Never thought I'd ask this: Troubleshooting the Garage Door Openers to work on the Wi-Fi Network.
Just got two new garage door openers that will connect to my Wi-Fi network. Once everything is connected, I can use my i-Phone to open/close the garage doors from miles away. This is helpful because if my wife's 90-year old aunt opens the garage door and wonders into the neighborhood in her underwear, and my wife and I are away at work, errands, etc., I will receive a notice that our garage door(s) has opened. At which point I can call a neighbor and have them steer Aunt Frieda back into the house (or call the police about a possible intruder).
OK here's the issue. I can't get the bloomin' things to work!
I have an AirPort Time Capsule (Base Station 1) that is connected to an AirPort Extreme (Base Station 2). That 2nd base station is in bridge mode.
Part of the problem may be if certain ports are open for inbound/outbound traffic.
The garage door manufacturer states in an article entitled "Why won't the Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener or MyQ Garage (Wi-Fi Hub) connect to my wireless network (home router)?" the following information:
Verify your router has TCP/UDP port 53 open (DNS), inbound and outbound UDP port 80 open, inbound and outbound TCP port 2165 open, and inbound and outbound UDP/TCP port 8883 open.
Using Open Port Check Tool, I was unable to see if any of the above ports were open due to the error message: No route to host.
So, I need some help in determining which Airport Base station I should use for the garage door openers (perhaps it's an automatic selection?). Both garage door openers receive a strong wireless signal from either Airport Base Station.
Then I need to find out how to check if the aforementioned ports are indeed open. If not, I need instructions on how to make them open.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have!
PS> Mods, please move this elsewhere if there's a better spot to post it.
Airport Time Capsule 802.11ac