Modern routers can restrict incoming traffic by source address and service, but Eddy Agent avoids exposing a home device control port in the first place.
Tag: Port Forwarding
Understand the legacy port mapping examples, the limits of source filters, and why an outbound Eddy agent is the preferred connection for new setups.
Understand what port forwarding exposes, what source filters can and cannot do, and why Eddy’s outbound agent is the preferred new connection path.
Compare an inbound router exception with the bridge and new agent approach, including availability, source filters and the limits of transport encryption.
Introduction Eddy Voice Remote, otherwise known as Eddy, is an Internet Of Things (IOT) platform for interacting with your entertainment devices with voice commands. Eddy lives in the home automation…
What is Port Forwarding? Port forwarding allows Eddy’s Servers to communicate with your device, which is behind your router. Before: Your router blocks all ports, so the server can’t communicate…
Eddy has two ways to talk to your devices (1) via Port Forwarding and (2) via Eddy Bridge. Alexa talks to Eddy and Eddy talks to your devices. Here is…
What’s the difference? Port Forwarding is free but it has limited features. It can also be difficult to setup and it is insecure. Eddy Bridge ,on the other hand, requires…
Getting Started Here are some things you need to prepare for setting up Port Forwarding: Have access to your router / modem Some ISP block access to your device Write…