Remote view IP cameras/port forwarding problems

[markc6123]

Greetings. I have 3 Dlink and 2 Amcrest IP cameras. Each is viewable outside my LAN via Android phone through each company's web service. I want to be able to view all cameras in one app from outside my LAN.
I installed Tinycam PRO, and it works great inside my LAN. I did not sign up for their web service. I've port forwarded one cam in my router to test remote viewing. I have separate ports for HTTP, TCP, UDP and RTSP and assigned
each to that specific camera in an Asus router.

Still Tinycam will not connect to the camera when I turn off wifi on the phone. I'm sure I'm missing something simple but haven't figured it out yet. Any help would be appreciated.

As a side note, I have Tinycam running on an Nvidia Shield Pro, is there a way to access THAT from outside the LAN? I have Plex running on it, port forwarded and it works fine.

Thanks.
Mark

 

[sebastiantombs]

Do not port forward. Do not use P2P or any other open port protocol that is not encrypted.

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[markc6123]

Thanks for that Sebastian. I know it's gotten worse these days. My router can do VPN maybe I'll fiddle with that.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Don't fiddle, don't play, just enable it, install the client file on your devices, and use it.

 

[markc6123]

I enabled it today and connected with my phone with no issues

 

[markc6123]

I spoke too soon, the Amcrest cameras work but the Dlink ones do not......

 

[sebastiantombs]

That's because DLink is a cloud based POS.

 

[Flintstone61]

The Dlinks gotta go,,,,,,Oh look time to buy more cameras!
We all start out with Consumer grade stuff, and find our way here.
Hell I have 2 Dlinks up at the Bro's lake house,
Then I got cute and bought a Costco Nightowl Analog system, then I thought, This sucks the bag. what else is out there?
Now I'm just outta BI Boot camp, and learning the ropes.
"Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment "

 

[NickTheGreat]

My VPN setup stopped work a month or so back. I need to get back on this.

 

[markc6123]

Can you view your Dlink cameras without going through their website?

The Dlinks gotta go,,,,,,Oh look time to buy more cameras!
We all start out with Consumer grade stuff, and find our way here.
Hell I have 2 Dlinks up at the Bro's lake house,
Then I got cute and bought a Costco Nightowl Analog system, then I thought, This sucks the bag. what else is out there?
Now I'm just outta BI Boot camp, and learning the ropes.
"Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment "

 

[Flintstone61]

I can view them from my APP. but I'm not sure how it's configured. No special tricks. just used them out of the box. followed set up directions. But nobody is up there most of the year. so not worried about internet hacking....

 

[markc6123]

I can view them remotely in the Dlink app but not from Tinycam.

I can view them from my APP. but I'm not sure how it's configured. No special tricks. just used them out of the box. followed set up directions. But nobody is up there most of the year. so not worried about internet hacking....