Installation guide
If accessing the CheckVideo Portal from a computer outside the local network
where your CheckVideo device is installed, you may need to set up port forwarding
within your local network’s router before the CheckVideo Dashboard can display
live video.
Port forwarding involves “mapping” the device private IP address to the port
number you designated for live video (see Step 5-1, page 11).
Before beginning to set up port forwarding in your router, write down the
Device Private IP Address and Device Port Number that appear under your live
video conguraon for the device. If you have already added the device to the
CheckVideo Dashboard, you can see this informaon under Devices > Live Video
Setup.
To set up port forwarding, you must have administrave rights to log on to your
router. The specic methods for accessing and conguring a router vary according
to the manufacturer. You may wish to refer to your router manufacturer’s web site
for instrucons. If your router is provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP),
you may wish to contact your ISP’s technical support for help.
As an example, you would complete the following steps to congure port
forwarding for the Cisco® Linksys® E3000 router.
• On the page displayed when you rst log into the router (Figure 34), select the
Applicaons & Gaming tab.
• On the Applicaons & Gaming page, enter “CheckVideo” in the Applicaon
eld. In the Start and End elds, enter the Device Port Number that appears
in the Live Video Setup in the CheckVideo Dashboard (in this case, 61999). On
the same line, enter the last numbers of the Device Private IP Address. Make
sure that the Enable box is checked. In the example in Figure 35, the Device
Port Number is 61999 and the Device IP Address is 192.168.1.101.
• Click the Save Sengs buon.
Finally, if your router supports DHCP reservaon, reserve the private IP address
used by the CheckVideo device.This ensures that the CheckVideo device receives
the same IP address if the router is ever restarted (e.g., aer it loses power).
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Appendix: Port Forwarding Configuration Tips
Figure 34 Linksys E3000 main conguraon page
Figure 35 Required elds to set up port forwarding