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Hi, I am upgrading my IP address from Dynamic to Static. My service provider wants to know if I want a Private Static IP address or a Public Static IP address. What do I need? They are both the same cost to me. I'm not sure what the difference is and I want to choose the one that will work the best for me. I have the Geovision GV-900 that I've been using dynamically through dipmap, but now I wanna view my cameras over the internet through the static IP. Thanks.

I'm located in Ontario Canada. Yes, I am streaming 24/7 and log on remotely from home to check up on my business. I'm in a rural area, there is no cable (first choice), and for DSL (second choice) I'm so far away from the central office it's as good as dial-up. I had Satellite but its useless too. The 3G HSPA service is actually quite good and workes well... but there is no unlimited data package here for the TurboHub from either Rogers, Telus or Bell and it goes through data like no tomorrow!

DAAAMMMNNN!!!!!! *** DO NOT USE 3G HSPA SERVICE AS YOUR WEBCAM SERVICE *** After finally getting this setup and working the way it should, in two days my data usage was at 22 GB. Thats not good for HSPA because there is no unlimted data for 3G HSPA. Before I switched I had Bell Mobility look up my data on my previous DSL and they said I would stay in the range of my plan, which was 3GB - 10GB. Well, after only 2 days I'm at 22GB! Needless to say, I stopped my webcam server, i'm so lucky i logged into my account to check my usage, right now i'm into them for an extra $205 above my plan, i don't even wanna try to caluculate it if i waited for my bill one month after!

I'm thinking maybe the GV-800-16? Is that a good one? Is there any other features this has that my GV-900 doesn't? How about full screen remote viewing?

Currently I have a GeoVsion GV-900 16 camera card running GeoVision software version 7.05. I am thinking of upgrading my card mostly for mobile viewing support. I understand that under software version 8.3 it has support for BlackBerry and iPhone, but version 8.3 will not run on my GV-900 card. So, may I please have some suggestions on card recommendations. If I'm gonna upgrade my card I want it to last for a while without getting outdated too soon. I would like a good frame rate so it shows smooth fluid motion. I believe my GV-900 is 24 fps and it is a bit choppy, but not that bad. Is 30 fps considered smooth motion? Thanks for your suggestions.

Success!!! I was on a Private Dynamic IP all this time, that's why i could not connect! I had to pony up and pay Bell Mobility an extra $10.00 month for a Public Static IP. That's the only way I could get a Public IP on the HSPA network. Thanks to all for the valuable information you provided me!!! I hope this helps others in my situation.

I think I know what my problem is. I believe I have a Private IP address and it needs to be a Public IP address. When I check my IP address in my router under internet connetion it comes up as 10.167.X.XXX When I check my IP addrss in ipchicken it comes up as 204.101.XXX.XXX I read through some forums somewhere saying if those IP's don't match, then you have a Private IP address. I think I need to call Bell Mobility in the morning and have them issue me a Public IP address, Static or Dynamic... makes no difference, just needs to be Public. Does my logic sound correct?

I have all firewalls disabled.

It's a good possibility that your ISP would be blocking port 80 on a 3G network. They wouldn't want a bunch of servers taking up their bandwith on standard service. It couldn't hurt to try another http port. Damnit... no workie. I changed port 80 to 81 in the web server. Then I went into the router (Ericsson W35) and opened port 81 and forwarded that to the static ip of the geovision computer. I tried to login from home and i it won't connect. Could it be the 3G+ HSPA connection? Does that type of internet work with geovision? The ISP said it does, but I don't always believe what they say. I don't know what else to do or try???

Yes to all your questions. I have not tried another port other than 80. It is working on port 80 for my DSL connection. Only using dipmap. If i try to go in through the ip address assigned i get page cannot be displayed. It does not work at all on my HSPA connection. Do you think port 80 might be blocked on that connection? I can try to change it to port 81 when i go into work later.

Also, I still haven't cancelled my DSL Service. Provided by Bell. The dipmap site works cause DSL modem/router supports DynDNS and the login information is still set in it. But when i try to input the the IP address given by ipchicken it does not display the page. So there must be something i need to set in geovision that tells it to accept incoming requests from the ip address I would think? At first i though it might have something to do with the 3G+ HSPA service provided by Bell Mobility but it won't let me access it through the DSL right now too?

No it does not. That should give me my current Dynamic IP correct? When I type that IP address in my address bar it gives me a page cannot be loaded screen. Is there an entry in Geovision that I have to input that IP address somewhere so it knows to accept it? I've tryed adding it to the white list in the web server but still nothing.

Stick with the Dynamic IP and save the $10.00. We've been running customers with Geo's dipmap addresses for years without problems. The one problem I notice is the use of your router's DDNS. There is no need to set up a DynDNS account in your router. Geo's DNS Client takes care of that function. As a matter of fact you may have a confilt with the updating if both are running so disable it. Open your Geo DNS Client and , press the Save button and ensure you have the checked "Run at Startup" then minimize it. Only issues we've had is that some ISP's block port 80 and we've had to reconfigure the system to 81 or whatever. When I had my DSL service, it would only work if the DDNS client that came with geovision was running PLUS I had to enable DynDNS in my router and set my account name, password and dipmap domain. If both were not set i couldn't log in. IE would just display cannot connect to web page. Right now with my Ericsson W35 TurboHub/Router using the 3G+ HSPA connection I only have the DDNS client running on my geovsion computer. DynDNS is not supported in the TurboHub so thats not enabled or running. When I try to remote view my cameras over the internet via the dipmap address it won't display the page. All ports are open and forwarded just like before as well. What else can I try to get this working?

My original connection was DSL with dynamic IP. I would run the DDNS server that comes with Geovison on my Geovision computer. Then in my router I had to setup DynDNS that pointed to http://mysite.dipmap.com. The problem was that my business is in a rural area and the DSL service was out more times than it was on. So now I upgraded to a TurboHub from my mobile provider. It runs on the 3G HSPA+ service. The speed is actually very good and the service is solid and stays up. The Ericsson W35 TuboHub/Router does not support DynDNS so i can't set my http://mysite.dipmap.com user name and login information... which means i can't view my camera over the internet on my Dynamic IP address. So, my mobile service provider told me that I can get a Static IP address for an extra $10.00 and not have to worry about my Dynamic problems and setting up DynDNS in the router. If anyone has a different way that I can do this using my current Dynamic IP and saving the $10.00 extra per month, I am all ears and appreciate any help you guys have to offer.

Yes, I want to view it through the internet. So public IP is the way to go. Thanks. Do I have any other options to view my cameras when I'm away from my business through an internet connection that might work better?

I got it working. It was the ports. They did not open. I went back into the port mapping and noticed they were disabled. Once I enabled them, it worked fine. Thanks for all the help guys!

I just upgraded my internet access to a higher business speed. This new access comes with a static IP address. My old access was dynamic IP and I was able to remote view with my DynDNS account via dipmap. I got a new DSL modem, a speedstream 6300 with built in wired and wireless router. I opened ports 80 and 20. But I'm not sure what i need to do to remote view my business cameras from home. Can someone please give me the rundown on how and what to setup so I can remote view my cameras from home. I am running GeoVision GV-900 Version 7. Thanks.

My Modem/Router combo is a Siemens Speedstream 6520. I believe the ports are open and forwarded to local IP address of the compuer running Geovision wich is 192.168.2.102. The modem/router IP is 192.168.2.1. I have Geovision webcam server set to my static address. This is driving my crazy. It was so easy when i had my dynamic IP setup with dipmap. I think i need a step-by-step... i'm going nuts...

I only got one static IP address. I have a Geovision GV-900 card that has 10 cameras installed on it. How do i setup port forwarding? I think I managed to open ports 20, 21, 80, 3550, 3650, 3663, 4550, 5550 and 8000. It says the IP address of the computer that has the GV-900 card attached to it which is 192.168.2.102 When I try to login to my static IP in IE7 at 76.XX.XXX.XX it tells me login failed, check to see if you entered an incorrect password. But a popup box with username and password didn't come up.

The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is also out now. It would be really nice to be able to check my cameras from my Storm while I'm on the road. BlackBerry's are business tools... and it would only make sense to be able to monitor our business' for the number one business tool out there.