SecuritySpy, Port Forwarding, Airort extreme, DYNDNS and Matt Mcmillan

Sorry to use your name on the posts, but I read earlier you have this config. Can you help with the settings on the port forwarding and DynDNS???

Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on May 25, 2009 3:19 PM

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Jun 1, 2009 1:44 PM in response to kblu

You're in the right forum.

I don't have SecuritySpy, but I was able to download the installation instructions and I will be willing to help until someone with actual experience with the product can chime in.

It looks like SecuritySpy has a web-based administration that requires communication on port 8000 in order to access it.

Which AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBS) do you have, the older (dome-shaped) 802.11b/g or newer (squarish) 802.11n model?

Jun 1, 2009 2:54 PM in response to kblu

Ok, thanks.

To access SecuritySpy from the Internet, we will need to do a couple things:
o Configure the SecuritySpy host with either a static IP address or a reserved DHCP address.
o Configure the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) for Port Mapping (Forwarding)
o Configure DynDNS

The following is the basic steps to configure the AEBSn for Port Mapping:

AEBSn - Port Mapping Setup
To setup port mapping on an 802.11n AEBSn, either connect to the AEBSn's wireless network or temporarily connect directly, using an Ethernet cable, to one of the LAN port of the AEBSn, and then use the AirPort Utility, in Manual Setup, to make these settings:

1. Reserve a DHCP-provided IP address for the SecuritySpy host device.
Internet > DHCP tab
o On the DHCP tab, click the "+" (Add) button to enter DHCP Reservations.
o Description: <enter the desired description of the host device>
o Reserve address by: MAC Address
o Click Continue.
o MAC Address: <enter the MAC hardware address of the host device>
o IPv4 Address: <enter the desired IP address>
o Click Done.

2. Setup Port Mapping on the AEBSn.
Advanced > Port Mapping tab
o Click the "+" (Add) button
o Service: <choose the appropriate service from the Service pop-up menu>
o Public UDP Port(s): 8000
o Public TCP Port(s): 8000
o Private IP Address: <enter the IP address of the host device>
o Private UDP Port(s): 8000
o Private TCP Port(s): 8000
o Click "Continue"

Since the AEBSn does not provide a DynDNS capability, you will need to load a DynDNS Update Client on one of your devices to keep DynDNS updated every time your ISP Public dynamic IP address changes.

Jun 1, 2009 4:26 PM in response to kblu

The "MAC Address" would be that of the network device that is hosting SecuritySpy. Each network device has a unique MAC address.

The "IPv4 Address" is the IP address that you assigned to the SecuritySpy host device.

Typically, when using the AirPort Utility to configure Port Mapping, you will use the DHCP Reservation feature to assign an IP address to the host device by the host device's MAC address. So for example, if the DHCP range of your local network is 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.200, you could "reserve" 192.168.1.150 for the SecuritySpy host device. This would be the IPv4 address required by the AirPort Utility when setting up Port Mapping.

Jun 10, 2009 5:36 PM in response to Tesserax

ok - all working well, I am forwarding that port, i have one wireless camera, isight camera and my built i isight.....and my network seems to be working really slow...I spoke to comcast and they tested a connection to the modem and seems to be fine, therefore it is a problem with the router - or too much n it - what could be the problem and more importantly, what is the best resolution to this.

here is a test
mp3 file -5 mb - 1 min
video 35 mb - 8 min
movie - 800 mb - 189 min

i did 2 test, different servers, same results.

Jun 27, 2009 12:13 PM in response to kblu

Were you able to get this working? I'm stuck. I've got securityspy and it works with my isight but I can't get through all the steps to get a network camera working. I'm trying to get an Axis 210 camera to work. Here is the message I sent SecuritySpy support on 6/24 and have had no reply to it so far.
If anyone can figure out what I'm doing wrong I would really appreciate the help. I'm stuck!

I downloaded SecuritySpy and am trying to get started with an Axis 210 camera but am having a lot of difficulties. I am by no means a networking expert but I have been studying the SecuritySpy, Axis, and Apple Airport Documentation for a few hours and spent a few hours trying to get things working but I can't do it yet so I need some help.

My computer is a Macbook running OS 10.5.7 and my router is an Airport Extreme A1301 dual band.

My ISP gives me a dynamic IP address so I did reserve a IP address for the airport card in my macbook using Airport Utility in Manual Setup by going to Internet>DHCP>+>then used the MAC address of the Airport card in the Macbook and entered my reserved IPv4 Address. I then registered that with dyndns.com so it could update it's pointer when my IP address is changed.

I set up port mapping on the Airport Extreme setting by going to Advanced>Port Mapping>+ and set the Public UDP and Public TCP ports to 8000 and the Private UDP and Private TCP ports to 8000 as well. The Private IP Address was set to the reserved address described above.

In Preferences>Network>Airport>>TCP/IP I do have the Configure IPv4 set to Manually. The Preferences>Network>Ethernet is set to Configure using DHCP.

Here is my problem:


SecuritySpy (SS) does allow me to see an image from my isight camera and does know that the Axis 210 is out there but I can't get a picture from it. The Built-in isight shows a picture and the indication is Active and 20fps. The Axis 210 has a blue screen in indicates "Passive 0fps" in the Main Video Window of SS. I have selected "Set all cameras to active mode" I am able to get a picture from the Axis when I connect to the camera with the web browser which gets me to the Axis set up screen. I think the problem is related to assigning an IP address in the set up process. I'm not sure how much of the Axis set up program I'm supposed to use because worrying that it seems to be for Windows.

In the SS instructions "Setting up network cameras" I am assuming the Axis is a camera with a DHCP address by default. When I run Network Device Finder, it indicates the Axis is on Subnet 10.0.1 and is on Port 80 with an IP address of 10.0.1.3. I can access the Axis setup screen when I enter this IP address on the web browser. From there, I'm not sure if I should be using the Axis Internet Dynamic DNS Service or not. I'm not sure where to enter the IP address and port information and don't know if the username is "root" as indicated for administrators in the Axis documentation or if I'm supposed to set up something different using the SS Video Device set up panel. I selected "Axis 200" from the SS Input Setup window but maybe it should be the "All other Axis" setting as the 210 is not directly a choice.

I do have Web Server Enabled on port 8000 selected in the SS Web Server Setup panel.

Jul 1, 2009 10:22 AM in response to kblu

I posted a thread today about the 7.4.1 & 7.4.2 firmware upgrades to my Airport Extreme router complaining about the bandwidth for my wireless security cameras. I should have mentioned that Security Spy is the software I use. If I load those firmware updates my video frame rates on the cameras drops so low that they no longer work properly. The recorded video is a barrage of starts and stops. With the 7.3.2 firmware I get 8-10 FPS with each cam. With the later firmware builds my FPS drops to 1-5.

Anyone else having these issues? I'm running three cameras on a Mac Pro.

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