CCTV via internet

Question

Hi
I have just installed CCTV on a standalone DVR which is connected to our local network, How can i configure the DSL-G604T so once I enter our router via the internet i.e 84.70.80.224 I can see the CCTV which is 192.168.1.83 on our network?
Been at it for 2 hours and got no where so any help would be great

Answer 1

Hello again,
  Let me give you a quick example -- forgive me if you are already familiar with how Port Forwarding works.  Lets say that I have a DVR system which is connected on my private network and it has an IP address of 192.168.1.15  The DVR system runs a service which will let me view various video feeds from security cameras and this service runs on port 5000.  This means that if I am on using another computer on my private network -- say a computer which has an IP of 192.168.1.10, I can fire up my web browser and navigate to http://192.168.1.15:5000   (note there is a colon between the IP and the port).  If this works then I know the service is working properly.  Now to do the port forwarding I just add the port range 5000-5000 (or whatever range of ports the service uses) and use UDP & TCP ("BOTH") and forward them to 192.168.1.15 and finally enable/activate the forwarding.
  After doing this, from the outside I should now be able to use a web browser and pull up http://86.12.55.12:5000 (or whatever your Internet IP is with the same colon and port number).  If all goes well it will work.
Some notes:  The colon between the IP address and port number works with HTTP protocol (web browser addresses).  If you use a specialized program to connect to your DVR there should be a setting somewhere to specify the port -- and then for the address you just type in the IP.
Also if you try to access your DVR machine from inside your private network using the PUBLIC internet IP some routers will not correctly route the address -- meaning it will only let you connect from within your network if you use the 192.168.1.15 (or whatever your DVR IP is)  I'm not sure how your Linksys will do it.
-Tyson