Viewing a security WEB CAM on LAN through a Router

[exclamation55]

using a Westell c90 router

using a netgear switch on a LAN with

Server has External Static IP

would like to be able to view a security WEB CAM through on the Network behind the Router on a 192.168 Internal IP - instead of buying ANOTHER static IP :approve:

Also what extra security initiatives should be added :blackeye:

 

[tdeg]

Similar to what I am looking at setting up to see what my pets do during the day.

Are you going to use an IP enabled webcam, or hook a webcam to a computer?

 

[Rick]

Security initiatives?

Most digital network cameras have a password to access them with and many also have user privelage accounts etc.. That should be plenty of security for most people.

It sounds like you want to view the camera over the local network, not over the Internet. If you decide to do it over the Internet, you will need a static IP or a dynamic DNS service (some are free).

 

[Grok451]

You will need to configure the router for port forwarding. This means that you will access your internal IP address via a port on the external (static) IP address. If your router supports port forwarding, there should be a configuration page where you specify which port you want forwarded to the internal IP address. Let's say your static IP address is 24.xxx.yyy.100 and you configure the router to forward port 5000 your web cam address 192.168.aaa.bbb. You would then access the web cam thusly: http://24.xxx.yyy.100:5000

I couldn't find documentation for your model c90, but here is a link to the b90, that might help: http://www.westell.com/content/sales/liteline.pdf