Port Forwarding to Camera for Neighbor to View?

[DLONG2]

Sorry to ask such a basic question. I acquired an Amcrest Pro HD 3M-954#W camera for my Blue Iris, and it has its own IP address. I am trying to allow it to be a web cam for my neighbor to view. When I go into the LinkSys WRT1900AC router, and add a port forward, the port is never opened according to GRC.com (their "Shields Up!" port probe feature). Is there a basic tutorial available on how to get ports opened so that a camera can be viewed by a neighbor?

Update: I logged into the camera and saw the Networking settings, where specific ports are listed. Before, I was just picking a random port to use. Now when I place in the TCP and UDP ports into the router for forwarding, the TCP is open while the UDP is stealth. I still cannot get a view of the camera via the internet.

Update2: I figured it out. Within the Amcrest IP web interface, I went to Networking / Connections, and changed the HTTP port to a different port from 80, and added the new HTTP port in the router to forward to the camera's IP.

Next Problem: Now that I have the port-forwarding done, and I can access the AmCrest camera from the internet, now the local access does not work. As soon as I had changed the HTTP away from 80 in the Amcrest setting and saved to a new port number, it said 'Don't close this browser' but after a short while the browser said the connection was lost. Now I cannot access the internal IP address. The Blue Iris still can locate and show the camera, probably because of the RTSP setting being intact. I can connect to the camera from the internet with both the admin and the user accounts, but is there a way to reconnect internally to the Amcrest web settings page?

 

[looney2ns]

You will have to use the new port when accessing from local. Example: If the camera's IP address is 192.168.1.120 you will need to add the new port to the end of the IP. Such as 192.168.1.120:55 the 55 being the new port number.

Second, forwarding ports is a very bad idea. Read this and consider using VPN instead: VPN Primer for Noobs

And this: Resource Guide on IP Technology for all Noobs

 

[bp2008]

Better to create an account in Blue Iris that can only view that one camera, and give your neighbor access to that.

Don't expose a camera directly online. Too many well-known backdoors and other security problems.

 

[DLONG2]

You will have to use the new port when accessing from local. Example: If the camera's IP address is 192.168.1.120 you will need to add the new port to the end of the IP. Such as 192.168.1.120:55 the 55 being the new port number. . . .

Thanks for the advice and the links.

 

[DLONG2]

Better to create an account in Blue Iris that can only view that one camera, and give your neighbor access to that.

Don't expose a camera directly online. Too many well-known backdoors and other security problems.

Many thanks, bp!