How do I view cameras externally?
outside of the apps, is there a way I can view my cameras via a standard web browser? I see web server setup instructions in the manual but Im not sure if this is what I need. What are the basic steps involved and what do I need to do fromt eh off site browser?
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Yes indeed - SecuritySpy's web interface can be viewed in any web browser. Please read the whole Remote Monitoring section in the manual and let me know if you have any further questions.
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Thanks Ben - I read through this and it all seems straight foward - something I've dealt with in the past except for this one scenario if you can provide any thoughts/input. Ill be tinkering this evening.
My network is setup such that there is two networks with two routers. I do this because I wanted a better router than what my ISP supplies (Fios) and given the TV boxes and such run off this Fios Router I couldnt replace it.
So, the 1st router connected to the WAN is 192.168.1.x. Attached to this is another router (Cisco/Linksys) which is 10.213.1.x. All my devices, including the Mac running security spy, are attached tot he second router (10.213.1.x) and use that routers DHCP to get IPs.
Naturally I still have only one true WAN IP supplied by the ISP and hitting the first router, and the second router uses, I beleive...going from memory...the first routers ip (192.168.1.x) as teh WAN ip.
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This is an unusual and complicated setup that is going to make this difficult! You essentially have to deal with three networks: the internet, you first LAN, and your second LAN. The two routers sit at the boundaries between these three networks. When a request comes in from the internet, the first router would have to have a port forwarding rule to forward this to the second router, which would have to have its own port forwarding rule to forward this on to SecuritySpy. This requires your Mac running SecuritySpy to have a static IP address on the second LAN, and the second router to have a static IP address on the first LAN. Possible, but tricky.
Are you sure your TV box can't run from the better router? I'd be very surprised if this were the case. If you can simply use your better router to provide you with one network serving all the devices, this would be much simpler. -
Verizon Fios needs to use its router (combined router/fiber modem) - there is no wiggle room there. They are coax anyway.
I get what you're thinking and I'll try to tinker with it tonight and report back. If you or others have any other ideas/input please post.
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I see. For what reason do you want to use your Cisco router? Is it for better WiFi reception?
If so, then you could simply switch your Cisco router to bridge mode (i.e. turn off its NAT features), so that you are only using it as a wireless access point. In this mode it would simply be adding WiFi services to the existing LAN provided by the Verizon router, rather than creating a separate LAN itself.
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the cisco is 5ghz and I have it set to n-only (and in reality there are two ciscos, one another floor up that is linked to the first as an access point getting DHCP ip service from the first). I could allow the Fios router to handle DHCP and change the first cisco to an access point also, but when I set it up I liked the idea of having another layer between Verizon and my network....FWIW....if I can't get the camera setup with this setup, Ill look into the other but I was able to find some literature online that describes how this is down 9and its basically what you outlined.).
Im discovering another issue that I won't pollute this thread with but post it separately in a moment and when I resolve this Ill post what I did back here for others.
