Remote Wi-Fi Monitoring, Part 2

This is a continuation of the post, remote-wi-fi-monitoring-of-your-setup.  This entry will discuss accessing the video feed from the internet (not from your home network).

Once you have the system running per the first post instructions, you need to go and register with either www.no-ip.com or www.dyn.com.  I used no-ip.

Follow the instructions given here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHTxuYa3Kzo

After that, I had to update the firmware and web gui on my FosCAM in order to view the video on my smartphone (Android) via 3G while travelling.

I was able to use port 80 for the port forwarding in my router.  I did configure my router and the FOSCAM for my no-ip account (I will have to wait a month to see if doing both will cause a problem).

When accessing your remote host name -- the name you registered at no-ip.com and what you use on your browser to access the camera -- brings you directly to the camera.  Thus when you are asked for a username and password, that is the camera asking -- not your router, not no-ip.  Be careful here as there are different configuration pages, and if you don't keep it straight, then you will enter the wrong password and think your setup is not working.

So, in summary:

1. connect Foscam to ethernet and program it the first time
2. power off the camera, disconnect ethernet and power on again, and verify it connects to your wi-fi
3. create an account at a DDNS site (eg. www.no-ip.com) and register a host name
4. enter the config page of your wi-fi router and do the next router steps
5. [router] set the IP address of the Foscam to either static and one you choose or fixed at current
6. [router] set the port forwarding address to be TCP port 80 and the IP address of the Foscam
7. [router], optional, set the DDNS settings to your DDNS provider and account
8. [camera], set the DDNS settings on Foscam to your DDNS provider and account
9. [camera], optional, turn upnp on (should be supported and on at router also)
10. Wait up to 4 hours if you used no-ip for routing tables to be updated
11. Turn wi-fi off on your 3G smartphone, and go to your hostname.no-ip.biz in a browser
12. at this point you should get the login page of the Foscam.

View of Foscam access page from remote internet access (after login).

You can see the feed here:

http://wolfenhawke.no-ip.biz

username: visitor

password: marksgreenh