Remote access help needed (can’t use port forwarding of 443->443)

I have been using HAOS for close to a year now (and love it). For remote access I setup duckdns and nginx and followed the port forwarding instructions (external port 443->internal port 443).

Unfortunately my router (Linksys) blocked local access to the admin portal off http and any attempt to visit https://192.168.1.1 locally runs into error messages. Linksys helped me confirm when I turn off the HAOS port forwarding for 443 it works fine, and recommended I not do that.

Sooooo the question is: is there any other way for me to configure HAOS so I can still access remotely via [friendlyname].duckdns.org? Maybe forwarding a different port? (I know how to change the port forwarding on the router but unclear what I need to do with HAOS, duckdns, or nginx…)

I’d describe myself as a newbie with networking setups so apologies if this is a basic question, but I’m not sure how to approach. Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated.

You should be able to use almost any port you want.
You just have to state the port in the urls then like https://xxx.duckdns.org:443

Thanks

So if I wanted to change my port to 4443 would the steps be:

  1. Change port forwarding rule on router to “external port 4443 to internal port 443”
  2. In the mobile app under Settings and Network change the external Internet address to https://myname.duckdns.org:4443

And if I ever want to access from a web browser while away from my house I just type in that address with the external port?

Don’t need to make any changes to duckdns or nginx or other stuff?

Thanks for your help!!!

correct :slight_smile:

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Thanks I’ll give it a try! :slight_smile: