Network Camera

Hello all -
Was wondering if I could get some advice.
I would like to make a network camera, that is currently connected to my LAN, available to the www.
I have a static IP address from my broadband supplier - and have set up a domain name with an external ISP that points to my static IP.
I am running DNS on my OS X Server and have made an entry so that the same domain name points to the fixed (internal) IP of my network camera (which is 10.0.1.5)
Portforwarding is set up on my airport express (which sits between my ADSL Modem (in bridge mode) and my server, to redirect all requests on port 80 / 8080 to my OS X Server (which is at 10.0.1.2)
Of course - as I imagine you have realised - this doesn't work from outside of my LAN. Requests get forwarded to my server - but stop there - and don't get passed onto the network camera.
I have tried embedding the image from the webcam in a webpage hosted on the server. Again, this works from inside the LAN, but from outside - the local address of the network camera does not get inside my LAN.
I have tried a redirect - but get the same issue.
I could setup a specific port - but want to keep the URL simple - without the user having to add a port number to the end.
Am I best off asking my broadband supplier for a second static IP address ? Happy to do that but keen to see if there is a better way first.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew

Thanks Camelot
Really appreciate your help.
I did try the 'wrapper' solution - and it didn't work from outside the LAN (fine from inside the LAN, or outside with a VPN). Seems as if the remote users browser / machine is still looking for a private IP address - obviously without success. This surprised me as I thought it would work. I used an HTML page from the camera manufacturers website. Pasted below : (my camera IP is 10.0.1.5)
Don't think I'm brave enough to get under the hood of Apache - will check to see how much a 2nd Static IP address will cost.
Thanks again,
Andrew
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>




<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">// Set the BaseURL to the url of your camera
// Example: var BaseURL = "http://172.21.1.122/";
// Since this file is located inside the unit itself, no base url is specified here
var BaseURL = "http://10.0.1.5/";
// DisplayWidth & DisplayHeight specifies the displayed width & Height of the image.
// You may change these numbers, the effect will be a stretch or a shrink of the image
var DisplayWidth = "320";
var DisplayHeight = "240";
// This is the filepath to the image generating file inside the camera itself
var File = "axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?resolution=320x240";
// No changes required below this point
var output = "";
if ((navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") &&
(navigator.platform != "MacPPC") && (navigator.platform != "Mac68k"))
// If Internet Explorer for Windows then use ActiveX
output = '<OBJECT ID="Player" width='
output += DisplayWidth;
output += ' height=';
output += DisplayHeight;
output += ' CLASSID="CLSID:745395C8-D0E1-4227-8586-624CA9A10A8D" ';
output += 'CODEBASE="';
output += BaseURL;
output += 'activex/AMC.cab#version=2,0,21,0">';
output += '<PARAM NAME="MediaURL" VALUE="';
output += BaseURL;
output += File + '">';
output += '<param name="MediaType" value="mjpeg-unicast">';
output += '<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="0">';
output += '<param name="ShowToolbar" value="0">';
output += '<param name="AutoStart" value="1">';
output += '<param name="StretchToFit" value="1">';
output += '<BR><B>Axis Media Control</B><BR>';
output += 'The AXIS Media Control, which enables you ';
output += 'to view live image streams in Microsoft Internet';
output += ' Explorer, could not be registered on your computer.';
output += '<BR></OBJECT>';
} else {
// If not IE for Windows use the browser itself to display
theDate = new Date();
output = '<IMG SRC="';
output += BaseURL;
output += File;
output += '&dummy=' + theDate.getTime().toString(10);
output += '" HEIGHT="';
output += DisplayHeight;
output += '" WIDTH="';
output += DisplayWidth;
output += '" ALT="Camera Image">';
document.write(output);
document.Player.ToolbarConfiguration = "play,snapshot,fullscreen"
// document.Player.UIMode = "MDConfig";
// document.Player.MotionConfigURL = "/axis-cgi/operator/param.cgi?ImageSource=0"
// document.Player.MotionDataURL = "/axis-cgi/motion/motiondata.cgi";
</SCRIPT>

</body>
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