Can't see DCS 950G from remote location

[David97]

I can see the DCS 950G just fine on my network. If i go to a friends house and try to view it i can't. I have a Linksys WRT54G router and have tired to mess with port forwareding etc with no luck.

using ports 800 and 5000, 5001

Any suggestions? Using it on a dlink router looks easy. lol

btw i have a website how would i go about seeing it on there?

[Josh]

I haven't dealt with the DCS 950G, but I deal with IP cameras daily in my job and ports 800, 5000 and 5001 sound odd. Why not use standard port 80 (unless you're running a web server on your network that needs outside access). You usually have one http port, and one ftp port, 80 and 21 respectively.
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[David97]

I used port 800 because the guide said some IPS block 80 and 5000 and 5001 where the default ports i think.

Does it matter what ports you use? I don't even see these in my routers manuel.

[Josh]

No, it shouldn't matter which ports you're using, as long as you're certain it isn't causing a conflict elsewhere, and you know what you're doing. In my job I usually suggest use of the defaults because often times when someone is unfamiliar with a particular camera, or lacks networking basics, they might make a simple error with port-forwarding, or create a conflict that might be difficult/impossible to diagnose/discover over the phone.

Does your router have a built-in firewall or anything that might be blocking packets?

[cadillaclee]

[CaliDavid]

I'm having similar problem, any updates ??

I have a Linksys router and Air link 101 IP Camera.

[badgnus57]

I had a similar issue with an Airlink AIC250 camera with a Hawking router. I was using this router to forward port 8081 on the outside to port 80 on the inside (to the camera). This worked for still images, but not for video. Neither the Activex nor the java applets would display anything. This was resolved by making the camera listen on port 8081, and forwarding port 8081 directly to it. I know this "port remapping" is also an option on many dlink routers, so perhaps this will help the issues you're having.

[Skubysnak]

Hey guys,

I recently purchased the Dlink DCS G900 Wireless G Internet Camera. I am having problems viewing the camera from a remote computer. I have a Belkin Pre-N Router (F5D8230-4) and a Siemens Speedmaster modem. The camera and router are working fine with each other as I can view the camera when at home. The computer is upstairs and the camera is downstais.

From home, I can put in the Dlink camera’s IP address and view the camera just fine. But when I try to view the camera from work, or input the WAN IP of the router in the address bar from any computer, I can’t access. Dlink said to open Port 81, so i did that on both the camera and the router, but still no joy. I've called Tech Support for both Belkin and Dlink numerous times and I still can't view the camera over the internet.

HELP!!!!!

[azkenreid]

[Skubysnak]

Did you ever get it fixed from work???

[LauDauns]

haha! Did you ever get regular jobs. But regular jobs look good, but doing it very difficult. The only wish you the best of luck
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