How to connect to server through different wifi network.

[MrMechanical]

RainbowMiner is definitely the best mining software out there, I am a huge fan. I am curious how to connect a client to a server that is on a different network. (Apologies for being a noob).
Example:
Server is a laptop running at home.
Client is a desktop running on a different wifi network.
Thank you so much for your help!

[RainbowMiner]

Thank you :)

Regarding your networking question: that depends.

• If your server sits behind a network router, you will need IP and port forwarding. In that case, you would setup a port forward to your server's internal IP address/port (typically 192.168.1.x, port 4000) in your router admin. An example would be to add a port forward from external port 4000 to 192.168.1.100:4000 - now you can address the server by using the router's external IP address plus port 4000. If you are connected to a network provider, that changes IP addresses frequently, you'll need to register your router to a DDNS service.
• If your server is connected directly to the internet, it can be addressed via it's IP address plus port (like http://123.45.67.89:4000)

Finally, to connect your client to the server, you enter the IP address and port into the client's config.txt:

"ServerName": "123.45.67.89",
"ServerPort": "4000",
"RunMode": "client",

In the server's config.txt you will have to set the RunMode to server, only. The port 4000 will be used per default.

"RunMode": "server",

You might want to add some security:

• server's config.txt:

"APIauth": "1",
"APIUser": "someservername",
"APIPassword": "someserverpassword",

• client's config.txt:

"ServerUser": "somerservername",
"ServerPassword": "someserverpassword",

[shado214]

Hey! Awesome project by the way! I have a similar question but it might differ a bit (also a noob in the matter).

Is it possible to do the same thing but put it behind an argo tunnel? I tried to set it up and it didn't work. The argo tunnel takes into account the port but I also need it for rbminer's config file. If I leave it blank, it configures the rig as a standalone if I'm not mistaken. So I'm unable to connect to the server because if I input the port it would basically double it in the url: mysite.tk:4000:4000. I'm not sure I'm making any sense.

This is what I tried in the config:

ServerName: "mysite.tk",
ServerPort: "4000",

It is working perfectly with duckdns though. I just wanted to add an extra layer of security.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[MrMechanical]

Thank you so much for the detailed breakdown. I was able to execute the advice and successfully connect the client to the server.