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sir pball

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17. That's a little odd but still solvable

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 12:20 PM

Feb 2014

It sounds like the camera software is doing some behind-the-scenes network trickery, I'd guess it's doing things on other ports that aren't specified in the documentation. At that point, what I'd do is connect to the camera on the LAN with Wireshark (a packet sniffer) running so I could see exactly what was going on behind the scenes.

And then very possibly forget about connecting from the Net, because this is all making my skin crawl a little with the insecurity.

You said a while ago you thought you'd been hacked - did this begin after installing the camera software?

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What is the correct url language when you're trying to access [View all] Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 OP

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