtualRadar/ also http://xxxx.uk:8061/VirtualRadar/
This is of course with UPnP
unchecked
The issue was firewall on McAfee once turned off the 'network address' works on any devices connected internally to my wifi
Still can't get the 'network address' to load up but I suspect that's because I have Flightaware and that also uses the same 86. address as VRS
I have the same issue with VRS and the 'internet address'
My Flightaware external address works perfectly on port 8080
VRS internet address on 8085 won't load I've ticked and unticked Enable UPnP
I've also opened port 8085 on my router but it still doesn't load
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I'm having the same issue with Virtual Radar working perfectly on the PC that the RTL1090 is plugged into, but I can't access it using another device on my local network (PC, phone (using wifi), etc..
What looks to be the problem is that my local network is using IP addresses which look like 192.168.x.y where x<>56, but Virtual Radar Server is showing its network address as 192.168.56.1. So traffic on the 192.168.x.y doesn't know how to route to the VRS.
I've tried to identify how VRS decides to use an IP address which isn't using the 192.168.x.y form that the rest of my network is using.
That got me scratching my head, but I found the answer (with a bit of help from Google):
https://forum.virtualradarserver.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1683&start=10 this should show you alpha15's post. Follow his instructions and you'll need to do it from the PC you're running Virtual Radar Server on and the PC you want to access it from. It'll also work for mobile phones, etc. once you've done the private setting on the PC you're running Virtual Radar Server.
To access it, you'll need to use a URL like - http://192.168.x.y/VirtualRadar/ - which will give you the desktop / mobile version depending on the device you are accessing it from. The x and y values will be those used by the PC running the VRS.
Hopefully this helps others get this working across their network and the internet if you wish to expose it.
Alternatively you could set up a VPN server on your network and access it that way (a lot safer than opening it up to the internet). This is fairly straightforward to do with a Raspberry Pi on your network using OpenVPN, with some good guides available online.
Would I be right in thinking you can't use the VRS Internet address IP if you have piaware? I have the same issue as others whereby the local and network IP address work fine whilst the Internet address won't connect to the open ports.
The Piaware Internet address connects no bother with the open port,
@dodsy1
Good point. Both use port 8080 so changing one of them to a different port number might cure this problem.
Too late for me to check out VRS tonight.
Once changed, you will need to use <server address>:<new port number> instead of <server address>:8080 for the changed server.
Quote from: IanH on February 20, 2021, 11:00:00 PM
@dodsy1
Good point. Both use port 8080 so changing one of them to a different port number might cure this problem.
Too late for me to check out VRS tonight.
Once changed, you will need to use <server address>:<new port number> instead of <server address>:8080 for the changed server.
Opening a 2nd port is something I have tried (altered the port in VRS etc as well) though without success