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16. Well, here's what you have to do to connect to the camera manually. But DNS passwords?
Tue Feb 4, 2014, 01:13 PM
Feb 2014

To access the security camera from the Internet, you just need to know the router's Internet IP address, what ports your camera software is listening on, and set up port forwarding. Forwarding is literally that - when the router receives an incoming request to the Internet/WAN IP on a specified port, it simply forwards that request to a specified internal/LAN address on a given port, which can be the same or different. Say the camera listens on port 3278, you forward that port to the camera's internal IP of 192.168.1.103 and then connect to the router's WAN IP on that port, 68.175.110.128:3278. You can mix up the external port if you want; that can be a good security measure given that a lot of malware will target known but obscure ports that may be opened by things like camera software. It's a product-specific process, but it's not terribly hard. Guides for most any router should show up in a quick search.

It can also be grossly unsafe since you're no longer in stealth mode, but that's another long explanation that I'll spare you unless you're interested. I'd recommend having the kids sit down and show you the whole process in great detail. The whole magical iPhone is making me very uneasy, TBH...opening up a router to the Net shouldn't ever be done automatically.

I'm thoroughly confused by what you're asking re. DNS though..."it doesn't work that way" is the best I can come up with for now. Passwords and host connections don't really have anything to do with it...here's the wiki, that might help, or at least clear things up so I can understand what you're asking.

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generally your pcs are behind your router on a nat and not accessible. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #1
That would reassure me if that were the case. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #2
what programs are you using ? steve2470 Feb 2014 #3
I'm trying to access a security camera without relying on a dns. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #4
so you're away from home, trying to access your... steve2470 Feb 2014 #5
You need to connect to the IP of the internet-facing router on a port that's forwarded to the target sir pball Feb 2014 #6
It's an I-phone and the kids progammed it for me. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #8
That's going the opposite way you want to, and is much easier by design sir pball Feb 2014 #9
I'm sorry, yes, your understanding is correct. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #11
maybe your Iphone is saving the address and password ? steve2470 Feb 2014 #13
The problem is not with the I Phone. They are sticklish when Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #14
ok I'm very confused steve2470 Feb 2014 #15
Well, here's what you have to do to connect to the camera manually. But DNS passwords? sir pball Feb 2014 #16
Thank you so much for the information! Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #19
Generally you are looking for something like this: ManiacJoe Feb 2014 #7
Port forwarding sir pball Feb 2014 #10
I know how to set port forwarding through the router Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #12
That's a little odd but still solvable sir pball Feb 2014 #17
Hard to pinpoint when the hacking began. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #18
It sounds like an open-router problem. sir pball Feb 2014 #20
Port lights are now off on the router. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #21
Stealth mode is somewhere in the settings; it's usually enabled by default sir pball Feb 2014 #22
Can that alone cause a slow down? Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #23
No. sir pball Feb 2014 #24
Thank you so much, Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #25
My pleasure...it's an odd hobby of mine sir pball Feb 2014 #26
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