On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I've successfully built a webserver (hosting Zoneminder camera images
> and feed) for a friend's local business.  First time I've ever done
> this :).  It's on their local net off an Actiontek "basic home router"
> (Qwest DSL).
>
> I've given the camera server box a static IP address, and told the
> router to do static IPs from 192.168.0.53 on up (DHCP below that for
> wireless clients).  If I put my laptop on the WiFi net and go to the
> camera server IP of 192.168.0.53 I can see the Zoneminder console
> web-page, look at camera feeds, etc.  Works great.
>
> I told the router to forward port 80 to 192.168.0.53.  On the camera
> server, pulling up whatismyipaddress.com shows that (for now at least)
> IP is 174.18.245.74.  (The camera server has working full internet
> access - I had to rip out networkmanager to do static IPs manually
> under Xubuntu Intrepid.)
>
> BUT, whoops, if I try and connect to 174.18.245.74 from a computer
> outside of the local net (using my laptop and a Verizon cellular
> modem) I can't get squat.  My understanding is that it should work at
> this point, right?  Router should forward port 80 to local
> 192.168.0.53?
>
> Is it possible Zoneminder is using a different port?  I doubt it...a
> Windows machine on the local net can go to 192.168.0.53 and get the ZM
> console without specifying a port number.
>
> I realize I'm going to have to use something like DynDNS to make this
> work long-term...as in, the next time the router resets and scoops up
> a different address.  But in the meantime, this step should work,
> right?
>
> Any idea what I've missed here?

I believe that the Quest DSL allows port 80 inbound, but I would check this.

In your local "router" did you configure a PORT FORWARD entry - this
forwards all requests for port 80 from the WAN side to an internal IP (which
would be the DHCP or static private RFC 1918 style non-fully routable
internet address) 192.168.0.53 [which IS NOT your CAMERA DEVICE feed
(depending on how you have your Zoneminder Setup)].

Alternately, you can configure your ActionTec router with a DMZ to this
Zoneminder server showing the images, but be sure you are running a firewall
on the local box.

Reference:  http://www.webcamsoft.com/en/faq/actiontec.html

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim


Hey, we want to see it too!

Once in 1995, I built a camera system in our NOC and people could actually
watch us type in the root passwords a million times a day, because we didn't
use keys/rsh (maniac "senior" admin), so we telnetted and logged in
everywhere all day long.   Laugh!

What's the show?  Camera dogs?  Clowns?  Independence Day kazoos (fireworks
are illegal!) ?

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