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Leland Barber says:
April 9, 2013 at 11:52 pm (UTC 0)
Mentioned in the video that you didn’t know what it was, just so happens to be the Linux setup module. Fantastic video my friend!
Leland Barber says:
April 10, 2013 at 12:18 am (UTC 0)
It just dawned on me that the last folder you
Vivek Gupta says:
April 10, 2013 at 1:08 am (UTC 0)
I am anyways buying a new router to replace my old one. Will retest once the new one arrives. if it doesn’t work, will probably send the foscam back. Thanks for the video and quick response-very helpful, btw, I checked out your other video – vitaminD, works like a charm
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 1:42 am (UTC 0)
It could be the router too. It’s not easy for me to describe how to check beside doing a process of elimination. But it’s not like people have spare routers lying around the house.
Vivek Gupta says:
April 10, 2013 at 2:01 am (UTC 0)
I have been using it for everything including VPN connectivity and streaming videos. Is there a way for me to check? However I do have a pretty old wireless router- DI 524
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 2:42 am (UTC 0)
Hi. Can your internet speed handle the Foscam upload? If your can handle more than 2 MB upload, then I think you may have a defective Foscam.
Vivek Gupta says:
April 10, 2013 at 3:04 am (UTC 0)
I set up the foscam with port forwarding using no-ip but the problem I have come across is that over the internet the video starts streaming and streams for a few seconds and then stops. Sometime later it starts on its own and then stops again. Any ideas?
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 3:10 am (UTC 0)
it’s plugged in the whole time.
mw3vet says:
April 10, 2013 at 3:36 am (UTC 0)
do you have to charge the camera or keep it plugged into the wall the whole time?
braska19 says:
April 10, 2013 at 4:01 am (UTC 0)
I like your hampster….
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 4:48 am (UTC 0)
It’s not easy troubleshooting wireless issues because if you have every added your cell phone or computer to a wireless network, I don’t have a reason to doubt you did it incorrectly. If you look at the comments of my other viewers, there’s been a number of people complaining about wireless issues in the past 3 months.
But if you like, e-mail me a screenshot of how you setup your wireless network. awkwardhamster at gmail
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 5:39 am (UTC 0)
Hi, The camera is using 802.11g. This model does not have N. Models like the FI9820W has N.
I don’t think you’ll notice any improvement because the Foscam isn’t trying to transmit 1080P. The quality is only 640×480.
Thanks for watching.
gonzagnr2 says:
April 10, 2013 at 6:38 am (UTC 0)
are you using the camara in N mode or G mode???
if N mode, did you notice any improvement over G mode?
thanks
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 7:17 am (UTC 0)
I had to click the scan button twice. The first scan found nothing.
First start with the Enable DHCP box checked. This will auto populate the subnet mask and everything else.
If you want to manually specify this information, look at the subnet mask on your Mac or Windows computer and copy that one.
jmsteve45 says:
April 10, 2013 at 8:04 am (UTC 0)
When trying to connect wirelessly, did your camera detect your wifi signal when you scanned for it or did you have to manually input the info? When I try to scan it doesn’t detect the wifi signal even though it’s sitting right next to my router. When I enter the info manually and restart the program, it tells me “Subnet doesn’t match,dbclick to change.” Any suggestions? Thanks for the great videos!!!
idohme . says:
April 10, 2013 at 8:27 am (UTC 0)
Yeah, they transferred me 4 times before finally telling me they had to send it to the premium service. But I have my email settings set up to tell me my current ip address, so if it ever changes, I’m hoping I can still access the cameras remotely. The tech support who actually helped told me that though my lease runs up constantly, unless my modem is offline for an extended period of time, I will 99% of the time keep my current ip. I’ve never had to access remotely, so time will tell for me.
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 9:03 am (UTC 0)
Holy crap, they charged you $40! Some viewers told me AT&T charges them but I didn’t think Xfinity did it too.
The part that’s not resonating well with me is the part where you need to check a box to obtain the IP from the server. The problem with this is when the IP’s lease runs up, the server will assign the Foscam a new IP. Thus, it would invalidate your port forwarding & your port forwarding rule would need to be updated to reflect this new IP #.
Anyway, glad to hear it works for you now.
idohme . says:
April 10, 2013 at 9:41 am (UTC 0)
Update: 40 dollars later, and xfinity’s tech support finally was able to help me. There were a few settings that were said to be correct, but turned out a couple tweaks fixed the problem. I was inputting the dyndns address this whole time to my address bar, but the computers ip address was the fix. I also had the wrong port forwarded, and had to check the box to obtain ip from server. A couple other minor tweaks but these seemed to be the major ones. Once again, thanks for all the help
idohme . says:
April 10, 2013 at 10:02 am (UTC 0)
Okay great, I’m going to get up with xfinity ASAP to figure it out. Thanks for the help overall, and I’ll come back and let you know what I figure out.
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 10:47 am (UTC 0)
You can try calling Xfinity and have them walk you through port forwarding.
If you put your internet IP and it loads your router’s login screen, then I would have more hope.
idohme . says:
April 10, 2013 at 11:15 am (UTC 0)
Ah, okay. Error page comes up…I’m assuming this means xfinity is blocking port forwarding? I had until now assumed port forwarding was not blocked because I had set it up with my xbox
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 11:35 am (UTC 0)
It’s possible that your ISP blocked port forwarding. Many do for security reasons.
If you put your Internet IP into a web browser and click go, what loads?
AwkwardHamster says:
April 10, 2013 at 11:55 am (UTC 0)
I connect my Foscam to a wireless router. I find that easier than connecting it directly to a Mac or PC.
idohme . says:
April 10, 2013 at 12:18 pm (UTC 0)
You helped me a lot to set up my camera, which works like a charm as long as I’m viewing from my network, but I’m running into a problem getting it to work on my phone on 3g. I have setup a dyndns account, configured my ports on my router, and still I’m unable to see the picture. Any suggestions?
Jens Kühnemann says:
April 10, 2013 at 1:00 pm (UTC 0)
Did you connect the camera to your pc or a router?
I am constantly failing seeing the camera regardless if connected to mac or router.