Problems setting up IP Camera, any help would really be appriciated.

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I have an IP cam and trying to set it up to view over the internet, with not much luck. My router is the TP-Link, and cam FOSCAM OUTDOOR IP WiFi camera, tp-link sent me some instruction but don't understand!

How do I open ports on TP-LINK ADSL Modem Router?
Suitable for:Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router

Step 1 Open the web browser and type the IP address of the device in the address bar (default is 192.168.1.1). Press Enter.

Step 2 Type the username and password in the login page, the default username and password both are admin, Then click OK to log into the device.

Step 3 Click Advanced Setup->NAT->Virtual Servers on the left side to open the Virtual Servers Setup page.


Step 4 Click Add button to add a new entry for opening the ports.
1, You can choose the option Select a Service and select a service in the list, then the ports for the server will be put into the entry automatically, or you can choose Custom server and type a server name, then type the ports for the server manually.
2, Type the IP address of your computer.
3, Type the IP address of the server if you selected Custom Server.




Note:
1 You´d better assign a static IP address for your computer, so the Virtual Server entry will take effect all the time.

2 If you setup a Web server in your computer and open the port 80 for the server, the port for the Web-based Utility of your TP-LINK router will be changed to 8080, you need to connect to the router by typing the address as below format:

Http://192.168.1.1:8080

I have an ip from the cam, when I view the cam using the wireless network, but trying to do portforwarding and viewing the cam over the internet, is not working. Any help would be most appriciated.
 
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princejim said:
I have an IP cam and trying to set it up to view over the internet, with not much luck. My router is the TP-Link, and cam FOSCAM OUTDOOR IP WiFi camera, tp-link sent me some instruction but don't understand!

How do I open ports on TP-LINK ADSL Modem Router?
Suitable for:Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router

Step 1 Open the web browser and type the IP address of the device in the address bar (default is 192.168.1.1). Press Enter.

Step 2 Type the username and password in the login page, the default username and password both are admin, Then click OK to log into the device.

Step 3 Click Advanced Setup->NAT->Virtual Servers on the left side to open the Virtual Servers Setup page.


Step 4 Click Add button to add a new entry for opening the ports.
1, You can choose the option Select a Service and select a service in the list, then the ports for the server will be put into the entry automatically, or you can choose Custom server and type a server name, then type the ports for the server manually.
2, Type the IP address of your computer.
3, Type the IP address of the server if you selected Custom Server.




Note:
1 You´d better assign a static IP address for your computer, so the Virtual Server entry will take effect all the time.

2 If you setup a Web server in your computer and open the port 80 for the server, the port for the Web-based Utility of your TP-LINK router will be changed to 8080, you need to connect to the router by typing the address as below format:

Http://192.168.1.1:8080

I have an ip from the cam, when I view the cam using the wireless network, but trying to do portforwarding and viewing the cam over the internet, is not working. Any help would be most appriciated.
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Port forwarding should be setup something like this

1. (Enabled Ticked), Web Server (HTTP) ,inbound port 80 to 80, Type TCP, IP Address of Camera, Private Port 80 to 80

Then to access it via the web you need to type http://your external IP address

where in external IP address is the one supplied by your ISP (should show you somewhere in your router config) its NOT 192.x.x.x this is only for access via computers on your LAN. Something like 9x.xx.xx.xx or 8x.xx.xx.xx

or words to that effect.

Also if you do not have a static IP address then you need to use a free service such as http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/ to create a URL that points to your external IP address so whenever your IP address changes you dont need to find out what it is you as dyndns does it for you.
 
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OK.

To get this to work you are going to need some info.

Firstly. You need to set your camera to a static local IP. You can either do this by setting the IP address manually on the camera (read the manual for this) or use the routers DHCP reservation function if available (again you might need the manual).
If you set it directly on the camera make sure the address is not in the router DHCP scope (if the router DHCP scope is 192.168.1.2 -> 192.168.1.100, set the camera to 192.168.1.101 or higher.
Once you have done this test that it works locally by connecting to it via http://192.168.1.101:xxx or whatever.

Secondly, you need a port forward on your router. Look like your router calls them Virtual Servers. In this you would need to set the IP address you gave the camera earlier. You may need to set the port range. If you access the camera on http://192.168.1.101:12345, then you port range is 12345 to 12345. Substitute the numbers if they are different to 12345. If there is no :12345 bit when you access the camera, the port range is probably 80 to 80. If you log into the camera with HTTPS://192.168.1.101 then it'll be port 443 to 443.

Lastly. You need to know your public address. Look on your router and maybe on the main page it'll may have your public address. It'll be another IP that doesn't start 192.168...... if you can't find it, visit http://www.whatsmyip.com and that should tell you your public IP.

Get someone who is not in your house to try http://yourpublicaddress:port and fingers crossed they should see the camera. If you try the same link inside it probably wont work until you have NAT reflection / loopback (not likely on many routers).

Note that your public address could change if you have a dynamic address from your ISP.
If you router supports Dynamic DNS, the I highly recommend you creating an account on DynDNS.com or whatever your router supports and set that up on the router. This way it doesn't matter what your IP is, as you'd connect to http://mywebcamathome.dyndns.com (or whatever you choose)

Hope that helps.
 
UPNP is Universal Plug and Play. It's a networking protocol to allow devices/programs to open and close ports on a UPnP router/firewall themselves.

Are you getting a uPNP problem setting up DYNDNS, or is the UPnP error to do with the setting up of the camera. It's not 100% clear from your post.
 
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