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How to make your FMDX Server Public

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📡How to make your FM-DX Webserver public 📡

There is 2 ways you can make your FM-DX Webserver public.
  • Port forward your FM-DX Webserver [Free]
  • Premum Tunnel via fmdx.org [REQUIRES DONATION]

🔌 Option 1: Port Forwarding [FREE]

1. Login to your router (Normally http://192.168.1.1 , http://192.168.0.1).

2. Find the local ip address of the device your FM-DX server is on.

3. Once you have your devices local ip address look for port forwarding options in your router settings
(Sometimes found in security or firewall settings.)

4. Add a new port forwarding.

5. Enter the following:
  • Name: fmdx server
    External port: 1020
    Internal port: 8080
    Device IP: The local ip address of your device.
    Enabled: true
Press 'Save' or 'Apply'.

6. Find and copy your public ip address [can be found by going to this website: https://development-tools.net/iplookup

7. Go to your fm-dx webserver admin panel: http://localhost:8080/setup

8. Go to 'Identification & Map' tab in the main menu on the left hand side.

9. Select 'Online Map' as on.

10. in the 'Broadcast address (if using a proxy)' input enter the following:
http://[YOUR-PUBLIC-IP]:1020
Replace [YOUR-PUBLIC-IP] with the ip address given to you at: https://development-tools.net/iplookup

11. In the location card select your tuners location by clicking on the location of where you are. [SUGGESTED don't use your persist location.]

12. Press 💾 save icon in the main menu on the left hand side.

13. reboot your fm-dx webserver.

🔌 Option 2: Premum Tunnel via fmdx.org [REQUIRES DONATION]

1. Make a donation at: https://buymeacoffee.com/fmdx

2. Contact: @NoobishSVK

3. Get a FM-DX Webserver tunnel token from @NoobishSVK

4. Go to your fm-dx webserver admin panel: http://localhost:8080/setup

5. Go to the 'Extras' tab in the main menu on the left hand side.

6. In the tunnel form enter the username, token, subdomain name provided by @NoobishSVK.

7. Enable Tunnel.

8. Press 💾 save icon in the main menu on the left hand side.

9. Go to 'Identification & Map' tab in the main menu on the left hand side.

10. Give your webserver a name and description.

11. Select Broadcast to map

12. in the 'Broadcast address (if using a proxy)' input enter the subdomain given to you by @NoobishSVK.

13. Press 💾 save icon in the main menu on the left hand side.

14. reboot your fm-dx webserver.
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