help with setting up vilar ip cctv reward is successful

[wayneb]

hi there i`ve bought a vilar pan and tilt camera to watch my bar while i`m at home and i havent the foggiest in how to set it up to watch it from home. i can watch while i`m connected to the bar network but not over the internet yet. please could someone help me as the crappy instructions that came with with are no good and if you get it working i`l give you a cash reward (paypal)

[itsokrelax]

Before you begin there are a few things you need to understand about how the internet works.

There are basically two parts that we are dealing with. There is the WAN (wide area network) and the LAN (local area network).
You can find your WAN IP address by going to your routers status page (shown below) or by visiting IPChicken.

Your LAN IP can be found by going to:
Windows XP: Start -> Run -> type in CMD and press enter -> type in "ipconfig" and press enter.

Windows Vista: Start -> type "CMD" in search and press enter -> type "ipconfig" and press enter.

You will notice that your LAN IP is in the range found here. We use port forwarding to get from the WAN side to the LAN side to view your camera.

Now when I say "port forwarding" I mean exactly that, forwarding a port from the WAN side (internet) of your router to the LAN side (your camera). If you are not familiar with ports you can check them in greater detail on Wiki. Basically you can think of your internet connection as your cable TV connection and your ports would be the different channels. So all there is left to do is pick a port that isn't being used and forward it to your camera. You can find a list of commonly used ports on Wiki. We tend to use port 6565 and work our way up from there. There is no reason for it... we just do it .

Now to actually set up port forwarding there are a million different ways that depends on your router model. I use an oldschool Linksys router that does the trick just fine, so I will be showing you that one. You should have no problem finding your port forwarding page within your router.
To get into your router configuration page just type in the IP of your router into a web browser. To find the IP of your router you simple follow the same instructions as before to get your LAN IP but instead look for gateway IP.

Once you get to your router's port forwarding page you will need to put your port # into the boxes for port and forward it to your cameras IP (shown below). This just takes the port (channel) and says any and all traffic on this port send directly to your camera.


Now that you have all your traffic on that port sent to your camera you need to have your camera "listen" for traffic on that port. You do this by enabling your alternate port on your camera's configuration page.


Now all you have to do to get to your camera over the internet is type in "http://<WAN_IP>:<port#>" into your web browser. An example being http://24.248.162.232:6566. If you are on a dynamic WAN IP address (if you don't know what this is you most likely are) then you will need to sign up for a service to keep track of your IP for you. You can check out DynDNS.org or TZO.com.

[itsokrelax]

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