Manual

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7.0 ADVANCEDSETTINGS
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7.1 PortForwarding
Firewallsecurityfeaturesbuiltintosomeroutersmaypreventusers fromaccessingtheY‐camovertheInternet.
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YourrouterconnectstotheInternetoveraseriesof“ports”.
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SometimesthedefaultportsusedbytheY‐camareblockedfromaccessovertheInternet,therefore,theseportsneed
tobemadeaccessible.
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ThisisachievedusingthePortForwardingfunctiononyourrouter.
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TheportsusedbythecameramustbeopenedthroughtherouterforremoteaccesstoyourY‐cam.
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Checkyourrouter’susermanualforspecificinstructionsonhowtoopenandrouteportsonyourouter.
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Youcanalsofindinstructionsforhowtodothisonyourspecificrouteronthefollowingwebsite:
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http://www.portforward.com/
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Important:SomeISPsblockaccesstoport80andothercommonlyusedInternetports.CheckwithyourISPinorderto
opentheappropriateports.IfyourISPdoesnotpasstrafficonport80,youwillneedtochangethecamera’sdefault
portnumberfrom80toadifferentnumbersuchas8000.
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ViewingYourCamera
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ToaccesstheY‐camfromacomputeronyourlocalnetwork,simplyentertheIPAddressoftheCamerafollowedbya
colonandthecamera’sportnumber.Itisnotnecessarytoenterthecolonandportnumberifyouareusingthe
camera’sdefaultport80.
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ToaccesstheY‐camfromtheinternet,typetheexternalIPAddressoftherouter,followedbyacolon,andtheport
numberofyourcamera(e.g.,Http://202.115.122.96:8000
).
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Note:Youcancheckallyoursettingsbyclickingon“System”inthetoprightsectionofthe“Settings”page.(Seepage
36).IntheUPnPsection,youwillfindyourexternalIPaddress,yourexternalportandtheaddressyouneedtotypein
theInternetBrowser’saddressbar.
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Note:IfyourUPnPgatewayisnotconfigured,youcanfindyourexternalIPaddressbyvisiting
http://www.whatismyipaddress.com
orhttp://www.myipaddress.com
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