Remote

PeakHour Remote lets you view your monitors from a web browser on another device — handy for checking usage and performance from your phone, tablet, or another computer.

Enable it here, then open the Address shown in the settings from any device on your network.

Enable PeakHour Remote — starts the PeakHour Remote web server so you can view PeakHour’s status in a browser.

Restrict to this Mac only — when on, PeakHour Remote is reachable only from this Mac (localhost). Turn it off to let other devices on your network connect.

Note

When other devices can connect (Restrict to this Mac only turned off), turn on Require Authentication as well. PeakHour Remote will still start without it, but shows a warning: anyone on your network who can reach the address can then view your monitoring data. Only leave authentication off on a trusted network that isn’t reachable from the internet.

Server

Field	Description
Status	Whether the server is Running. If it can’t start — for example, the port is already in use — the error is shown here.
Address	The URL for opening PeakHour Remote in a browser (e.g. http://192.168.1.13:8000/). Open it from any device on your network.
Port	The port the server listens on (default 8000). If another app is using it, change to a free port and restart the server.
Restart Server	Restarts the PeakHour Remote server — use this after changing the port.

Authentication

Field	Description
Require Authentication	When enabled, viewers must enter the username and password below to access PeakHour Remote.
Username	The username required when authentication is enabled.
Password	The password required when authentication is enabled.

Caution

PeakHour Remote uses HTTP Digest authentication, so your password is not sent over the network in the clear. However, the connection itself is not encrypted (plain HTTP), so your monitoring data — and the rest of the traffic — is visible to anyone who can see it. Don’t expose PeakHour Remote directly to the internet; if you need access from outside your network, reach it through a VPN. Tailscale is a simple option: it creates a private, encrypted network between your devices, so you can open the Address from anywhere without opening any ports on your router.

Using PeakHour Remote

PeakHour Remote is a web app that works in most modern browsers. Its layout is responsive, sizing itself from a phone up to a desktop. Open the Address from the settings and PeakHour Remote appears with two tabs — Dashboard and Monitors.

Dashboard

The Dashboard tab mirrors PeakHour’s Internet Dashboard: the path from your Mac, through your router and ISP, out to the internet, with each hop’s status and key measurements. When the AI Advisor is enabled, its assessment of your connection appears below.

Under the Internet row, each of your Internet sites has its own row, in the order of your list. A row shows a status dot, the name of the site and its latency, with the host under it. A site with no reply reads Not responding, and a site with no result yet reads Starting…. A site with packet loss shows, for example, Loss 3%.

Monitors

The Monitors tab lists all your monitors in one Monitors section, in the order of the main window. Each shows a summary of its current readings; tap one to expand its graph.

The Wi-Fi Signal monitor shows the Tx rate, the SNR and the signal, each with a dot in the colour of its line. Its graph shows the last minute, with the Tx rate on the left scale and the SNR and the signal on the right scale. When your Mac is not on Wi-Fi, the card reads Not connected.

Add to your Home Screen

A convenient way to use PeakHour Remote is to add it to your phone or tablet’s Home Screen: in PeakHour Remote, tap the … button in the top-right and choose Add to Home Screen. Tapping the new icon launches PeakHour Remote as a full-screen app.