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Need to open port 8081 for security camera access away from home network
I am trying to set up my laptop to access my security cameras when I am away from my home network and have found that my IP address is blocking port 8081 which I think is a needed port to access the ...
Yes, of course permitting your ISP does assign a public routeable IPv4 address to your RAX50 router. Your undefined security camera does listen on the LAN on port 8081/TCP?
If yes, look here: How do I add a custom port forwarding service on my NETGEAR router?
While talking, have an eye on your router user manual, and read into the chapter "Set up and manage Dynamic DNS" (on the Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router Models RAX50 and RAX50v2 User Manual it starts from p.120) - likely something you need to be done to locate your router public IP address from the other Internet connected computer.
The "Manage port forwarding to a local server" is documented and starts from p.139 in the fine User Manual.
Last, assuming your security camera is getting it's IP address on the LAN from the RAX50, I suggest to reserve an IP address for your camera, as shown in the chapter "Manage reserved LAN IP addresses", p.62.
Regards,
-Kurt.
Kurt..thanks for replying. I tried the instructions in your first link to see if port 8081 would show as open from canyouseeme.org and it times out..Port 37777 (the port I'm using to get to the camera from my home network) shows as open. I'm thinking that port 8081 needs to be open too. On the instructions in your first link number 12 mentions the internal IP address. Is that the IP address of the camera?
8081/TCP can't how open before you have enabled the NAT forwarding for the port 8081/TCP (one to one NAT), the IP address on the LAN is the one the DHCP server assigns to the camera on your LAN, visible in the list of currently connected devices on your router.
Are you convinced the camera does listen on port 8081/TCP on the LAN?
Tell us more about the camera in question
I used the IP address for the camera in your port forwarding instructions and was able to get port 8081 opened to my IP provider address...but I'm still unable to access the camera from outside my home network. I may contact the vendor of the security camera/software next. Thanks again for the help.
Can you reach the camera on the LAN while connected to the LAN or on the RAX wireless network?
Where is the idea coming from you desperately want to use 8081/TCP instead of the 37777/TCP you said before?
If 37777/TCP works on the LAN and you like to use 8081/TCP, put this port as the WAN / Internet facing port number, while keep the destination pointing to the LAN IP on port 37777/TCP. This is named port translation, perfectly valid.
I can get to the camera from my phone which is connected to my Wi-Fi...and I can also get to the camera from my home laptop which is connected to my home network via Ethernet.