Access from the local network on a Windows device

[dobainier]

Hello thank you very much for your work.
I'd like to use an old Surface Pro to have AxioCNC connected trough usb to my CNC.
But i would like to have access to AxioCNC from my main computer on the same local network (like the installation on the Raspberry Pi).
Is it possible ?

[dobainier]

For now, Claude.ai created a script that connect the random port of AxioCNC to a static port accessible from the local network.
This solution works, before a fix to the software.
If you want to do the same, here is a prompt to ask to your AI :

I'm using AxioCNC (a web-based G-code sender, a fork of cncjs) installed as a desktop
app on a Windows PC connected via USB to my CNC running FluidNC. I want to control
AxioCNC from another device on my local network (a tablet I use as a remote/pendant at
the machine) through its browser.

The problem: the AxioCNC desktop app starts its web server listening only on 127.0.0.1
(loopback), so it's unreachable from the network. Worse, the port is a random ephemeral
port that CHANGES every time the PC restarts (e.g. 62308 one time, 52041 the next). There
is no network/port option in AxioCNC's settings, and no official server mode on Windows.

The solution I want to set up: a "self-adapting bridge". On every startup, a PowerShell
script automatically detects the current loopback port AxioCNC is using, then (re)builds
a netsh portproxy forwarding from 0.0.0.0:8000 to 127.0.0.1:. That way the
external address http://:8000 stays fixed and reachable from the tablet, no matter
what the internal port is.

Walk me through it step by step for Windows 10/11, helping me to:

1. Find the exact name of the AxioCNC process that holds the loopback port (give me the
   PowerShell command to list listening sockets on 127.0.0.1 along with the owning
   process name), and find my PC's local IP address.

2. Pin the PC's local IP (router DHCP reservation or Windows static IP) so the tablet's
   address doesn't break.

3. Generate the self-adapting bridge PowerShell script:

   • a wait loop (~60s, retry every 2s) until AxioCNC has opened its loopback port;
   • port detection via the process name;
   • delete then recreate the netsh portproxy v4tov4 rule
     listenaddress=0.0.0.0 listenport=8000 to 127.0.0.1:;
   • create an inbound firewall rule for TCP 8000 (only once);
   • one log line showing the final address and the detected internal port.
     Make the LAN port, the process name, and the IP configurable.

4. Make AxioCNC launch automatically at logon (shell:startup folder).

5. Schedule the script at logon via Task Scheduler, with highest privileges (portproxy
   and the firewall require admin) and an "At log on" trigger.

6. Test it manually (admin PowerShell) then validate after a reboot from the tablet.

7. Give me troubleshooting: checking the IP Helper service (iphlpsvc) that powers
   portproxy, and how to reset the forwarding.

Ask me for whatever you need (my local IP, the AxioCNC process name) before finalizing
the script.