Under the port mapping tab, map public port 5010 to private port 5010 for IP 10.0.1.201. Just fill in the fields. The "in" and "out" fields should be the same number (5010). If you want to stream music from your iMac, also open port 5012 the same way.
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Under the port mapping tab, map public port 5010 to private port 5010 for IP 10.0.1.201. Just fill in the fields. The "in" and "out" fields should be the same number (5010). If you want to stream music from your iMac, also open port 5012 the same way.
I put 10.0.1.201
This is my computer IP correct?
Now how do I access my computer?
what would be the URL
https://myips:10.0.1.201 ????
Come on, go to the Telekenesis website and read the instructions. Have you downloaded the server app? Do you have the server running on your Mac?Have you looked at the instructions there?
You need to have the iPhone Remote server app running on your iMac. You have to have set up a username and password in the server. You then type in on your iPhone your router's IP address, plus the port number...something like...
https://12.345.678.123:5010/
and then enter the username and password you set on the server running on your Mac.
https://12.345.678.123:5010/
and then enter the username and password you set on the server running on your Mac.
I did, it tells you nothing about connecting outside the network.
And what happens if the IP you are connecting to has more then one computer on it.
How do you know what computer your connecting too.
I don't think my questions are stupid and lazy.
I think I'm asking very good questions.
How do I know what iSight on what computer I want to access?
Do you think these are stupid questions???
you can see above I did set up port mapping.
look at screen capture.
did i do something wrong?
Then it is all in the way your port mapping was setup, I don not have an airpot extreme, I have a linksys router, so I cant help you much there.
Sorry,
Then it is all in the way your port mapping was setup, I don not have an airpot extreme, I have a linksys router, so I cant help you much there.
Sorry,
doesn't anyone have Airport???
This is a Mac Forum???
So I don't have that model Airport Extreme, either. But what you've done looks right. You are sure that the IP address of your iMac is correct? Have you got the Mac OS X firewall running? If so, have you opened port 5010?
yes IP address is correct and firewall is off.
this is very strange.
I even added additional ports 5011 & 5012
You handle this with the port mapping at your Airport Extreme. When it sees a request on port 5010, it redirects the request to port 5010 on the machine you specify with the private IP address, in your case you've used 10.0.1.201. You can check this in the System Prefs->Network->Airport->TCP/IP. Your computer's IP address is right there.
The port mapping tells the router which computer you want it to send requests for port 5010 to. That's the computer with your iSight attached.
If you have more than one computer with an iSight that you want to access, use a different port for each computer. The machines will have different IP addresses.
Let's say you have two machines, A and B, both with iSight cameras.
Machine A, lets say IP address is 10.0.1.3
Machine B, lets say IP address is 10.0.1.4
We'll use port 5010 for A and port 5012 for B. At the Airport Extreme, you would do something like the following...
Airport Port 5010 maps to 10.0.1.3 port 5010
Airport Port 5012 maps to 10.0.1.4 port 5012
On the iPhone Remote server running on Machine B, you would specify the server port (in Preferences) to be 5012.
And so you could have access to multiple machines on your home network.
So, from the iPhone, to access machine A you would go to URL https://123.456.7.8:5010/ and for machine B you would go to URL https://123.456.7.8:5012/
Use correct IP address
In order to access your computer remotely you have to use the public IP address of your computer (which you can find in the network preference pane) followed by a colon then the port # you've assigned to it. EG:
123.45.678:5012
You can't use the IP address assigned by the airport because that is not public.
In order to access your computer remotely you have to use the public IP address of your computer (which you can find in the network preference pane) followed by a colon then the port # you've assigned to it. EG:
123.45.678:5012
You can't use the IP address assigned by the airport because that is not public.
I'm hoping someone makes an app so this is easier to do. I need a webcam for the same reason. It'd be nice if I could call and yell at my dogs over the answering machine if they're up to no good. If you have dogs at home, I'm sure you can sympathize.
Holy thread resurrection!
I use EvoCam software on my Mac Mini at home and I use DynDNS so I don't have to know my public IP address. Their free service allows me to use a single URL that's easy to remember. There is a daemon running on the Mini that keeps DynDNS's server up-to-date with its current IP address.
With this setup, I can check on things at home from my computer at work or via my iPhone. However, the iPhone doesn't support a live feed of the video, but the EvoCam software can be configured to allow you a nearly realtime feed.
I use EvoCam software on my Mac Mini at home and I use DynDNS so I don't have to know my public IP address. Their free service allows me to use a single URL that's easy to remember. There is a daemon running on the Mini that keeps DynDNS's server up-to-date with its current IP address.
With this setup, I can check on things at home from my computer at work or via my iPhone. However, the iPhone doesn't support a live feed of the video, but the EvoCam software can be configured to allow you a nearly realtime feed.