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BR500 Connectivity Issue - Port forwarding
I have configured port forwarding on my BR500 to allow access from the WAN to a port on the LAN for a webcam system, and this works fine. If I enter the FQDN:port on a browser anywhere on the intern...
The FQDN does most likely resolve to the WAN (Internet) public IP address as most consumer environment don't have a local DNS infrastructure allowing split horizon config. If port forwardings (or many2one NAT) can't reach ports from the LAN it's simply lack of, or broken NAT loopback. YeZ ideas?
PS: There are only two kinds of Internet direct accessible Webcams - those already exploited, and those which will be exploited soon.
Yes, the FQDN is correctly resolved to the WAN address, however, the BR500 doesn't recognise its own WAN address when called from the LAN with a port added to the address, even though the port is recognised when the router is called from anywhere else on the internet. If I ping the WAN address from the LAN I get a reply.
I am using several webcams but these are accessed via a Synology NAS running video surveillance software - although I am not certain how secure this arrangement is. I note your comments about the security of webcams with a direct connection to the internet.
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