Yes it works fine in the IP camera tool, which is the search tool, and the IPCam Client, but only in an old version of Firefox, not Chrome. Seems the plugins for the tool stopped working in newer Firefox.
It shows live video from the camera, screenshot attached here and in reply #18 of this thread also.
I believe I could, the attached screenshot shows both a factory reset button and a reboot button. Surely nothing could go wrong.
Before I did that I wish I could understand the result of the windows diagnostics showing the “online but isn’t responding to connection attempts” message. That message seems to imply that I have some sort of fundamental network problem, or my wirelessly-connected PC is the issue, and not the camera. Thoughts?
Hi
I have read through this thread again and downloaded the manual
the ip address 192.168.0.9 in the session status is the ip of the computer accessing the camera not the camera ip
you client software is using 192.168.0.3 and is giving you a picture, I assume you have made that a fixed ip in the camera, and that port forwarding is enabled for port 88 in your router.
I would try 192.168.0.3:88 instead of 192.168.0.9:88
No, port forwarding is not enabled. Do I need that just to do what I’m trying to do, see my own camera on my own home-networked computer? My router instructions say “The SBG6782-AC can use port forwarding to provide services to Internet users outside the home”.
As long as you put the port number in the URL and are on the same network you don’t need to port forward. Port forwarding is only needed if you are outside your home network and want to access devices on your home network.
I swapped my cams today and WD won’t connect now either…not sure whats going on, this was all working…I had to change the IP and now WD just will not start the preview.
with the help of Dan and port forwarding
I did get the new wdwebcamcapture program working with his web cam
i.e using the url like
http://[yourip]/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi
and setting the user/pass
by also increasing the default time outs
and by setting to use async connection