elsmandino
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Hi there.
Firstly, feel free to move this thread (or have me move it) to the ISP forum if you think it would be better suited there.
I have been using Home Assistant, on a Raspberry Pi B+, for some time and it works perfectly.
I used this video:
to set up DuckDns, so I cannot remotely access the server from home and then this video
so that I can control everything with Alexa.
Was working fine until I changed from Plusnet to NowTV (went live on 8/6/22).
Remote access is a bit problematic but Alexa has now lost the ability to control my Home Assistant devices.
I have potentially narrowed things down to the fact the NowTV Router does not allow indirect port forwarding like my Plusnet one did - i.e. the video told me to forward 443 to 8123 on my serve's static IP address as well as 8123 to 8123.
To be honest, this is all above my head and I am a bit stuck in terms of knowing what to do.
Any advice on where to go from her would be much appreciated:
1. Are there are any alternatives methods to try to get Alexa working again?
2. Should I perhaps consider buying my own router instead?
3. As I am within my cooling off period, still, should I just leave NowTV and try another ISP?
Thanks very much.
Firstly, feel free to move this thread (or have me move it) to the ISP forum if you think it would be better suited there.
I have been using Home Assistant, on a Raspberry Pi B+, for some time and it works perfectly.
I used this video:
to set up DuckDns, so I cannot remotely access the server from home and then this video
so that I can control everything with Alexa.
Was working fine until I changed from Plusnet to NowTV (went live on 8/6/22).
Remote access is a bit problematic but Alexa has now lost the ability to control my Home Assistant devices.
I have potentially narrowed things down to the fact the NowTV Router does not allow indirect port forwarding like my Plusnet one did - i.e. the video told me to forward 443 to 8123 on my serve's static IP address as well as 8123 to 8123.
To be honest, this is all above my head and I am a bit stuck in terms of knowing what to do.
Any advice on where to go from her would be much appreciated:
1. Are there are any alternatives methods to try to get Alexa working again?
2. Should I perhaps consider buying my own router instead?
3. As I am within my cooling off period, still, should I just leave NowTV and try another ISP?
Thanks very much.