How To Access Security Cameras Remotely

How to view your IP camera remotely via a web browser

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Updated 07-twenty-2021 08:23:48 AM 1845268

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Note: The steps beneath assume you already have your IP photographic camera installed and connected to a router with Internet access. HTTP://192.168.1.101 represents the IP accost of the camera being accessed.

Step i

Find your camera's IP address. If you don't know its IP address, click here.

Step 2

Open up a web browser and type the IP accost. Enter your login information.

Stride three

Go to SETTING > BASIC > Network > Information to find the HTTP port number used past the photographic camera. The default is lxxx.

Usually there is no demand to alter the port number. However some ISPs block port 80, and so you lot may demand to change the port number accordingly. In the image below, nosotros changed information technology to 3333.

Pace four

After you change the port, y'all will need to reboot the camera in gild to save the changes. You can exercise that by going to SETTING > BASIC > System > Initialize and clicking Reboot.

Step 5

Later you reboot, log back into the camera on your web browser, using
http://(IP address):(Photographic camera port number).

For this example, the address would exist http://192.168.1.101:3333.

Afterwards this, you'll need to adjust the port forwarding settings on your router. The configuration depends on the router model. Consult your router's technical support accordingly. For this case, we are using a TP-Link TL-WR941ND.

Step i

Log into your router'due south management page (http://www.tp-link.us/faq-87.html).
Become to Forwarding > Virtual Servers and click Add New.

Step 2

Blazon the IP address and the port used by the camera in the respective field. For the Protocol, we recommend you select ALL. Click Salvage to add this new entry.

Step 3

Port 3333 tin can now be used by the camera.

Pace 4

Go to Status page to check the WAN IP address of the router.

Step 5

On a different PC (one that'southward non connected to the same network as your photographic camera), y'all tin view your camera by opening the web browser, typing http://(IP address):(Photographic camera port number) and pressing Enter.

For this instance, the address would be http://183.38.vii.205:3333.