How to set up web cam.
I would like to set up a camera that takes a picture every so often and uploads it for viewing. Something like road condition cameras or the cams that ski resorts put on their "snow sticks". This is ...
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I bought a Dlink camera yesterday. It is supposed to let one see home while away from home, upon demand so it isn't using a GB per hour of home internet data all the time. I find it works on the computer and iphone at home with both camera and viewer on the same wifi. But setup for use away from home is complicated and lacking instructions. Some viewers seem to require a fixed IP address; ours changes. Even the local IP of the camera will change. Also,
"To view your IP Camera remotely over 3G/LTE network, it requires to setup DDNS + Port forwarding for your Internet router at your home/"
I can add a port forwarding rule in the router setup but it requires internal and external port numbers I don't know.
I'm getting the impression I must use a Dlink router in order to get any instructions. The Dlink free app stalls upon running on the iPad. The $2 app only works locally.
Would I face similar problems with the Foscam?
EDIT: I apologize to Dlink! The free Dlink lite app fooled me - the opening screen was an instruction screen; one has to go several pages to the right to see the working login screen. It works, no port forwarding needed.
"To view your IP Camera remotely over 3G/LTE network, it requires to setup DDNS + Port forwarding for your Internet router at your home/"
I can add a port forwarding rule in the router setup but it requires internal and external port numbers I don't know.
I'm getting the impression I must use a Dlink router in order to get any instructions. The Dlink free app stalls upon running on the iPad. The $2 app only works locally.
Would I face similar problems with the Foscam?
EDIT: I apologize to Dlink! The free Dlink lite app fooled me - the opening screen was an instruction screen; one has to go several pages to the right to see the working login screen. It works, no port forwarding needed.
