Compact Network Camera
Integrated SD Card Storage, images viewed remotely via Web Browsers
 


Viewing your camera from a Remote Location

 
-- CASE 1: Using default settings
-- CASE 2: Assigning ports manually
-- CASE 4: Using 2 or more Public IPs

How can I view my camera from a remote location through Internet when running the camera through my Local Network?
This will require some configuration on your broadband router.
Before setting up the network configuration, let's get familiar with some terms.

Broadband Router: A broadband router allows users to share a single Internet connection.

TCP/IP : TCP/IP is the protocol that computers use to communicate on the Internet.

TCP/IP Ports: Each ˇ§serviceˇ¨ you use on the Internet communicates using one or more specific port numbers; your e-mail program uses port number 25 to send e-mail, and port 110 to receive e-mail from your e-mail server.
When you browse the Internet, port number 80 is used as default to send and receive Web pages

IP Address: Everything that is connected to a TCP/IP network needs a unique address, an IP address. This is what happens when you browse the Internet with requests to view Web pages.

Public IP Address: A Public IP Address is the only IP address that is recognized on the Internet, where the term Internet refers to the global network, the World Wide Web.

Local IP Address: A local IP address can only be used internally, on a local network. A computer with a local IP address cannot access the Internet itself. It can however, access the Internet via another computing device, e.g. a broadband router.

Port Forwarding : Port forwarding, is essentially a method for a broadband router to forward data traffic aimed for one port on its public network interface to a computer or network camera on the local network. Ports run from 0 to 65535. Note that ports 0 to 1024 are well known ports, which means that those ports are already assigned to specific services. So when you consider choosing your own ports, select those starting from 1025 to 65535.
As an example, you are a user with a network camera who wants to access it from a remote location through the Internet. The following equipment is available:

1 PiXORD Network Camera
1 PC running Windows
1 Broadband Router

We need to direct all incoming requests that reach port 80 the public network interface of the broadband router, so that these are forwarded to the camera's IP address on the local network. Consult your broadband router's manual for information on how to configure port forwarding. Depending on the router, it could be denominated as Port Forwarding/NAT/Virtual Server. Usually it will look like this:

Private IP
Private Port
Type
Public Port