[SOLVED] Camera and router help

[jlw9406]

Sorry no idea if this is the right thread I’m not as tech as I’d like, I have two Ubiquity nanostationM2’s I figured out how to set them up via lan cable with an old Sony RZ 30n ptz camera, I even got it to work haha can view the camera and control it via the laptop with one of the radio’s plugged into the lan port and via a web browser, here’s my question finally: I have an AT&T arris router for home use, if I plug the radio (nanostation) into the router can I dial the camera up via the internet or do I have to do something to the router firewall to allow that to work. Please remember if you speak to technical u may as well be talking in Greek and I don’t speak Greek , thanks in advance

 

[bill001g]

It won't work by default a over simplistic reason is you only have 1 ip from the ISP that all your devices share. Your router does not know which traffic to send to the camera.

You are going to have to learn quite a bit to set this up. First you need to determine if you have a public IP assigned to the wan port on your router by your ISP. This is the IP your would use to address your house from the internet.

So there are 2 basic ways to do this. You setup port forwarding so the router know which traffic to send to your camera. This is pretty simple but it also tends to not be secure. Cameras have pretty bad security and have many bug that are not patched so someone else may hack your camera.

The best method is to use a vpn on the router. Not sure if your router supports this. VPN can be tricky to setup. This method though makes everything work as if your phone was connected to your local lan. The data is encrypted so it is safe and the vpn prevent unauthorized users.

 

[jlw9406]

It won't work by default a over simplistic reason is you only have 1 ip from the ISP that all your devices share. Your router does not know which traffic to send to the camera.

You are going to have to learn quite a bit to set this up. First you need to determine if you have a public IP assigned to the wan port on your router by your ISP. This is the IP your would use to address your house from the internet.

So there are 2 basic ways to do this. You setup port forwarding so the router know which traffic to send to your camera. This is pretty simple but it also tends to not be secure. Cameras have pretty bad security and have many bug that are not patched so someone else may hack your camera.

The best method is to use a vpn on the router. Not sure if your router supports this. VPN can be tricky to setup. This method though makes everything work as if your phone was connected to your local lan. The data is encrypted so it is safe and the vpn prevent unauthorized users.

So how do I port forward

 

[jlw9406]

So how do I port forward

Or can I use the routers “ip pass through” option? Or am I clouding the already murky water ?

 

[jlw9406]

Or can I use the routers “ip pass through” option? Or am I clouding the already murky water ?

Welp can’t seem to make that work no where to put the devices IP address manually, or do I need to attach it by lan cable until I get the IP address stored in the nat/gaming section which is where if I’m mistaken you do port forwarding, instead of ip passthrough

 

[bill001g]

How exactly you do this varies a lot between brands of routers. I know nothing about that router. You should not need to have it attached via lan. Most times you must manually key in the ip address of the device. You also need to make sure the device ip is static so this rule is always correct.

 

[jlw9406]

It’s an NVG589 router and thanks

 

[kanewolf]

That NVG589 is a combo modem/router. Here is a link to a user's manual -- https://setuprouter.com/router/arris/nvg589-att/manual-2539.pdf It looks like the user interface is customized depending on the ISP (unfortunately).
Here is a website with port forwarding instructions (but again they may not match your interface) -- https://portforward.com/arris/nvg589/

Port forwarding is putting rules in your home router to allow traffic to on a specific port to go to a specific internal IP address.

It looks like your camera uses the following URL to access the MJPEG video stream -- http://IPADDRESS/img/mjpeg.cgi
Here is the manual for your camera -- https://pro.sony/s3/cms-static-content/operation-manual/3620374182.pdf

I would recommend you use an alternate port (PDF page 25). If you change the HTTP port you would access the image stream http://IPADDRESS/img/mjpeg.cgi:port (add ": port_number" to the end of the URL. The reason you want to change the port is because you DON'T want to forward port 80. You want to forward a non-standard port, for example I use 8099 for my camera.
I have 8 Panasonic cameras setup this way at my house. A single port for each camera forwarded to the static IP address assigned to the camera with the HTTP port changed to 8099 for each camera. I then use a base port number say 2000 + the IP address of the camera, say 150 to get the UNIQUE port for each camera (2150 in my example). So my example firewall rule says "from any internet IP address on port 2150 send that traffic to camera at IP 150 on port 8099". I can then access all my cameras from the internet.