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Do not use uPnP. I would disable uPnP in your router. Manually setup the port forwarding rule in your router. Also, do not use a well-known port; use a port greater then 1024.

I have had cameras lose static IP addresses before. If the camera were to crash, it might return to a default configuration.

You could build an IPSec tunnel between your router and the router at your neighbors home. This is what I did to allow BlueIris to monitor/record a camera that was at another location.

Have you considered a more low-tech approach? A chain saw and some tree trimmers. I did that with a tree that was giving me the exact same problem.

BI is great, but the UI leaves something to be desired. It is the most cost effective solution I have found: the software costs around $75, and the server I bought cost about $150.

Why would that disable all the cameras? You would do this temporarily to get connectivity to the rogue camera, and then change it back.

You will need to change the IP of your PC to be on the same subnet as your camera. (unless your router has multiple Layer 3 LAN interfaces, which I assume it does not) Once you do that, open a browser, and go to the IP address of your camera: http://192.168.123.x You will have to figure it out...

The MAC should not be the same, all MACs should be unique. They may be similar, but must be unique.

The 192.168.123.x is probably your other camera. Can you compare the MAC? To get to it, you will probably need to manually configure the IP address your PC.

Sounds like your camera has a static IP assigned to it. You will likely need to connect to that camera and either set it for DHCP, or manually set an IP. Also, 192.172.x.y is not a private address, it should be in the 192.168.0.0/16 range.

I would try configuring QoS on your router and prioritize the BI server.

Once you are on the Internet, a lot of things can happen. What is your upload speed? Did your provider recently start throttling it? Is there anything else uploading to the internet on your network? You could try configuring QoS and prioritizing traffic to the BI server.

no-ip just forwards the DNS record to your IP address. You will need something to dynamically update the record with no-ip; I believe BI can do that.

I assume the problem is your WAN address has changed, but your cell phone is still using the old IP address. Use a free DDNS service ( Free Dynamic DNS - Managed DNS - Managed Email - Domain Registration - No-IP ) and point your phone to that address.

Yeah, I know, and I am not disagreeing that the VPN is probably the best solution. I am just saying that port forwarding can be extremely secure if done properly. I run a site-to-site VPN between my home and lake house, and use my BI at home to monitor my lake house cameras. I plan to...

If you are doing a remote client VPN, it would still be possible for someone to access it if they crack your username/password, unless you are doing some type of multiple factor authentication.

For someone to view my cams, they would have to crack BI itself.

I port forward, but I do it to a separate VLAN. I only allow the BI port through the FW, and its a high port (greater than 1024). The network the BI machine is on does not have access to the internet, and only has access to the network where my cameras reside. If you do port forwarding...

I would recommend against using any comcast hardware. Go to Walmart or Costco and get your own equipment.

If that is your FW log, its just showing you the TCP connection from the internet to your BI server; they might not actually be logging in. I would check the BI logs to see whats happening. What type of cameras do you have? I have some cheap chinese cameras that are constantly trying to talk to...

What type of FW do you have? Is 75.145.0.97 your global IP Address?

Is it resolving to the correct IP address? I would do an NSLOOKUP on your DNS record, and also verify your router is configured for port forwarding.

How are you trying to access your cameras when you are off your network?

I would recommend using a random port greater than 1024.

Managed ... the answer is always managed :-) Managed will let you setup VLANs, as well as see various information regarding port statistics.

Yes, I believe so. The BI servers are independent; a setting on one, should not effect the setting on another.

Interesting. I assume Media Prioritization is some type of QoS. I am surprised that on your home LAN you had enough traffic to "drown" out your camera. You might want to check and see if any devices on your home network are generating an excessive amount of traffic.

What happens if you connect to your camera directly without BlueIris? If you know the IP of your camera, can you do a continuous ping from the blue iris machine to the camera? This will show us if we have packet loss. To do a continous ping, open a command prompt and enter this --> ping...

Using D2D definitely saves on CPU load, but does using the camera OSD instead of BlueIris help with CPU load?

I was wondering, do most people let Blue Iris control the OSD, or do you use the OSD in the camera? (for date and time) I am using direct-to-disk recording, and I lose the timestamp created by BlueIris. A simple solution would seem to be to disable BlueIris OSD and simply let the camera do it...