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I use a Slingbox to stream video over the internet to my MacBook. It utilizes UPnP to set up the router--I cannot tell if I can use the new Airport Extreme with my Slingbox. The old Airport Extreme did not work, so I had to purchase a Router separate from the Airport, which is a bit kludgy, and I was hoping I could have a cleaner setup. Any ideas?

iMac 2.16 GHz Intel, 20". MacBook Pro., Mac OS X (10.4.8), Actually have 3 iMacs!

Posted on Feb 2, 2007 12:01 PM

25 replies

NoPCZone

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Feb 3, 2007 9:26 AM in response to MikeB

Sling Media states on their site that the Slingbox requires a direct connection to the internet, which rules out the AirPort Express, but not the AirPort Extreme.

Kolenka

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Feb 3, 2007 11:21 AM in response to OrangeMarlin

Hmm, I take it back, seems that my 360 works with the Airport Extreme just fine, opening ports on the router without issues. No configuration needed.

Caley

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Feb 3, 2007 11:46 AM in response to OrangeMarlin

FYI... in life you learn things by reading. 😉

The base station is not more or less difficult to use than any other on the market. That's why they provide that documentation, just in case one does not know all that much about wireless networking in the first place.

This is not to sound snotty/snide.

OrangeMarlin Author

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Feb 5, 2007 9:06 AM in response to Caley

Um, that did sound snotty and snide, but I don't care. I buy Macs precisely because I do not want to read documentation. It's usually poorly written by technically oriented individuals, and it rarely helps.

Caley

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Feb 7, 2007 3:09 PM in response to OrangeMarlin

Well I guess that's your opinion. But it's kind of ignorant to assume that because you get a Mac, you should automatically know how to do everything on it, or the Mac should do everything for you.

Feb 25, 2007 4:54 AM in response to NoPCZone

That's funny. I have my Slingbox hooked up to the ethernet port in an Express, which is extending the signal from an Extreme Base Station. The Slingbox works like a charm on the LAN and away from home. So Sling Media may say that it needs a direct connection, but it ain't true.

Feb 25, 2007 7:00 PM in response to OrangeMarlin

I have my Slingbox working perfectly through the new Airport Extreme Router - but I did have to manually open the ports that uPNP auto-opened on my old router. It's really simple and takes all of 5 minutes.

Just click port forwarding on the advanced tap.

Enter the slingbox IP

Then type 5001 for UDP and TCP Public and Private.

This is what worked for me. My remote internet Slingbox viewing is working perfectly.

Feb 25, 2007 7:07 PM in response to Michael Wiebe1

The OS X slingbox setup assistant was able to auto configure my new airport extreme N base station

Feb 26, 2007 1:22 AM in response to OrangeMarlin

Apple does not use UPNP because its a poor protocol that is never implemented the same and just lucky if it works.

Nat-PMP not only does what unpn does but is a open protocol and also allows for you to broadcast your services to the internet (with some DNS configuration)

ctomer

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Feb 26, 2007 2:31 AM in response to ed001

Yes, UPNP is a nice and easy...

Yes, when it works. I could never get it to reliably and consistently work. It was always easier to configure the port forwarding/mapping on my router.

I'm hoping that IPv6 will eventually solve a lot of these issues that are inherent to NAT.

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