Kaplanm Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Does anyone have a good method for doing live webcasting of their tank? I've got a spare webcam, and the know how w/ software and networking, but the sticky bit is that I don't have a staic IP to set up a webcast from. Is there a good software solution for working around that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yes, you don't need a static IP address. Look things like noip.com. You basically install an app on your computer that constantly monitors your dynamic ip address and sends up it to their server. They give you a url that you can hit that is always mapped to your ip. You'll have to configure your firewall at home so that all external requests get routed to the camera's IP address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I went through the whole process of setting up everything so that it can keep up with a dynamic IP address and then for 3-4 years mine never changed with Uverse. So with my webcam, I just made sure I forwarded my port through the firewall and that's all I needed. If the IP address ever changes, I'll worry about it then but just forwarding the port worked for me in my scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaplanm Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 I know they don't typically reassign ports. I'll give it the ol' college try and see if that works.Step 2 is figuring out how to tie it into an Android app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I use IP webcam and it works perfectly on my old Samsung S3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12_egg_omelette Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Sweet Ty, thanks. I have a second iPad I could do this with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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