Connecting to Camstreams/external webcam

Hi
I have had a weather webcam operating on my old router (Orange) for many years. Its connected to my computer by a firewire cable and then viewed on the web via camstreams. I have now joined BT and have a homehub 4, but unable to get my video/picture to stream on the internet.
I am guessing its a port forwarding issue which I cannot resolve
Any thoughts anybody
thanks
Paul

Try this link which has some help with this issue.
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