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Hi,

Here's a brief explanation of how to do this:

* (1) Port mapping in the meshap doesn't work properly to outside IP's (and requires way too many entries anyway) so host mapping is the way to go

* (2) You will need a seperate host-map entry for each camera * (3) On the gateway in the Host Map field, you enter    for example 24.2.34.50 180 192.168.0.30

* (4) The local 192.168.x.x address for the camera should be static. * (5) If you have a standard router (like a linksys) sitting between the gateway meshap and the outside internet, you can use port forwarding inside that router to the individual IP's you've set up on the gateway for host mapping. In that case, use 192.168.x.y static addresses in the first entry on the host mapping field instead of the static outside IP. Make sure that the "x" in 192.168.x.y is a different value than the "x" you use for the camera's IP.

A general comment- you will not get good performance from 30 cameras in one mesh. We rarely use more than 10 and usually have one meshap per camera. You can improve your performance by using cameras that have built-in bandwidth (adjustable frame rate) limiting. If you try to use cameras that don't have built bandwidth limiting, and use more than one camera per meshnode, the system will starve for bandwidth and you will get very poor results. Also don't try to use low-speed CPU boards for this application- they will crash.

> I would like to ask for your help with an urgent matter. I have a meshap > that I would like to connect some wireless cameras to. I have a cable > modem connected to a dlink router, from the router I have the meshap > connected. When I turn on the wireless camera the mesh ap picks up the > camera, but I do not know what ip the camera is or how to map ports to > be able to see the camera. If you could please help I would appreciate > it. I am sure if I can map one camera I will figure out how to do the > rest. > > I am going to be installing 30 plus cameras at a location using 5 > meshaps. Any help on this matter would be welcomed. > > The camera is the dlink dcs2100+ >

dhcp.leases
/PppandIp /IpCams

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I used to have a webcam setup, on dev 88. I forgot to back its config file up when doing an upgrade, Does anyone know if the'res a problem  with the webcam setup in newer versions of meshAP. It was a horrid, crap camera.

I get (V4L) couldn't open device or simlilar, all the drivers and modules appear to be loaded and where they should be. /dev/video appears to be ok and where it should be as I believe are its permissions. I've googled for the error and got nothing

/hj/camserv starts up ok with "Video_basic", which should allow me to see a colour cylcing test picture, its starts OK but I don't seem to  get any data.

Before I get too bogged down (I've done this before it shouln't be that hard) or have to unglue the webcam - No More Nails seemed a good idea  at the time.

Can not view ip cameras from within the mesh
One of my clients is having trouble logging into his security cameras from within the mesh. The setup is as follows:

The cameras are attached to the router and the meshbox the client is accessing the internet through is also attached to the router. I can see the cameras from my office computer. Is there a port I need to open or do I need to do some sort of host mapping to enable viewing of the cameras from within the mesh.

PortMapping, ["Port forwarding with a camera"] and WebCam