unbelievable that this is supposed to work at all

I have been busy with this crap for weeks and absolutely NOTHING of the above works. I have not seen ONE working videostream so far, very disappointing!

I use VLC 1.1.12 on linux mint 12 (ip 192.168.1.15 on wireless), n900 is 192.168.1.12
I fill in phonestream 192.168.1.15, port 8080, http, front, 320x240.
Then i open VLC on the pc and Media -> open network stream -> http://192.168.1.12:8080 -> Play, like it suggests on my n900

'Your input cant be opened - VLC is unable to open MRL http://192.168.1.12:8080' check the log for details.
So where is the log?
Do i need to forward ANY port in my router?
Why is there no PROPER explanation??

When i choose VLC in phonestream, it asks me to 'send vlc sdp to linux pc' but then complains ´error timed out - check the address'. So what should be the PROPER format of the address if my linux pc is at 192.168.1.15 ??

Can someone give me just ONE way to a working videostream here? Thanks alot