Success (II) - benbird

Opening the firewall to connections on port 8000 is essential for SecuritySpy's web server to work at its default port setting.

This then allows access to the system from your local network by typing the following into a web browser:
<IP address>:8000

In this case, it appears that port forwarding was set up on the router to forward messages on port 80 to port 8000 on the computer running SecuritySpy. (A perfectly sensible setup.) This explains why the system is accessible remotely with "myhostname.homeip.net", but not with "myhostname.homeip.net:8000".

Note that it may not be possible to use the dynamic DNS address to access the system from your local network.

The java applet built in to the SecuritySpy web server should be able to display video no matter what camera you are using, but this does depend on the browser and operating system you are using to view the web interface. It should work fine with most modern browsers on most operating systems.

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Tuesday, March 14 2006 @ 03:18 PM PST