How To View Through A Security Camera

How to view your IP camera remotely via a spider web browser

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Updated 07-20-2021 08:23:48 AM 1924239

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

Step one

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

Step 2

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

Step 3

Get to SETTING > Bones > Network > Information to find the HTTP port number used by the camera. The default is 80.

Normally there is no need to alter the port number. However some ISPs cake port 80, then you may need to alter the port number appropriately. In the image below, we changed it to 3333.

Step 4

Later on you modify the port, you will need to reboot the camera in order to relieve the changes. You lot tin do that by going to SETTING > Basic > System > Initialize and clicking Reboot.

Step 5

Afterward yous reboot, log dorsum into the camera on your web browser, using
http://(IP address):(Photographic camera port number).

For this instance, the address would be http://192.168.1.101:3333.

Later on 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 example, nosotros are using a TP-Link TL-WR941ND.

Step one

Log into your router's direction folio (http://www.tp-link.united states of america/faq-87.html).
Go to Forwarding > Virtual Servers and click Add together New.

Step 2

Blazon the IP address and the port used past the camera in the corresponding field. For the Protocol, nosotros recommend you select ALL. Click Save to add this new entry.

Step 3

Port 3333 tin now exist used by the photographic camera.

Step 4

Go to Condition page to check the WAN IP accost of the router.

Step 5

On a unlike PC (one that's non connected to the same network equally your camera), y'all can view your camera by opening the web browser, typing http://(IP address):(Camera port number) and pressing Enter.

For this example, the address would be http://183.38.7.205:3333.