You might want to pass this along to your Techie Guy if you have someone help set you up. One of my web clients was trying to have a webcam set up for their foaling stall and they were running into some issues...so I asked the Tech Genius where I used to work. Here is what he said (my client is on DSL):
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It works just like any p.c. You just cable it up (or more probably
use wireless since it would be in a barn) to your DSL router, and use
the public address of the router to connect to it. If the DSL router
only has a connection for one p.c., then you need to get a home
router/firewall box to sit in-between (should anyway, much better
security). Those are cheap, basic ones are about $50. In that case,
the additional step is to open the appropriate port(s) on the firewall -
it's not hard, you just use a web browser to configure the firewall.
So, it would look something like this:
[DSL modem] ----- [wireless router/firewall] ------ [end devices (pc, camera, etc.)]
Use a web browser on the p.c. to configure the firewall to allow the
camera ports, probably port 80, and maybe some additional ports for
audio if supported. The camera manual should tell you all that.
The other thing is, since it's residential DSL, they probably don't
have a fixed IP address. So, you would have to update the web page
link any time the DSL IP address changed (you can view the public IP
address through the web page for configuring the router/firewall).
Usually they stay the same as long as the DSL modem is powered on - but
the IP will change if they shut the modem down for awhile, or if the
phone company shuts things down on their end for maintenance or
something. My IP (cable) tends to stay the same for as much as months
at a time - it would probably stay the same throughout the foaling
period I would guess. So they would have to tell you the IP once it's
set up, and you would link to it something like this:
<b><a href="111.222.333.444:80">Bob's Foaling Stall</a></b>
Some ISP's might block port 80 if they don't want you running a server -
in that case you can change the web port to something else. The
manual should cover that. So, let's say you set the port to 24000 to
slip by the ISP, then the link would be "111.222.333.444:24000".
Clear as mud? It's simpler than it sounds.
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