Mobilinc Connect and Ip Camera

[vbsafire1]

Can the new Wireless IP Camera from Smarthome be viewed through an iphone from another location say another city? Other than the plugin for Mobilinc Pro what has to be done for this to be accomplished. I would assume it would work through Mobile Connect just like everything else?

[elvisimprsntr]

ML Connect uses the installed ISY module to create a continuous connection to ML servers. When you configure ML(HD,Pro,etc.) to access your ISY through ML servers it is not making a connect directly to your ISY. Since the ISY has no knowledge of your IP cameras ML Connect cannot connect to them thru their servers.

 

That being said, there are ways to remotely access your IP cameras from an external network.

 

1. You can configure your router to forward various external ports to each of your internal network IP cameras. Make sure you enable password access to your cameras to prevent unauthorized access. Most IP cameras do not support encryption, thus authentication will be plain text over the internet which makes your system vulnerable. If your cameras do support encryption obviously use it. This should be possible with any consumer router. (Medium)

2. If you have a router the open source firmware at http://www.dd-wrt.com supports, you can flash your router with a version of their firmware that support VPN server. Then you can set up an encrypted VPN connection to your home network and access ANY IP based device on your network, not just the ISY and IP cameras, without setting port forwarding. (Advanced)

 

In both examples, you will probably want either a static IP address from your ISP ($$$) or you can configure DDNS in your router and use for a free DDNS service from http://www.no-ip.com. This will provide a hostname that will resolve to your routers external IP address and will automatically get updated when your ISP changes your assigned IP address. If you happen to have your own registered domain name you can use your domain name for the DDNS service for a minimal change thru no-ip.com (Medium)

 

PM me if you want how to's for either.

[vbsafire1]

Thanks......I'm unfortunately still trying to get the camera to work properly wirelessly. Microsoft is interfering with me. I cannot get a picture on my laptop only on my iphone......very frustrating.