Hatching WebCam. 4 cameras now

[rebelcowboysnb]

Brooder Camera.

Incubator Camera 1

Incubator Camera 2

Incubator Camera 3

Incubator Camera 4

Upgraded to more cameras now.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I called yesterday trying to get a commercial internet connection. I have been running these cameras for about 2 years now on a 300K(.3Mbps) upstream connection. I broke 3000 views in one day last Friday so I figured it was time to upgrade. The 2000K(2Mbps) upstream Im trying to get, though not fast would be a big step up from what I have now. I will be going from 1.5Mbps downstream to 16Mbps. That should let me still watch TV while people are watching my cameras. One kills the other right now.

 

[Emmalion]

what are you using for cameras?

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I use IP cameras. http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ip-400...nce-ip-network-camera-with-night-vision-15974

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I got 3 more cameras in from China this morning. One is to replace my broken Pug cam. The other two may go in the incubator to give more angles. I love getting new toys in the mail.

 

[Emmalion]

Yeah I finally got my IP cam up and running. I can view it on my local network but verizon is blocking all incoming traffic to all ports. It took me 4 days to figure this out. So I can't even use DynDNS to get it to open. What really sucks is I can't even create a private network to remote access my computers from home. I will be giving verizon a piece of my mind on Monday. I hope that we get cable in town eventually so I can ditch these idiots.

 

[tia]

Would this work in my classroom and then the students could watch it at home in the evenings and weekends. Is it hard to hook up???

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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I looked in to that some. Do you have your own DSL box or one of theirs. Some of the people online are saying that Verizon does not actually block it on there end but they block it in the firmware of there DSL boxes. Others are saying that they do block it an sell an upgrade/static IP to open them.

My internet has been coming from a local phone company who I would be surprised if they know how to block a port.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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Not real hard if you already have a Ethernet network. You just plug it in an set the port an ip address. Then you type that in to your web browser if you are inside the network.
Http://<IP>:<port>
like this http://192.168.1.180:8080 (dont click that one it wont go anywhere)

To get to it from outside on the internet you have to forward that port to that IP address at the router settings. Then what you type in the browser changes. Where the IP address was you put the schools external IP address or the web address.

See right now my external IP is 67.132.241.161 (mine changes) To get to the camera its self you can go to http://cmfarm.us:8081 or http://67.132.241.161:8081 Ether will get you past my web pages to the basic video part of my camera. I do have the controls blocked though.

Mind you, IP cameras are made for 1 user at a time so will slow down more an more as more people are watching at the same time. I run a "squid" server to help mine handle the traffic it sees.

A simpler option for you may be using ustream like mitch324 is doing here https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=473341 I don't think its as stable but its easier to set up an can handle thousands of viewers without any extra work on your part.

 

[Emmalion]

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I looked in to that some. Do you have your own DSL box or one of theirs. Some of the people online are saying that Verizon does not actually block it on there end but they block it in the firmware of there DSL boxes. Others are saying that they do block it an sell an upgrade/static IP to open them.

My internet has been coming from a local phone company who I would be surprised if they know how to block a port.

Verizon blocks all incoming ports because they don't want you to host your own sites. I have done a lot of reading and not a single port I try on the IP addy for my modem will work. I am going to have to call them and ask what my public ip addy is because I know I have one that is how you can be caught seeing it is linked to your name and no one elses. Sometimes I think if I knew verizon blocked all ports I would of never got the cam. But then again I am sitting in bed watching the babies in the brooder do their thing while no one is looking.