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JJW, I finally see your posts after posting a bunch of dummy posts to 'flush it out'. Has anyone contacted the admin person about this problem?

Anyhow, I see what you are doing now. What does it take to post an image on a web page automatically? Thanks.
 
[code:1:025b5a695e]###################
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
#
use Net::FTP;

$ftp = Net::FTP->new("upload.comcast.net");
$ftp->login("username","password");
$ftp->pasv;
$ftp->binary;
$ftp->cwd("/pub/ftp");
$ftp->put("imagefile.jpg");
$ftp->quit;

exit;
###################[/code:1:025b5a695e]

This is what I found (a quick search for "perl ftp put")

I haven't tried it but it looks right. I don't think you need the line with cwd unless you want to put the files in a specific directory.

You may want to insert a variable for "imagefile.jpg" so that you can put in a rolling sequence of images or something.

http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/libnet-1.19/Net/FTP.pm
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EDIT: Added binary mode switch to perl code
Tested, it works for me.
 
yeah, kinda weired, I posted it before in here but it showed up wrong dated and nothing display. Must be some kinda bugs.
Anyways, I have DCS900 and it gave me same problem . My solution was turn on the setup page fo DCS900 and change the port of webserver in setting to for example 8082. Forwarding the port of router to 8082. And voila it should not give you any problem. You should also download latest firmware from DLink.
If you have dynamic IP then you should go to dyndns.org to register for free an alias such as mywebcam.dns.org and then set it up so it will monitor your home IP address. then you can log on to http://mywebcam.dns.org in the future.
 
mobopc said:
JJW, I finally see your posts after posting a bunch of dummy posts to 'flush it out'. Has anyone contacted the admin person about this problem?

Anyhow, I see what you are doing now. What does it take to post an image on a web page automatically? Thanks.
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yeah, kinda weired, I posted it before in here but it showed up wrong dated and nothing display. Must be some kinda bugs.
Anyways, I have DCS900 and it gave me same problem . My solution was turn on the setup page fo DCS900 and change the port of webserver in setting to for example 8082. Forwarding the port of router to 8082. And voila it should not give you any problem. You should also download latest firmware from DLink.
If you have dynamic IP then you should go to dyndns.org to register for free an alias such as mywebcam.dns.org and then set it up so it will monitor your home IP address. then you can log on to http://mywebcam.dns.org in the future.
 
yeah, kinda weired, I posted it before in here but it showed up wrong dated and nothing display. Must be some kinda bugs.
Anyways, I have DCS900 and it gave me same problem . My solution was turn on the setup page fo DCS900 and change the port of webserver in setting to for example 8082. Forwarding the port of router to 8082. And voila it should not give you any problem. You should also download latest firmware from DLink.
If you have dynamic IP then you should go to dyndns.org to register for free an alias such as mywebcam.dns.org and then set it up so it will monitor your home IP address. then you can log on to http://mywebcam.dns.org in the future.
 
yeah, kinda weired, I posted it before in here but it showed up wrong dated and nothing display. Must be some kinda bugs.
Anyways, I have DCS900 and it gave me same problem . My solution was turn on the setup page fo DCS900 and change the port of webserver in setting to for example 8082. Forwarding the port of router to 8082. And voila it should not give you any problem. You should also download latest firmware from DLink.
If you have dynamic IP then you should go to dyndns.org to register for free an alias such as mywebcam.dns.org and then set it up so it will monitor your home IP address. then you can log on to http://mywebcam.dns.org in the future.
 
yeah, kinda weired, I posted it before in here but it showed up wrong dated and nothing display. Must be some kinda bugs.
Anyways, I have DCS900 and it gave me same problem . My solution was turn on the setup page fo DCS900 and change the port of webserver in setting to for example 8082. Forwarding the port of router to 8082. And voila it should not give you any problem. You should also download latest firmware from DLink.
If you have dynamic IP then you should go to dyndns.org to register for free an alias such as mywebcam.dns.org and then set it up so it will monitor your home IP address. then you can log on to http://mywebcam.dns.org in the future.
 
Thank you JJW, I look at your 2 PERL scripts and I think they will do the job. It's wonderful. I have to build a Linux box to try this out, or may be I will make a Knoppix disk and boot my Windows PC from there. I am anxious to get through this Dlink bug.
 
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Thank you JJW, I look at your 2 PERL scripts and I think they will do the job. It's wonderful. I have to build a Linux box to try this out, or may be I will make a Knoppix disk and boot my Windows PC from there. I am anxious to get through this Dlink bug.
 
(repost)

Thank you JJW, I look at your 2 PERL scripts and I think they will do the job. It's wonderful. I have to build a Linux box to try this out, or may be I will make a Knoppix disk and boot my Windows PC from there. I am anxious to get through this Dlink bug.
 
Thank you JJW, I look at your 2 PERL scripts and I think they will do the job. It's wonderful. I have to build a Linux box to try this out, or may be I will make a Knoppix disk and boot my Windows PC from there. I am anxious to get through this Dlink bug.
 
Hi, im new here, have same issue, but don't see confirmation this issue was ever resolved. I have a dcs-950G dlink internet cam, belkin 802.11g router, and comcast isp. I can connect internally to my cam but not from outside router. I set virtual fw to pass port 8080 to the cameraip:80. I can connect to myrouterip and get on my router, but when i put in with myrouterip:8080 it does not connect to my cam. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

Bill
 
Help! I'm having the exact same problem.

I’m trying to configure a D-Link DCS-G900 Wireless-G Internet Camera for use with a D-Link DI-524 router.

I’ve assigned the camera a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.120 and added this address to the Static DHCP Client List in the router.

The camera has a built-in web server, on port 80. I’m on AT&T Yahoo! DSL and understand that port 80 is sometimes blocked. I’ve enabled Second HTTP port 81 on the camera.

In the router Virtual Server setup, I’ve set up port forwarding for ports 80 and 81 to the camera address (192.168.1.120), using Protocol Type BOTH.

When I run Look@LAN on 192.168.1.120 (the camera) it reports HTTP service on port 80 and hosts2-ns (HOSTS2 Name Server) on port 81.

I can successfully bring up the camera by entering either of the following into my browser:

http://192.168.1.120 or http://192.168.1.120:81

I cannot bring up the camera on either port by entering my Router’s IP address into my browser, i.e.:

http://71.225.155.62 or http://71.225.155.62:81

Any advice would really be appreciated!

One other note: I have a TiVo on my home network and have port forwarding successfully enabled and working with this D-Link router. I tried a Trendnet router early today with the same result (TiVo port forwarding worked, Camera port forwarding did NOT work).

One other question: The camera setup has a field for Default Gateway and DNS IP address. Should I be using the values reported by the router, or reported by my DSL modem? (Neither seem to work).

Thanks in advance!

----------------------------------------

Solved: The DEFAULT GATEWAY setting in the camera setup had to match my router's IP address: 192.168.1.1
 
Hello,

I have similar setup as mentioned my mitchk with difference of linksys router SPA2012. I have enabled the DHCP and assigned a fixed IP to the camera and opened port 80 and 81 through port forwarding. I can't get the webcam access through internet. I can access it within local network. I asked SBC, they said they are not blocking any ports. I can access the router through internet as well.
Can someone please help on this with proper steps ?
I guess I am missing something here?

Sam
 
Just a fast reply to this old tread..

I read that seval people have problems with bringing the d-link DCS-900s local ip😛ort to the extern ip😛ort.

I own a DCS-900 myself and I had my share of problems with it too.. Usual it is pretty easy to set up those local ip cameras etc and making portforwards work, and as a level 3 network tech it should be peace of cake, but this camera gave me the grey hair..

I made it work in seval ways over time, but here is a few hints.


- Some cheep routers simply cant pass through the port forwarding correctly to the internal server and back, in this case the d-link camera, if the server (camera) is in the routers dhcp table. The only easy solution to this is to give the webcamera a static ip, and remember to give it a ip that is outside the routers dhcp scope, fx. if the router is set to give ips in the scope : 192.168.1.100 -> 192.168.1.150, then give the webcamera a static ip 192.168.1.151, you set this in the cameras web config. And also remember to set the default router, and dns in the webcam.

- Many routers use diffent kinds of NAT, try play the diffent NAT translations in the router settings and see if any will work with this cam. (It will properly not if you have problems from start)

- Chack the firewall settings in the router, it may block some of the packets in the portforward. You can try disable the firewall for a monent at see if it works..


Regards
Frank


 
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