Problem with new Foscam Camera

[buellwinkle]

I had a 2wire modem/router provided by AT&T and port forwarding worked sometimes and eventually not at all, so it could be a buggy router or purposly done by your ISP to limit this sort of activity. If there's an option on your ISP to get just a modem only or put your router in this modem only pasthrough mode, then get a decent WiFi router from Linksys, Netgear, Buffalo.

As for port 80 being blocked, who know what goes on in other countries, but I have AT&T at my main house, Charter Cable internet at our vacation home, had Verizon at our previous vacation home, one kid has Times Warner, the other Cox and never had any problem port forwarding with port 80. These five ISPs represent a large portion of consumer ISP's in the U.S.

Do not get a fixed IP, it's a waste of money. Once this is working, get a DDNS service, many are free. This assigns a domain name to a dynamic IP. You reference the domain name instead of your WAN IP address.
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[pelermon]

Simply set your your DSL modem (not router) to bridge mode. (or buy an expensive static address scam)
I just use my street address for port number (ie 12176 next camera 12177 etc)
then I name the cameras "1 OutFront 12176 " 2.outBack 12177" etc

Of course you need dyndns (free)