Re: [gpsd-users] Connecting remotely to GPSD

[O'Connor, Daniel]

> On 25 Mar 2015, at 08:34, Mike Feldmeier <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sorry if this is a basic question, I just can't seem to find the answer 
> anywhere, which is usually a good sign I'm just doing something horribly 
> wrong.
> 
> I have a Raspberry Pi running GPSD, running fine.  I can access it locally 
> using cgps and telnet to it fine.
> 
> I can't access it at all remotely, either through telnet or the node-gpsd 
> library.  I can ssh into the pi, which is not helpful for my uses, but shows 
> that I can get to the box.
> 
> Again, sorry if it's a basic question, but does anyone have any idea how I 
> can access gpsd remotely?

By default it only listens on the local loopback address, you need to run it 
with the -G flag to allow remote connection.

(but RTFM and be aware of the security implications)

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