FPP Proxy?

[Santacarl]

Hey All,


Can someone remind me what the "FPP Proxy" column in the setup tab should point to?  I can't remember if it is the FPP IP itself or the router IP that the column is referring to.... Thanks...

[Rudy B.]

https://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=6530.0

[Santacarl]

https://nutcracker123.com/forum/index.php?topic=6530.0

Thanks for the response.  I had already read that and still wasn't clear.... I don't speak 'network' and references like "FPP instance that has the ip address configured." go right over my head....never heard of an "FPP instance" so that confused me even more.....   

[jnealand]

An FPP instance is an installed FPP

[Santacarl]

An FPP instance is an installed FPP

Thanks Jim.... So if I'm understanding that means to put the IP address of the FPP itself in that column?  Sorry to be so anal retentive but I'm a literalist who doesn't handle concepts well until I see the 'steps' on how to there.....

[Rudy B.]

I think it's meant to connect to other FPPs (like remotes) or Falcon controllers through the Pi (main one) that your network connects to. If you only have the one pi....you don't need to add anything in the proxy.  If you have Falcon controller you can add the ip address of those.

[allknowing2012]

The wifi address of fpp.  (You already have the controller address in the main portion of the setup info)

[Santacarl]

The wifi address of fpp.  (You already have the controller address in the main portion of the setup info)

Yeah.....I was posed to post that very thing....the controller address is already in the "Port" column of the "Setup" tab since I'm using unicast..so I was about to ask why it would be needed in the "FPP Proxy" column too.....

I'm guilty of sometimes just trying different things until I get it to work without fully understanding the 'why' part of how it work..that comes back to bite me sometimes... 

[Rudy B.]

I'm still confused on this proxy thing.....
My Show Network is on 192.168.1.xx
I connect to my Pi (Master) wifi from my home network 10.0.0.xx
Without anything in the Proxy Settings I can not reach the setup pages of my Pi (Remote) or none of the Falcon controllers through my home network. Correct?

Putting the ip addresses of my Remote and controllers in the proxy setting I can now reach the their setup pages through my home network even though they're only connected to the show network.

Am I thinking about this wrong?

[allknowing2012]

Sounds like you understand it .. it was a feature added so users dont have to mess with adding routing info to get from their home network into a show network.

So
Home Browser/etc  ->  proxy thru Pi on wifi -> Out Pi on ethernet -> show network/all your controllers.

[Santacarl]

Putting the ip addresses of my Remote and controllers in the proxy setting

So, how do you put both he remote AND controllers in the proxy setting?  Sorry....as I mentioned above I'm extremely literal.....

[Rudy B.]

This is the way mine looks.....

[Santacarl]

This is the way mine looks.....

Just so I can get a clear picture what do the .22/.39/.29/.155 IP's go with?

[Rudy B.]

This is the way mine looks.....

Just so I can get a clear picture what do the .22/.39/.29/.155 IP's go with?

.22 is a pi in remote mode for my matrix
.39 & .29 are Falcon controllers
.155 is a pi in standalone mode for my Tune in sign.

[Santacarl]

This is the way mine looks.....

Just so I can get a clear picture what do the .22/.39/.29/.155 IP's go with?

.22 is a pi in remote mode for my matrix
.39 & .29 are Falcon controllers
.155 is a pi in standalone mode for my Tune in sign.

Thanks for the clarification Rudy.....  That screenshot is from an FPP?  It just dawned on me that I was initially trying to figure out how to set the proxy in XL...Well....I AM confused now!  Haha...