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I guess this is more of a general networking issue, but anyway, I'm trying to reach a couple of things on my LAN from outside. I have a smart home hub on a Raspberry PI and som cameras that I would like to reach from outside my house. I have registered a DDNS service *****.mynetgear.com and it's configured in my router. I'm able to reach my Raspberry PI, but I also want to reach my cameras. My cameras has nothing to do with the RPI. They are connected to my Synology server. So how can I reach them?
> [...] Connecting to my RPI is done by a port forward to 443 and the > internal ip-address of the RPI. [...]
> "reach" how, exactly? [...]
Still a mystery. Are you using a web browser with an "https://" URL, or what? (That's what would normally be associated with port 443.)
> Not a very detailed description of anything. Again, "reach" how, > exactly? What, exactly, is your (unspecified) "my Synology server", and > how is it involved with your (unspecified) "my cameras"? Can you > "reach" your (unspecified) "my cameras" from a syetem on your LAN? How, > exactly?
Still a mystery. This whole Q&A thing works better when each Q gets an A.
> [...] I think my question is do I need to register for a new domain > name for every port I'm forwarding?
No. The [D]DNS name is simply a memorable representation of the WAN/Internet IP address of your router, and your router has only one WAN/Internet IP address. More names for that address would serve no useful purpose.
With exactly no information on how you access your cameras from a system on your LAN, I could only guess at how to access them from the outside world. Presumably, port forwarding would be involved, but, with ny weak psychic powers, more than that would be hard to say.
"reach" how, exactly? And how did you arrange that, some kind of port-forwarding rule on the router, or what? (If so, then that might be a clue as to how to "reach" some other device.)
> [...] reach my cameras [...] They are connected to my Synology server. > [...]
Not a very detailed description of anything. Again, "reach" how, exactly? What, exactly, is your (unspecified) "my Synology server", and how is it involved with your (unspecified) "my cameras"? Can you "reach" your (unspecified) "my cameras" from a syetem on your LAN? How, exactly?
Thanks for your swift response! I'm away from my router now, so I can't tell you the firmware version, but there is nothing wrong with my router, as I said it's more of a networking thing where my skills are limited and I'm trying to understand. Connecting to my RPI is done by a port forward to 443 and the internal ip-address of the RPI. By using a browser I can use my registered dns address *****.mynetgear.com and then I can enter my credentials. You are probably right about port forwarding and that I know how to perform. I think my question is do I need to register for a new domain name for every port I'm forwarding?
> [...] Connecting to my RPI is done by a port forward to 443 and the > internal ip-address of the RPI. [...]
> "reach" how, exactly? [...]
Still a mystery. Are you using a web browser with an "https://" URL, or what? (That's what would normally be associated with port 443.)
> Not a very detailed description of anything. Again, "reach" how, > exactly? What, exactly, is your (unspecified) "my Synology server", and > how is it involved with your (unspecified) "my cameras"? Can you > "reach" your (unspecified) "my cameras" from a syetem on your LAN? How, > exactly?
Still a mystery. This whole Q&A thing works better when each Q gets an A.
> [...] I think my question is do I need to register for a new domain > name for every port I'm forwarding?
No. The [D]DNS name is simply a memorable representation of the WAN/Internet IP address of your router, and your router has only one WAN/Internet IP address. More names for that address would serve no useful purpose.
With exactly no information on how you access your cameras from a system on your LAN, I could only guess at how to access them from the outside world. Presumably, port forwarding would be involved, but, with ny weak psychic powers, more than that would be hard to say.
