Hello folks,
my first post so please forgive me if i seem to be asking something silly. I already have a home IP camera setup (Tenvis setup) which has been working great for the last 3 years but this new project is proving to be a challenge to me because of the peculiar circumstances
I belong to a small fishing club and all our boats (about 26 of them) lie at the same marina, we have been talking about installing some kind of camera setup that can be remotely accessible online so that we can all see our dock and boats, monitoring of the tide levels, storm effects and general security without having to take the long drive all the way to the marina.
The setup will have to be accessible to members of the club via the internet.
we have obtained permission from the marina authorities to install the cameras and there is access to electric power for the camera.
The marine even has free WIFI but the problem is that we do not have access to the router to do any port forwarding or even to open any ports, The company that is suppling WIFI to the marina is reluctant to allow us access to their commercial routers. However we can log unto the Free wifi with any laptop, tablet or smartphone whiole at the dock
This is now my question:
Can anyone suggest a camera model or setup that can log unto to Free wifi . A normal Tenvis camera need ports to be allocated hence not possible, i need a model that can connect to the free public wifi and transmit pictures without any port permissions.
I have also thought about a GSM SIM card camera that can send MMS pictures on demand but the main problem with this is that all the models i can see are only capable of sending data to a limited number of phones , usually 3-5 . hence not useful for all the club members. Also it would be silly paying for a 4G mobiledata SIM card plan when we have free WIFI at the marina.
Any alternative setup ideas will also be appreciated.
my first post so please forgive me if i seem to be asking something silly. I already have a home IP camera setup (Tenvis setup) which has been working great for the last 3 years but this new project is proving to be a challenge to me because of the peculiar circumstances
I belong to a small fishing club and all our boats (about 26 of them) lie at the same marina, we have been talking about installing some kind of camera setup that can be remotely accessible online so that we can all see our dock and boats, monitoring of the tide levels, storm effects and general security without having to take the long drive all the way to the marina.
The setup will have to be accessible to members of the club via the internet.
we have obtained permission from the marina authorities to install the cameras and there is access to electric power for the camera.
The marine even has free WIFI but the problem is that we do not have access to the router to do any port forwarding or even to open any ports, The company that is suppling WIFI to the marina is reluctant to allow us access to their commercial routers. However we can log unto the Free wifi with any laptop, tablet or smartphone whiole at the dock
This is now my question:
Can anyone suggest a camera model or setup that can log unto to Free wifi . A normal Tenvis camera need ports to be allocated hence not possible, i need a model that can connect to the free public wifi and transmit pictures without any port permissions.
I have also thought about a GSM SIM card camera that can send MMS pictures on demand but the main problem with this is that all the models i can see are only capable of sending data to a limited number of phones , usually 3-5 . hence not useful for all the club members. Also it would be silly paying for a 4G mobiledata SIM card plan when we have free WIFI at the marina.
Any alternative setup ideas will also be appreciated.