Why do the ros system and the device on which i access the ros-web need to be on the same network?

[vannem95]

I just realized i can only access the ros-web page of my system if i am on the same wifi network.

Is it not possible to access it from a different network? Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks in advance

[marcoarruda]

Hello @vannem95,
If you want to access your ROS system from a different network, you have to provide a public IP to your rosbridge server.
You can use something like this: https://ngrok.com/ or a proxy of your preference.
BE CAREFUL, your rosbridge server will be accessible to anyone. Security feature is not used by default.

[WxyElaine]

Hi there,
Can anyone please explain how to provide a public IP to rosbridge server? I'm new to rosbridge. Thank you so much!