Web Cam - is this possible
I am thinking it is but what is the best/smartest way to ddo it. I am asking for a friend that travels up and down to South Carolina and Florida from Ontario. They travel with dogs and one has h...
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hedge wrote:GordonThree wrote:hedge wrote:
I would be careful with anything that is 'cloud based' it will likely use the bandwith constantly.
If you used more of a traditional method and use the built in web server of the camera with port forwarding it would only be using data while you are connected to it. just not sure if port forwarding is possible with those hotspots like on a traditional soho router.
None of the big 4 give you a public IP, at least, not on a consumer grade plan.
Not sure I know what a public IP is, do you mean static IP? dynamic dns services exists to keep it up to date so you can find your server.
With most land-line isp your router at home gets a public IP, that is, one that is routable on the public Internet, reachable from anywhere.
Cellular carriers stopped giving out public IP quite some time ago, since there's so many devices and public IP addresses are rather expensive. You instead get a private IP address that only works on the carrier's network. Requests get matched up using network address translation at a network concentrator for the carrier.
See here for more information:
What is a public ip address
