Here is one way to access RACHEL remotely using ngrok - an easy port forwarding tool.
Steps to Provide Remote Access of RACHEL server:
- Connect the Rachel device to internet through ethernet cable
- Connect your computer to the same Internet Wifi connection (not Rachel)
- Open browser and Open Rachel website (probably on 192.168.88.1)
- On the RACHEL homepage, make note of the LAN Ip address. For example, In this image it is 192.168.1.53
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Go to this website https://ngrok.com/download
and do a free sign up
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Open https://ngrok.com/download
and download this based on your operating system.
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Open the folder where it is downloaded. Unzip it
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Open terminal. If you are using windows, Press Ctrl + R , and type cmd and then enter.
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Go to the directory where it is downloaded on terminal. ( cd c://Users/… … /Downloads)
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Run command
ngrok authtoken *******
(We can get this command after we signup)
ngrok http 192.168.1.53:80
(Here use the LAN IP address of Rachel server)
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Something similar to this should appear on your terminal
http://12b51a795f7a.ngrok.io -> https://my.content:80
This url highlighted (left side) is your public URL which you can share to others for remote access.