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[lachest]

hi can anyone help i have a foscam f18908w i got it to work on my network but i cant get it to work from a remote pc i have set up port forwarding port 80 in the btvoyager 2110 i dont understand networking .if i check to see if port is open with
http://www.whatsmyip.org/ it says Port 80 Timed-out i have in my bt voyager setting a setting called DMZ should i put my cams ip add and port number in there


Virtual Server Configuration

DMZ HostPort ForwardingDynamic DNS ALG
DMZ Host Help
A DMZ host is a computer on your local network that can be accessed from the Internet regardless of port forwarding and firewall settings.

Those IP packets from the Internet that do NOT belong to any applications configured in the port forwarding table will be:
Discarded
Forwarded to the DMZ host
IP address of DMZ host:


please as been trying for 3 weeks now to sort this out thank you

[TC]

many ISP block port 80. try a 4 digit port like 8080. change the port on the ip camera and your router port forwarding to make the change fully.
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[lachest]

sorry i have done that -set port to 8081 stills come back port timed out

[buellwinkle]

DMZ is sort of overkill, it says that you want any request for any port to go to that IP address. So when you set DMZ, you just give it the IP address of your camera and wham, any request at any port goes there. Of course you can only have one camera this way.

Make sure that under For Administrator - Basic Network Settings, you unchecked the box that says "obtain IP from DHCP server" and that you entered a valid IP, subnet mask, gateway and that you can access the camera locally with that IP. Using DHCP is a mess because you'll set the camera firewall settings to that one IP, next time you boot the camera it may pick a different IP and the firewall settings no longer apply. Pick an IP that's outside the possible range of your DHCP, for example, if your current camera address is 192.168.1.3, then make the fixed address higher, like 192.168.1.80. To get the subnet mask and gateway, go to your Windows PC and in a dos window, enter ipconfig, it will tell you your current subnet mask and gateway for that PC, use those numbers. Typically 255.255.255.0 for subnet mask, gateway is usually the first IP, like 192.168.0.1 or it can be last like .254.

Also, and this is probably more rare, I've had routers go bad where the firewall went crazy and worked sometimes, not other times. Fixed it by buying a new one that lasted about 6 months. Maybe this is normal, maybe I have bad luck with routers.
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[lachest]

thank you all for your help the dmz setting is working i only have one cam so its not a problem thank you all again

[Tony Chou]

please change port 80 to 81 or others.
It seems that port 80 is forbidden now by supplier.