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C.7 Accessing ITP from the Internet
Configuring your camera to access ITP over the Internet is a much more
complicated process than doing so on the local network. Since your router
masks the devices on the local network from the details of its internet connec-
tion, the automatic configurators in ITP do not have access to much of the
information needed to set up the camera. As such, you will generally have to
retrieve the necessary details yourself and enter them into the configurator
manually. In addition to the settings for the remote network that you will be
operating on, you need to establish what the internet accessible IP Address
of your home network is.
The easiest way to get this value is to go into your router’s configuration
website (see section C.6) and look for a status page that contains this data.
If it reports the IP Address that your ISP has provided to you this is the
value that you will need to use. It is important to note, however, that most
residential and business broadband services supply dynamic IP addresses that
may change over time. If you will regularly be transferring files in this way
it is strongly advised that you either use a dynamic DNS service provider
or obtain a static IP address from your ISP. This address is similar in
function to your phone number and uniquely identifies you on the internet.
It will be used by all devices that want to connect to your ITP server over
the internet.
In addition to the above considerations, please carefully read the terms of
service agreement that you have with your Internet Service Provider. Many
residential and small business plans do not allow you to run servers of any
kind and doing this may constitute a breach of those conditions. If this is
the case, you may be required to step up to a more expensive service plan to
be able to use your service in this manner.
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