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Advanced Yoics configuration

The Yoics NOW proxy is an advanced feature of the Yoics desktop. With NOW, you make any networked service or device on your network into a internet remote accessible and shareable device, all without needing complex router configuration OR needing to introduce security vulnerabilities to your network.

Getting started

NOTE: The Yoics NOW proxy is recommended for ADVANCED users only. Although we don’t expect any horrific consequences of trying it out, we recommend you know a bit about networking before trying it out.

To bring up the NOW Proxy configuration, select
>> Services
>>>Now Proxy…

Configuration menu

1. Proxy list. This is a list of all devices that are enabled by Yoics on the computer you are curently using. The list includes both Proxy devices and standard configured Yoics devices.
   • Alias: This list the name that you’ve given the device.
   • Type: Shows what type of device (folder, VNC, etc.)
   • Address: Shows the internal (local) IP address that this device is configured for.
   • Port: Shows what TCP port that the device is operating on.
   • State: Shows the current state of the device.
     • Enabled: Active and available
     • Disabled: Configured but turned off (not available)
     • Reserved: A pre-configured Yoics device (e.g. folder) which cannot be modified from the Yoics Now menu.
2. Delete: You can select any non-reserved device from the list and delete it here. This will only delete it from Yoics.
3. Change: This brings up the change dialog, allowing you to change the values for the local IP address and the Port. This is typically used if your router recycled and your local IP values were reset.
4. Preview: Selecting a devcie on the list and clicking the Preview button, will bring up the browser and show you what you’ll see if you remote view the device.
5. Common name: This is where you enter a name for a new proxy device that you would like to configure.
6. Service type: This is where you select what type of device you are configuring.
   • HTTP: Select this if you are configuring something with a web-interface, such as a router, for remote access.
   • HTTPS: This is for something with a standard web-interface, over a secure connection.
   • TCP: This is used for any generic TCP communication protocol.
   • TELNET: This is for a Telnet server.
   • Subversion: This is to allow configuration to a Subversion server.
   • VNC: This is a pre-configured setting for VNC servers.
   • Printer: This is used to make a network printer remote accessible via Yoics.
   • RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol): This is a pre-configured setting for Microsoft Remote Desktop access to a machine (requires XP Pro, Vista Business or above on the server end).
   • TVersity: This is a pre-configured setting for the popular TVersity Media Server.
7. Select this box if the service that you are making accessible via Yoics is running on the same computer as Yoics.
8. If the service is NOT running on the same computer, enter the local IP address of the service OR device that you are making accessible via Yoics. Note: Yoics NOW proxy only works with devices or services on the same network as the computer running Yoics. The sub-network address range will be automatically loaded here.
9. Enter the port of that the service that you are making available uses. For any pre-configured Yoics setting, this will be automatically entered for you.
10. Once you’ve made all the entries, select “ADD” to add it to your proxy list.
11. Clicking OK will register the device you just configured with yoics.com
12. Cancel if you changed your mind about setting something up.

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