Connect to a remote video feed over Internet

nivis

3/10/24, 10:42 AM

I need to connect to a remote video feed over the Internet.

The camera system has a http interface that is normally accessed through a LAN where you've hooked up both the camera and a laptop to the router, then you type in the IP address and you see the feed.

I need to put the camera far away and access it somehow.

My first thought was to use a VPN, which I guess should work, though the only way I would know how to set it up would be with a router VPN. Then my worry is that the throughput would be too low.

Alternatively, it may be possible to setup a PC to handle the VPN.

I'd like to ask if it's possible (and simple enough for a novice) to keep the router doing what it normally does, while offloading only the VPN task to a separate PC. If anyone knows some good information sources for how to do that, meant for novices like me, I'd be very thankful!

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HBruijn

3/10/24, 11:06 AM

I would *assume* that router appliances with built-in VPN support should also have sufficient performance to at least support traffic in the single digit Mbit/s range, which I *guess* should be more than sufficient for a video stream from a single camera with a single viewer.

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