Thanks... managed to configure my router so that my laptop is always at a fixed 192.168 internal address, enabled port forwarding to the panel port, setup a no-ip domain to track my routers ip, setup an access key for media server, etc. with auth username and password. Verified JRemote works locally on my ipad using the access key, verified the domain ip works in the web browser panel. So in theory i should be able to use the mmodel 3 web browser and hit it in my car but who knows if it will actually play the audio right?
Another question is my work laptop also has MC running but I don't want to copy my entire library files over to my work machine so is there a way to tell my work MC to act as a simple player for the exposed MC server running at home via the access code? Not sure how to connect my work MC as just a dumb DLNA client of my home MC media server similar to how JRemote works?