EcoBee Smart Si Wifi Thermostat
Hey all, New to the site as a member, but a frequent reader of many of the posts here. I'm one of those that likes to tinker and tweak my trailer. And sometimes some of the mods lean more towar...
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TNGW1500SE wrote:rwbradley wrote:
Port forwarding should not be a problem with this device. According to their documentation the device builds a reverse tunnel back to their mothership from your RV (via a common port like port 80 or 443). You then use the app or their website to tunnel back into your device via their site. This is common procedure for most new "Internet of Things" devices, so users do not need to know how to mess with their router. The only issue may be the initial connection of the device to the RV park WIFI, but I suspect it will not be an issue unless they are using something weird for security.
Interesting. So you just have to make sure the port is open?
Port 80/443 are used for web surfing so they are always open and that is why they choose these ports. Any of these "Internet of Things" devices that ask you to access your device via an app or a website, usually do reverse tunneling. Basically the device phones home to the website when it boots up, your app phones home to the website and the website acts as a middle man to allow you to talk to your device. It is dead simple to use.
