Can’t access the IP camera over the internet

cameraipnat;portport-forwarding

EDIT: My problem is solved, please read comments 2-5 and 8,9.

I have an EasyN F3 (F3-M166) IP camera. It works fine on local IP address, but I can't access it over internet. This is what I have done step by step:

  1. I configured the local IP (camera_ip) and port (camera_port) of the camera, using the software from the vendor's website: http://p2.ipcam.hk/

  2. I opened http://**camera_ip**:camera_port and it works. The page asks me username and password, I login and I see the camera video output.

  3. On my router (Netgear dg834gt) I forwarded the camera port this way:

    • Service -> Add custom service
      • Name: camera1
      • Type: TCP/UDP (overkill)
      • port: camera_port
    • Apply
    • Firewall rules -> Inbound Services -> Add
      • Service: camera1
      • Action: allow always
      • Send to LAN Server: camera_ip
      • WAN users: any
    • Apply

  4. I have discovered my external IP (external_ip) address with http://www.whatismyip.com/

  5. Then I tried to browse the address: http://**external_ip**:camera_port.

Result: the connection times out and nothing happens. The external IP was not changed in the meantime. The router logs a lot of events like this one:

Wed, 2013-10-16 16:51:17 - TCP Packet - Source:**local_pc_ip**,2119 Destination:**external_ip**,*camera_port* - [camera1 rule match]

My question seems similar to #400855, but in my case not even the http forwarding is working.

Best Answer

The problem is in the port. Sometimes the ISP blocks some port like 80.

You have to change the port of the camera to something like 5656 or 8000.

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