# can play on local host but not from a remote computer.

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/can-play-on-local-host-but-not-from-a-remote-computer/42235>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [February 26, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-play-on-local-host-but-not-from-a-remote-computer/42235 "2014-02-26T17:59:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Hooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Joe\_Hooper](https://community.wowza.com/u/Joe_Hooper)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-play-on-local-host-but-not-from-a-remote-computer/42235/1 "2014-02-26T17:59:04Z")

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I can get my .stream to play on the server from the local host. If I access it outside the network I can’t get it to play. on a remote machine if I got to my wowza server with the port :1935. I don’t get anything back. chrome says it could not connect to http://[Wowza-IP]:1935. IF I go to http://[wowza-ip]:8088 I can access my streaming engine. I have two other posts with below this one.

Thanks for the help in advance!

Joe

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/can-play-on-local-host-but-not-from-a-remote-computer/42235/2 "2014-02-26T17:18:53Z")

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Hi Joe. If you do not see the Wowza version from the remote machine when accessing http://[Wowza-IP]:1935, then you will need to check for firewall restrictions and or open the port 1935 on your router.

www.portforward.com is a good reference to set this up.

Salvadore