Port Forwarding on Time Capsule for Security Camera

Port forwarding is independent of DHCP configuration, except that it's useful to assign a static IP address to a device involved in port forwarding so that the forwarding configuration is stable. In which panel are you entering DHCP information? Unless your Time Capsule is "behind" another router, an IP address such as 192.168.0.2 is a LAN address, not a WAN address.

The DHCP range you have entered conflicts with the WAN IP address of your AirPort wireless device.

This is almost always a message that indicates that you have the TC connected to a nother rotuer or gateway. Take a look at the Brighthouse "modem" to see if it has 3-4 Ethernet ports on the back.

If yes, then the correct configuration for the TC is Bridge Mode to avoid having two routers in series on the network....which would cause the type of conflict in the error message.

AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Internet icon > Connectiion Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode) would be correct for the TC

It is your Brighthouse gateway (combination modem/rotuer in one box) that is acting as the main router on the network, so that is the device that will need to be configured for port mapping....not the TC.

bfrank3 wrote:

Don't even know difference between WAN and LAN.

WAN ("wide area network") is, roughly speaking, everything outside your house or, at least, everything "beyond" the first router. LAN ("local area network") is everything on the "near" side of your router. LAN IP addresses will generally start with 10.0, 172.16, or 192.168. A WAN IP address will generally start with something else.

the cable modem (which is also a router I do not use for routing)

To elaborate on the good advice from Bob Timmons, from what you described that cable modem probably is configured for routing. For a simple home network having two devices acting as routers can cause problems. You should choose which device will be your router and have it do the port mapping. The other one should be configured into "bridge mode".

If you have double checked to make sure that the TC is in Bridge Mode, that's really all you can do in relation to the TC on the network. If you poked around a bit in AirPort Utility, you noticed that the Port Forwarding or Port Mapping function is not available when the TC is configured as a bridge.

In Bridge Mode, it can act as a wireless access point, but it is simply passing through the DHCP and NAT information that is being provided by your cable modem/router.

I'm curious about your setup and opinions on it. Ive been researching surveillance options and am now looking at the VMAX as well with a combination of IP or PoE outdoor cameras, MacBook, macbook pro. Looking at replacing my router with airport extreme and connecting the dvr to an airport express. I don't understand enough yet to know if this idea can be implemented. Anyway I'll probably keep an eye on this thread!

I just read the threads and the problems you had in June. I just got a VMAX-8 DVR and I am having the same problems with port forwarding. I have been struggling with it all weekend without much luck. Can you tell me how to set it up so that I can monitor the DVR over the WAN- i.e. internet.

Thanks.

The advice you need probably depends on the configuration of your local network. Please describe all your networking gear, including brands, model numbers, and how everything is connected.

Bfrank, I'm having a very similar problem to the one you were having except I'm using a Verizon router. I have my time capsule set up in bridge mode and the router was forwarding my ports until I had to reset the router and lost my settings. What IP address do you use and how do you find it? Any advice you have on how you fixed your problem would be much appreciated. Thanks!

i am having the same problem i have a DW flex it was working fine with the cisco and ports were forwarding correctly becuse i could see my cams from my iphone

installed the apple extreme and went to port mapping

set up 9010,85,8245 in the UDP and TCP fields to my DW dvr like i had it on the old router (took screen shots of the cisco settings) and it wont work

i have a time warner cable modem dhcp is disabled and some other settings are set to make it just a modem

all i did to it was remove the mac from my cisco and add the apple mac

rebooted all devices and was able to get the Internet working

there is a IPv6 firewall setting tab but it looks like it wants a IPv6 ip vs a IPv4

any ideas?

thanks