Originally Posted by
msb0b
You could try to call up tech support and tell them you can't connect to your workplace's IPsec VPN. They might provision a public IP address for you.
UPNP automagically configures the port forwarding for you. Both router and device need to support UPNP. It's usually missing on smartphones' wifi hotspot function though, if that's how you're accessing internet over LTE connection.
Indeed I use my 4G LTE Verizon mobile hotspot distributed via "WiFi as WAN" via a Cradlepoint router as my connection (unlimited data grandfathered), so I doubt they'd be willing to provision a public IP for me, but that's a great idea worth trying.
As you noted, the hotspot won't work with UPNP, even though the router does.
Originally Posted by
Justme123456
Have you looked at
www.dropcam.com? I have one and can even view it on my iPhone/iPad - over Wifi or 4G.
That looks perfect on the surface. I'm going to look more into it. At first glance, I can't tell if it will get around my port forwarding issue though... is all the media uploaded to their servers, so I don't need to worry about the issues I've described in my earlier posts? If it also has optical zoom and the ability for others to connect without a substantial fee, it could be a very viable option.