Daniel - Tubby
New member
Hi guys,
First post, but I've been reading these forums religiously for the last month or so.
I got a heater meter up and running and have had a few cooks on my weber kettle and I absolutely love this thing.
I'm not the most tech savvy bloke but know my way around a computer and can normally google myself out of problems.
I've managed to forward ports on my home network and access my meter from the web (awesome)
The problem I have is I've got a BBQ competition on next week (first ever) and I would like to be able to check on my meter while I'm at the bar having a few beers.
so I purchased a cellular WiFi dongle thingy. hoping that i could leave this next to the meter and be able to check on it from my phone over the cellular network.
the problem is that while i can forward ports on the dongle. the actual IP that i get from the provider is NOT a public IP.
from what I've read it goes through a NAT.
This means that i cannot access the meter from the net.
is there any possible way for possibly using a VPN or something similar on the PI to enable me web access to the meter?
First post, but I've been reading these forums religiously for the last month or so.
I got a heater meter up and running and have had a few cooks on my weber kettle and I absolutely love this thing.
I'm not the most tech savvy bloke but know my way around a computer and can normally google myself out of problems.
I've managed to forward ports on my home network and access my meter from the web (awesome)
The problem I have is I've got a BBQ competition on next week (first ever) and I would like to be able to check on my meter while I'm at the bar having a few beers.
so I purchased a cellular WiFi dongle thingy. hoping that i could leave this next to the meter and be able to check on it from my phone over the cellular network.
the problem is that while i can forward ports on the dongle. the actual IP that i get from the provider is NOT a public IP.
from what I've read it goes through a NAT.
This means that i cannot access the meter from the net.
is there any possible way for possibly using a VPN or something similar on the PI to enable me web access to the meter?