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dannymccann
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I'm asking for my dad. He bought a cheapie HK IP camera (it's actually half decent). I got it up and working on his WIFI yesterday (192.168.1.100:81 on the home network). That's fine, he can see it on his laptop, PC and iPhone all on the same network. Issue is he wants to be able to log into it from work every now and again but obviously can't use the log in details above because they are specific to that WAN.

Is it simply a case of find the external IP address of the camera, sticking port 81 on the end of the address and bobs your uncle? If so, how do I find the external IP, because whatismyip will just do it for the computer you are on...?
Neo
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24th Jun 13 at 08:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Your dad needs a static IP from his ISP.

You then port forward port 81 on his router to port 81 of his camera.

You then go to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:81 in a browser and boom

You may need to play with firewall rules on your router
Dom
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Depending on how often the dynamic address changes (ie - on VM cable you get 'sticky' dynamic addresses which rarely change), you could get away without having a static address. Alternatively use a dynamic DNS service like dyndns.com.

After that, as Neo said, just a case of opening port 81 on the router which is pretty straight forward. Obviously make sure you secure your IP camera with a decent password etc.
Brett
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Most IP cameras, even cheap ones will allow for no-ip, dyndns, or some other provider so it updates itself upon change. No need for a static IP at all. Rest is as described, just need to config router forwarding.
dannymccann
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I set the camera up to use .100 IP all the time, so its reserved its place on the router (because the router is a crappy PlusNet one it cant do port forwarding or reserved IPs etc), and then I put the .100 IP into the DMZ, thereby no need for PF?

I'm still not sure I understand though how I find it's external address that it gets assigned? It will be on 24/7 so I assume once its connected it will just stay connected on the same IP until it expires?
John
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It will most likely change more often than that, would definitely need a dynamic dns service.

To find the external IP, just type 'what is my ip' into Google.
Bart
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If your on plusnet unlimited, just enable static IP in the member centre
Root
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start, run 'cmd', type ipconfig.

The one that looks like an IP and doesn't begin with 192.168 is your IP.

Try that with :18 on the end.

Of coarse it'll all depend how the cams set up
Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Brett
Root

bish bash bosh
John
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quote:
Originally posted by Root
start, run 'cmd', type ipconfig.

The one that looks like an IP and doesn't begin with 192.168 is your IP.

Try that with :18 on the end.

Of coarse it'll all depend how the cams set up


That's all completely wrong.
Brett
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bish bash bosh, John, what you on about
John
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Only address that doesn't begin with 192.168 in my ipconfig is 255.255.255.0 is that my external address?
Brett
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You do realise he has a botnet?
John
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a massive botnet, all with the IP of 127.0.0.1
Brett
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Just stick :18 on the end, be reet.
Root
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Only address that doesn't begin with 192.168 in my ipconfig is 255.255.255.0 is that my external address?

Yes, use that one

Yeah, I have a botnet. All the cool kids do
M2RTY
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28th Jun 13 at 18:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Free Dyndns account, i use mydomain.homeip.net to go to my router, then port forward to my cctv dvr to watch cctv etc
John
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You don't get free dyndns accounts anymore.
Root
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quote:
Originally posted by John
You don't get free dyndns accounts anymore.

noip.com works
Dom
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Is Root the new xa0s?

 
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