Setting up IP Camera - need DNS - ideas?
Hey all! I'm setting up an IP camera to monitor the sticks and bricks while on the road, etc. To allow for remote access, instructions say I need to establish a DNS, since my ISP uses a dynamic IP a...
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I am sure there are services that make this really simple but here is what is going on in a nutshell:
You are assigned a IP address by your internet provider. For all intents and purposes it is the same as a physical mailing address. If you leave on vacation and want to send a post card to your house for some dumb reason then you know where to send it. Same deal with the internet. When you access information (such as RV.NET) the website needs to know where to send the information back to. Now imagine going on vacation and you want to send another post card back but you find out the post office changed your address while you were gone and better yet you have no idea what your own address is. Right, I can't imagine that happening either but that is what is going to happen when your internet provider changes your IP address.
Really, it might not change at all unless your internet connection is reset, you lose power or the dorks running things at the internet company just want to screw with you. Once your IP address is assigned (dynamically) it will most likely stay the same until one of the above happens.
Why you are going to want a dynamic DNS service is to update a simple name like www.loggenrockscamera.com to automatically keep the new records of your internet address so you can always be guaranteed to access your IP camera.
If you have a router at home to provide WiFi you will most likely need to setup some type of port forwarding. In that case I would follow the directions included with your camera or consider paying someone to set it up if your charting in unfamiliar territory.
You are assigned a IP address by your internet provider. For all intents and purposes it is the same as a physical mailing address. If you leave on vacation and want to send a post card to your house for some dumb reason then you know where to send it. Same deal with the internet. When you access information (such as RV.NET) the website needs to know where to send the information back to. Now imagine going on vacation and you want to send another post card back but you find out the post office changed your address while you were gone and better yet you have no idea what your own address is. Right, I can't imagine that happening either but that is what is going to happen when your internet provider changes your IP address.
Really, it might not change at all unless your internet connection is reset, you lose power or the dorks running things at the internet company just want to screw with you. Once your IP address is assigned (dynamically) it will most likely stay the same until one of the above happens.
Why you are going to want a dynamic DNS service is to update a simple name like www.loggenrockscamera.com to automatically keep the new records of your internet address so you can always be guaranteed to access your IP camera.
If you have a router at home to provide WiFi you will most likely need to setup some type of port forwarding. In that case I would follow the directions included with your camera or consider paying someone to set it up if your charting in unfamiliar territory.
