Unable to bind Remote control Socket

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Unable to bind Remote control Socket

Postby bananafishbones » Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:39 pm

I'm getting this error when trying to connect using two iPhones. I've tried rebooting my router, setting a different port and using my public IP instead of my DDNS to no avail.

When I start NB up, I get the error (see below) every time but if I disable the remote connection in settings, the error no longer appears at startup. Any ideas?

[20:31:56] ERROR - Error: Unable to bind Remote control Socket


I'm running NB 6.42 in wine/cxoffice on Mac. This will be very similar to the Linux setup. My remote connection via iPhone is dead in the water.

Many thanks!
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Re: Unable to bind Remote control Socket

Postby Quade » Sat Nov 16, 2013 1:36 am

If the remote app lets you set the port, try a high port on both ends like 50118. In Linux/Unix, you have to be superuser to bind ports below 1000.
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Re: Unable to bind Remote control Socket

Postby bananafishbones » Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:31 am

I'll give it a try. I did try port 22222 and for some strange reason, one iphone worked while the other wouldn't connect. It seems the more I make changes the worse things get. I've set everything back to default.

I'll give it a go and let you know.

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Re: Unable to bind Remote control Socket

Postby bananafishbones » Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:39 am

So i opened a new port on my router using your suggested 50118 then made the change within NB and NB Remote and that did it! It's working like a champ.

Hopefully I won't have to continue changing port numbers often.

Thank you Quade! You're always helpful here.

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