"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." <spamtrap100@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Michael Greenberg <mikeg***@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>>I bought the Linksys cam and spent many hours with their tech support
>>trying to set it up but I've finally given up. I can see the picture
>>when I'm hooked into the local network, but I cannot get it to work
>>from a remote location. Has anyone had any experience with the cams
>>from Panasonic? They claim they give you an address that doesn't
>>change,....something that Linksys does not do. I'm wondering if that
>>would solve my problem.
>>
>>I would really like to be able to set up remote cameras in different
>>locations. Any ideas?
>
>
> Yes. Educate yourself on how internet addressing works. Pay particular
> attention
> to the difference between static addresses, dynamic addresses,
> non-routable
> addresses and network address translation (NAT). Assuming you have an
> internal
> router, you will also need to understand how to set up port forwarding.
>
> Either camera will do what you want it to do. Linksys offers a
> subscription DNS
> service for their cameras, like just Panasonic. There are free
> alternatives. You
> just need to set them up properly. Its possible, but not necessarily easy,
> to
> learn how to set it up by reading usenet posts. Probably quicker to find a
> high
> school student to do it for you though. :)