jaymesmcc said

 
I did check on the Slingplayer and I seem to be viewing my content remotely using a Relay stream and I have read that I need to change this to TCP on my UK home router? Is this an easy process? I just enter the IP address of my Slingbox and the relevant port? (it's 5101 on the HDS-600RS). Then, manually set up the internet viewing again on the Slingbox site?

 

I just don't want to mess up the connection as watching on my computer is better than nothing at all!

 

It does sound like you need to setup the TCP port forward on your UK router.

If you have some way to log into the router remotely then just use your Slingbox port and 5001. Then run setup again.

jaymesmcc said

I do have remote access to my router….

 

So…I go into my router settings, add the 'private IP' for my Slingbox then select port 5001? My Slingbox is currently operating through port 5101 and I did read somewhere that that's now standard for the HDS 600-RS. Should i still try 5001?

 

I've never done this before so am worried I'll mess it up!

You need to check and see if 5101 is even open. If not you can use 5101 or 5001 it shouldn't matter because you will be going into the Slingbox setup and choosing which port you set.

You can use our Slingbox open port check tool here to see if the port is open correctly.

http://placeshiftingenthusiasts.com/tool-to-check-for-open-ports/

jaymesmcc said

Do I need to be on the home network for this test? I tried it remotely, entered the slipbox IP and port 5101 and it said it wasn't responding.

 

I guess this is my issue with Slingcatcher?

 

Going to try and reset the router using a remote program (logmein.com) on a computer linked to the home/Slingbox network later. I'm worried that if my router has to reset after the port forwarding is added I will lose my internet connection and it may mess things up?

 

Also, I just spoke to the UK technical team and a guy told me the HDS-600RS is NOT a compatible device with the Slingcatcher. Although he did say it MIGHT work…just may not be stable. Do you have any knowledge about this?

If you enter the IP address (not the local one but the router's internet one) into the port test and then the port number the test will tell you if that port is open.

I haven't heard specifically that the SlingCatcher won't work with the HDS-600rs

Right. You need to be able to change your router settings before you run the setup again.

jaymesmcc said

Brandon- and how about setting up a static IP address? Is this the same thing or can I avoid this process? Excuse my ignorance with all of this!

When you go through the sling player setup you will specify the IP address. Once done it will always try and use that address. The only time you may have an issue is if some other device tries to take over the same address as the Sling box. I have mine use a higher address than most other devices will try to use and have not had an issue with that.

jaymesmcc said

I am desperate to get the Catcher working! Such a great idea!! Why does it not mention TCP in the catcher set up?

When the SlingCatcher came out you had to manually setup a port forward for the Slingplayer to work. So I guess they assume that you have already done so before hooking up the Catcher.

Now the Slingboxes don't necessarily need a manual port forward setup

Good deal. Glad you got it working. The Sling Catcher once setup works pretty good.