I haven't come across a modern router without it. Even the locked down Sky routers with no DNS server override have dynamic DNS provider support.

I just found this all made out for the new firmware.

Bright Box router - Set up port forwarding http://help.ee.co.uk/system/selfservice.controller?C...

I am trying to view an IP camera remotely via my Brightbox router,
I can view the camera on my local network.

I have setup a dyndns account but when I log onto my host name I am directed to my router.

I have struggled for sometime with this issue.

I am also struggling to set up an FTP service,

could you please advice on the above issues.

In reply to a post by steve242:

I am trying to view an IP camera remotely via my Brightbox router,
I can view the camera on my local network.

I have setup a dyndns account but when I log onto my host name I am directed to my router.

I have struggled for sometime with this issue.

I am also struggling to set up an FTP service,

could you please advice on the above issues.

First it is important you configure your Bright Box DHCP server IP address range to enable static IP addresses for your LAN (Local Area Network) use.

How to configure your Bright Box wireless router DHCP server range.

To configure EE Bright Box router DHCP server range. Go... Advanced Set-Up > Accept > DHCP.
Example:

Lease time: Forever
Start IP: 192.168.1.21
End IP: 192.168.1.250

This will give you 25 LAN static IP addresses 1 to 20 and 251 to 255.

Configure static IP address http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm

Primary DNS: 193.36.79.101
Secondary DNS: 193.36.79.100

Configure port forwarding for the webcam within the router Go� Advanced Set-Up > Accept > NAT > Port Forwarding.

Use Protocol Type TCP.

Download Reliable Open Port Check Tool http://portforward.com/help/portcheck.htm

http://www.networkwebcams.com/ip-camera-learning-cen...

Edited by deleted (Sun 05-May-13 15:01:48)

In reply to a post by E7er:

To configure EE Bright Box router DHCP server range. Go... Advanced Set-Up > Accept > DHCP.
Example:

Lease time: Forever
Start IP: 192.168.1.21
End IP: 192.168.1.250

This will NOT give you statis IP Addresses as the next time you power up the router it will most likely assign different addresses as I has now forgotten the previous lease.

See EE Help to see how to set up Reserved addresses

In reply to a post by Mike_Williams:

This will NOT give you static IP Addresses as the next time you power up the router it will most likely assign different addresses as I has now forgotten the previous lease.

Are you trying to say that the router loses its DHCP Range every time it is rebooted? That's no true! It retains whatever was last set as the DHCP Range by the user, just like any other parameters.

Any IPs outside this Range can be employed as static IPs by various means, e.g. fixing at the PC or assigning to a given MAC, which is essentially all that Address Reservation does. The IPs outside the Range are not issued by the DHCP, by definition, so cannot be forgotten.

I do agree that using IPs outside the Range is not the best way to achieve static IPs; using Address Reservation is far superior, easier, tailor-made and does not depend on messing about with PCs settings.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

In reply to a post by Mike_Williams:

This will NOT give you static IP Addresses as the next time you power up the router it will most likely assign different addresses as I has now forgotten the previous lease.

Are you trying to say that the router loses its DHCP Range every time it is rebooted? That's no true! It retains whatever was last set as the DHCP Range by the user, just like any other parameters.

Any IPs outside this Range can be employed as static IPs by various means, e.g. fixing at the PC or assigning to a given MAC, which is essentially all that Address Reservation does. The IPs outside the Range are not issued by the DHCP, by definition, so cannot be forgotten.

I do agree that using IPs outside the Range is not the best way to achieve static IPs; using Address Reservation is far superior, easier, tailor-made and does not depend on messing about with PCs settings.

doing the DHCP forever is norm 2 weeks (its the max time a DHCP time can be set to) and rebooting the router can end up giving that DHCP IP to another device(unless you reserved it) when the router reboots it forgets the DHCP list,
i only know of windows 95 to 8 and iPhone/ipad that Pre reserves the IP when the connection comes back up (as long as it has not Expired yet) if an device gets assigned that IP then it releases it or if the router forces an new IP on the computer, as to why you get the Yellow box warning about 2 devices using the same IP as windows PCs/IOS (ipad/iphone)do tend to keep the IP unless it has time expired or the router forces the IP change or another device gets the same IP (the same IP issue will only happen if the router is turned off and on and a device gets an IP first before windows does

anyway just set the DHCP range to 2-100 and then any IP above that use for static IP as its better to keep the gaming server as static IP then DHCP

Edited by leexgx (Wed 08-May-13 01:42:10)

In reply to a post by leexgx:

Are you trying to say that the router loses its DHCP Range every time it is rebooted? That's no true! It retains whatever was last set as the DHCP Range by the user, just like any other parameters.

No What I am saying is that after a re-boot it will probably assign IP addresses at random within the DHCP range.

In reply to a post by E7er:

DHCP Settings

DHCP Server. Enable
Lease Time. Forever
Start IP. 192.168.1.21
End IP. 192.168.1.250
Domain Name. Default

This gives me from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.20 = 20 static IP addresses
And from 192.168.1.251 to 192.168.1.255 = 5 static IP addresses.

I can use any of the 25 static IP addresses for devices on my LAN (Local Area Network) and the addresses will not change.

Not quite you have 23 IP Addresses for devices on your LAN, 192.168.1.1 is the router, 192.168.1.255 is the broadcast address which should not be used.

Thus the above setup gives you from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.20 = 19 static IP addresses
And from 192.168.1.251 to 192.168.1.254 = 4 static IP addresses.

In reply to a post by Mike_Williams:

In reply to a post by E7er:

DHCP Settings

DHCP Server. Enable
Lease Time. Forever
Start IP. 192.168.1.21
End IP. 192.168.1.250
Domain Name. Default

This gives me from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.20 = 20 static IP addresses
And from 192.168.1.251 to 192.168.1.255 = 5 static IP addresses.

I can use any of the 25 static IP addresses for devices on my LAN (Local Area Network) and the addresses will not change.

Not quite you have 23 IP Addresses for devices on your LAN, 192.168.1.1 is the router, 192.168.1.255 is the broadcast address which should not be used.

Thus the above setup gives you from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.20 = 19 static IP addresses
And from 192.168.1.251 to 192.168.1.254 = 4 static IP addresses.

You are right thanks for the info, it is not recommended to use 255 at the end of the IP address or as the network Subnet.

http://www.comptechdoc.org/independent/networking/gu...

As for the router IP address it should not be left at the default for security reasons, so move it to something like 192.168.16.254