I wasn't sure which section this thread should go in, I hope it's okay here.
My family owns a cottage that is a fair distance away from our home and we'd like to set up a video camera that can be remotely accessed over the internet in order to keep an eye on things while we're not there. The internet connection at the cottage currently uses a dynamic IP, so I understand I'd probably need a static IP or dynamic DNS to make this work. Preferrably we wouldn't have to leave a computer on at the cottage to make this work.
What I'm thinking of doing is getting a Trendnet TV-IP110WN internet camera and an Asus RT-N16 router with tomato firmware, since they both support DDNS. I also have a DDNS account with no-ip.com. I've never done anything like this before, so I'm a little worried that I might spend all the money to get this equipment and then find out it doesn't work. So I'm wondering if anyone knows, in theory, if this would work. Is there anything else I would need or any significant possibilities of complications?
Thanks.
Edited to add:
Dear people from the future, here is what we've figured out so far:
In a nutshell, it works. I ended up using a TV-IP410 camera instead, along with an ASUS RT-N16 router with Tomato firmware. I got a free DDNS account from no-ip.com and entered the login information in the DDNS section of the router and camera config. I also opened port 80 on the router. And it works. Now I can view the camera from anywhere that has internet access by visiting myaccount.no-ip.org (with the correct username and password, naturally).
Edited by Arundor - 12/8/11 at 7:20pm
My family owns a cottage that is a fair distance away from our home and we'd like to set up a video camera that can be remotely accessed over the internet in order to keep an eye on things while we're not there. The internet connection at the cottage currently uses a dynamic IP, so I understand I'd probably need a static IP or dynamic DNS to make this work. Preferrably we wouldn't have to leave a computer on at the cottage to make this work.
What I'm thinking of doing is getting a Trendnet TV-IP110WN internet camera and an Asus RT-N16 router with tomato firmware, since they both support DDNS. I also have a DDNS account with no-ip.com. I've never done anything like this before, so I'm a little worried that I might spend all the money to get this equipment and then find out it doesn't work. So I'm wondering if anyone knows, in theory, if this would work. Is there anything else I would need or any significant possibilities of complications?
Thanks.
Edited to add:
Dear people from the future, here is what we've figured out so far:
In a nutshell, it works. I ended up using a TV-IP410 camera instead, along with an ASUS RT-N16 router with Tomato firmware. I got a free DDNS account from no-ip.com and entered the login information in the DDNS section of the router and camera config. I also opened port 80 on the router. And it works. Now I can view the camera from anywhere that has internet access by visiting myaccount.no-ip.org (with the correct username and password, naturally).
Edited by Arundor - 12/8/11 at 7:20pm
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