Hi there I have a webcam which is supported in linux. I am using mepis and I can see and viweu the webcam in XawTV and camstream
and every thing works fine. I am using aMSN and have to inable port forwarding so other people can see my webcam it says this in aMSN this is because it says in the settings "behind a rooter or firewall"

the problem is I dont know how to do this in my rooter and have tryed but know luck as yet, hear is the instructons from aMSN for doing this


"If you are unable to view a webcam in aMSN after a contact has send you an invite, or after you have issued the command to receive/send webcam, and you are behind a router, you may need to follow these steps:

If you receive: IP-Restrict-NAT and you receive false in webcam wizard, that means your connection is firewalled. (does not send the IP)

If this is the case, you will need to open some ports for the webcam to use because they are currently blocked.

To do this, open your router web-based configuration (check router manual for details on this). Once you have the web-based configuration open, browse for a setting called "port forwarding" or "port range forwarding" or something similar to that. (This might be found under the advanced features for your router).

Now that you have the port forwarding page open, you will want to set the port forwarding range so that aMSN will be able to accept and send the webcam stream.
Here's an example of how you will set up your port forwarding:

Application: aMSN
Start: 6890
End: 6900
Protocol: Both(TCP & UDP)
IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx
Enabled: X (Yes/True)

Note: xxx.xxx.x.xxx is the IP of your machine that you are trying to send / receive webcam"


hear is the avalible boxes in my rooter for doing this


Rule Name:

Protocol:

Port Start:

Port end:

Port Map:


there is also custom port-forwarding agen hear are the boxes for that


Connection:

Application:

Protocol:

Source IP Address:

Source Netmask:

Destination IP Address:

Destination Netmask:

Destination Port Start:

Destination Port End:

Destination Port Map:

: = box to fill in


the webcam I have is a labtec which I bought because it is compatable with linux. I think it is an SPCA561

I have try'd both methords but the rooter does not save it I belive it is because i have not filled in some of the informaton in and I dont really know what theses boxes mean

be great for your help

check portforward.com for details of port forwarding on dozens of different adsl routers.

the help you've copied seems to tell you exactly what to do though, i don't know what else we could possibly tell you.

yes but it will not save it say's

ERROR: Source Netmask invalid

well if you're allowing all msn servers to use it i guess you would leave those blank or put "0.0.0.0" in both source boxes