IP camera access problem?
hi , i have an ip camera . i can access it from my local network . but can't access it from internet . i setup port forwarding on my router correctly . i have static public Ip . but everytime it fails to connect . I don't know whats the problem .
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When you are home, you access the camera using what is called the LAN address. This can only either start with 192.168 or 10…, so you know you are using an internal address if it starts with this. To access the cameras remotely, you need it’s WAN address. This is the address that the router uses to connect to your cable or DSL service provider. Any router will have the ability to display this, but it’s much easier to go any PC on your home network and go to http://www.whatsmyip.org./ This will display your IP in large numbers on the top of the page. You should now test this, enter the IP and port and see if you can access the camera (ie. http://68.12.123.3:10002). Some routers block the ability to loop back to your own network so it’s possible that this won’t work from home, so try it from a neighbor or friends network and see if you can connect. If it works you can use this to access your camera from anywhere in the world with one caveat, it may only last a few hours or at best a few days, so onto to the last step in the process.
Did you forward the correct ports to the camera's IP? If you are trying port 80 (which is very common) you probably need to tell the camera to use 8080, 8081 etc and then portforward that port to the camera. Routers also use port 80 (admin/password) for management and the conflict isn't easily solved without using a different port for the camera! (From inside it isn't an issue as they use different IP's but from outside you local network they have the same public IP!)