On 4/18/2013 11:48 AM, BeeJ wrote:
I have a Panasonic BLC1A camera that I am trying to set up.
Router is a Amped R20000G. Laptop is Win XP Pro latest update.

I think there are several ways to do this but am not sure what exactly
to do. I am trying to follow the setup software provided but keep failing.
The install software and docs are not easily understood by me.

Method 1 uses uPnP. I have to enable uPnP in my router and use a web
server provided by Panasonic (if it still exists) to provide a fixed IP
address so I can access the cam from anywhere.
But I understand that using uPnP is dangerous as a back door. Is that
true or is it a matter of setting something up properly? How do I do that?

Method 2 (not sure if I understand this) is to somehow use a fixed IP
address (how do I get this) and then allow the router to pass
communications through the router to the fixed IP address. How do I do
that? I only know of the local IP address based on 192.168.3.253.

Any help or terminology to study please.


I don't know your products but your router should give the cam an IP
address using DHCP, or you can manually assign the address from one of
the private address pools.Your software would need to see the address
and display the cam output. If you want to see the cam over the internet
you may need to port forward configure the router.

Tom