Webcam access from outside my home network - I am going crazy

[drjochen]

I read all the posts here etc. and still cannot see my webcam from outside my home. I have the Actiontech router and a Trendet wireless camera. I am forwarding port 8888. However, if I enter my router IP (the one starting with 74. that my router software gives me as the IP address with the :8888 after it, I just get "webpage cannot be displayed". The same if I try the 192.168.1.1:8888 from anywhere. I have tried a million different settings, but no success. Help, please !

[viafax999]

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@drjochen wrote:

I read all the posts here etc. and still cannot see my webcam from outside my home. I have the Actiontech router and a Trendet wireless camera. I am forwarding port 8888. However, if I enter my router IP (the one starting with 74. that my router software gives me as the IP address with the :8888 after it, I just get "webpage cannot be displayed". The same if I try the 192.168.1.1:8888 from anywhere. I have tried a million different settings, but no success. Help, please !

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You configured the camera to listen on port 8888?

You set up a port forward rule for destination the camera (192.168.1.x)  tcp any->8888   ?

Then you tried http://YourRoterExternalAddr:8888  ??

You may need to try the access via your external address from an outside machine

To try it internally you need to http://192.168.1.x:8888  where x is the value of the camera, port forwarding is only from the outside you can't port forward from the inside address of the router

[jackwong]

192.168.1.x is your internal network ip address.

1- Goto http://www.whatismyip.com/

2- Write down the ip address and try it when you are not at your home network.

GL.

[viafax999]

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@jackwong wrote:

192.168.1.x is your internal network ip address.

1- Goto http://www.whatismyip.com/

2- Write down the ip address and try it when you are not at your home network.

GL.

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I just tried accessing a port forwarded web server on my internal network from an internal machine connecting to the external IP address and it appears to work, never did on an adsl connection

[drjochen]

I followed all the advice here. The external IP is correct. Port 8888 is open. But still I cannot see the camera from outside of my network. Immidietely, I get webpage could not be loaded.

[jumpin68ny]

Can you access the webcam from your local PC?  First we need to confirm local connectivity before checking for access from the Internet. 

Oddly enough when I set my webcam up with the help from a friend he was able to access my web cam just by going to my IP address without defining the port number.  Maybe you should try that:  http://x.x.x.x

Jim

[drjochen]

If I just enter the IP of my router, the browser sits there for a while and then brings up some google search results.

The caera access works from inside my local network. The motion detection of the camera also works (it sends e-mails).

[dslr595148]

If..

#1 The port that you forwarded in the router is open from the net.

#2 You typed in your public IP and the port number as need be.

But you can not connect to this server.

This means it is a loopback issue.

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#1 Loopback turned off in the router?

#2 Loopback filtered (or blocked in the router) ?

#3 Or last but not least, the router does not support loopback.

Title/Location: portforward.com -> Forum -> Knowledge Base -> router does not support loopback.

URL: http://forum.portforward.com/YaBB.cgi?num=1221247720

^^^

[viafax999]

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@drjochen wrote:

I followed all the advice here. The external IP is correct. Port 8888 is open. But still I cannot see the camera from outside of my network. Immidietely, I get webpage could not be loaded.

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What was the port forwarding rule you set up?