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clba
New Contributor
2 years ago

Unable to access irrigation controller remotely with COX as ISP

I recently installed a Rainbird "smart" controller for my irrigation system.  I can communicate through the app with the controller within the confines of my home wi-fi network, but am unable to do s...
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WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor
2 years ago

Port 80 is blocked by Cox to stop people from running web servers from their home. See page 6 of the Rainbird manual for info on how to change the port to something that isn't blocked like 50080. Why the Rainbird support didn't suggest that we will never know. Even their manual says most ISP block port 80.

Edit: Now that I look, 50080 is the default port. Did you change it to 80?