Accessing Web Interface from another pc

[Lorenzo Martinelli *]

On 06/12/2013 18:28, Derek Moss wrote:
> Perhaps a better idea would be to setup an OpenVPN server (on the PC
> or a Raspberry Pi) and then connect to that securely, which will then
> give you access to the PC running Get_Iplayer and you could RDP into
> that from your remote PC using the LAN address, so no need to expose
> GI or RDP to the WAN through your firewall.
>
> I don't know if you could bind GI to the LAN IP instead of 127.0.0.1
> but if so then you should be able to access the Web PVR using the LAN
> IP once connected to the OpenVPN server, as an alternative to using
> RDP (which might not be possible depending on what sort of computer
> you're using remotely but even Android has an RDP client nowadays).

Yes, this is what I am doing ATM. I am connecting to the PC running 
Get_iPlayer using Windows RDC, but that PC is quite long-in-the-tooth, 
and this thread made me think that I could off-load the browser from it.

Thanks

Lorenzo