Problem with ip camera connecting over access point

[dorsetknob]

SSID: the SSID of all found wireless access points will be shown here. Some
wireless access point may hide their SSID; in this case, you have to identify
them by their MAC address

in this Case you must use the AP mac address and not the IP Camera Mac address and also the AP wireless channel and the cam must use same channel

 

[twilyth]

right I used the AP's mac. The channel number is only used for adhoc setups though not for infrastructure. If you look carefully, channel is grayed out. It's not really obvious, but trust me, you can't change it when you select "infra"

 

[FR@NK]

I had just as much trouble getting my wireless IP cameras working :/

If you havent given up yet, first start with the basics and just have one access point connected will all security disabled and see if you can get the camera connected.
If it connects then see if you can have your router reserve an IP address for the camera so the DCHP will always assign it the same IP address. If you cant then setup a static IP address for the camera. Next reboot everything on your network and see if the camera reconnects and is working. Then re enable wifi security and configure the camera and confirm that the camera reconnects and works after rebooting everything on the network. If it works then add your 2nd access point to the mix and verify the camera is works.

 

[remixedcat]

is that channel really crowded?

Also do you use VLANs???

 

[twilyth]

I had just as much trouble getting my wireless IP cameras working :/

If you havent given up yet, first start with the basics and just have one access point connected will all security disabled and see if you can get the camera connected.
If it connects then see if you can have your router reserve an IP address for the camera so the DCHP will always assign it the same IP address. If you cant then setup a static IP address for the camera. Next reboot everything on your network and see if the camera reconnects and is working. Then re enable wifi security and configure the camera and confirm that the camera reconnects and works after rebooting everything on the network. If it works then add your 2nd access point to the mix and verify the camera is works.

That was a great idea. It works fine with no security and it worked at first when I added security but now no. So I just have to figure what the issue with the security protocols is. Thanks.

is that channel really crowded?

Also do you use VLANs???

I looked up vlan -

A virtual LAN (VLAN) is any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer (OSI layer 2). LAN is an abbreviation for local area network. To subdivide a network into virtual LANs, one configures network equipment.

If that's English, then no, I don't think I use one of them thar thingamajigs.

 

[twilyth]

well, I got it to work and it is now transmitting off of one of the APs. But I'm not completely sure how I did it. There was the sacrifice of some chicken mcnuggets involved and a dagger in a chalice of wine. Maybe that had something to do with it.

Seriously though, I think that either the ssid is case sensitive or it requires me to select the radio dot of one of the AP's even though I'm entering the SSID or . . . who TF knows.

But it works and I can access it from the internet as well so all is well, for now. Thanks every one.

 

[Kursah]

SSIDs are absolutely case sensitive. Glad you sorted your issue out!

 

[Sasqui]

router is TPlink TL-R860
both ap's are Trendnet TEW650AP

I looked up the Trendnet and it's got a bridge/AP mode setting. So, I'm guessing that when in AP mode, you've got NAT (Network Address Translation) working. The TPlink also likely has NAT.

You can't have NAT(TPLink) -> NAT(Trendnet) and access the camera from outside your LAN.

To test if this is the case, put your TPlink in bridge mode and try it out.

...I ran into a similar problem with my NAS

 

[twilyth]

With port forwarding it seems to work fine.