remote viewing impossible after OSX Yosemite update

ARHE
ARHE
edited March 2015 in SecuritySpy
Hi Ben / other viewers,
I recently upgraded my security spy dedicated macmini to OSX yosemite.
Since the update I cannot view the images on the internet anymore,
I'm not a genius in remote access, is there a guru in the house?
Is there something I have to change in OSX to make it work again?
regards, Arno

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  • ARHE
    ARHE
    Solved it!

    All cams and pc's had fixed IP adresses in the router settings,
    The fixed IP for the mac mini was "lost" after the update
    After fixing the IP adress again for the mac mini the problem was solved!
  • Ben
    Ben
    edited March 2015
    Hi Arno, glad to hear you resolved your problem. While fixed IP assignments set in the router should work fine, this isn't quite as reliable as setting your Mac to use a completely manual (static) IP address via the Network system preference, as recommended by us in the Remote monitoring / Setting up your Mac section of the SecuritySpy Installation Manual.
  • dougyfish
    dougyfish
    I have set up a new instance of SecuritySpy on a closed LAN. It is running on an iMac with Yosemite. I can't connect to the browser interface. I opened System Preferences and went to the Sharing panel and didn't see the Web Sharing option that I remember from previous OS versions. I've read that Yosemite doesn't have Apache enabled by default like previous version did. Any thoughts on this?

    Thanks,
    Doug
  • Ben
    Ben
    Hi Doug,

    It's true that Apple removed the Web Sharing option from the Sharing system preference, but Apache is still there under the hood, and can be enabled using some simple Terminal commands.

    However, SecuritySpy implements its own web server from the ground up, and does not use Apache in any way. All you have to do is go to the Web Server Settings window in SecuritySpy (via the Settings menu) and enable the HTTP and/or HTTPS services. While you're there, note the Mac's IP address that is shown in that window. Then, to connect from another device on the same LAN, you will need to use an address such as 192.168.1.1:8000 - but substitute the actual IP address of the SecuritySpy Mac instead of 192.168.1.1 in this example. 8000 is the default port, and needs to be included in the address as shown.

    Hope this helps.
  • dougyfish
    dougyfish
    Thank you. I didn't even think to try it without the Apple Apache instance running. It's all working now.

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