topic Re: 70D remote access via the internet in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

70D remote access via the internet

davekstl — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 21:18:27 GMT

Using the Canon Android app or some other utility, can I access the EOS 70D remotely? The camera is setup on my home wifi network. I want to be able to use the Camera Connect App or a similar one to take pictures and\or view pictures remotel, from outside the home network (the interent). Can this be done?

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

Waddizzle — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 01:51:00 GMT

No. The World Wide Web requires a server, not a client.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

davekstl — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:20:19 GMT

Just curious. By using Port Forward on the home network router, is this possible?

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

kvbarkley — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:15:03 GMT

You can use the EOS Utility and then use Remote Desktop to control it. Bit of a kluge, though.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

davekstl — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:19:57 GMT

Good idea, I had not thought of that. It is probably awkward and slow, but for what i am trying it may work.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

Waddizzle — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:33:57 GMT

@davekstl wrote:
Good idea, I had not thought of that. It is probably awkward and slow, but for what i am trying it may work.

The last time I checked, Windows' Remote Desktop does not work across the internet. Something about subnet masks, and such.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

kvbarkley — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:12:33 GMT

Not to mention security holes, there may be a third party option, though.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

RobertTheFat — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 05:15:04 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@davekstl wrote:
Good idea, I had not thought of that. It is probably awkward and slow, but for what i am trying it may work.
The last time I checked, Windows' Remote Desktop does not work across the internet. Something about subnet masks, and such.

I've done it hundreds of times from home to machines at work. To Barkley's point: it was, of course, done through a VPN.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

Waddizzle — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:16:38 GMT

@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
@davekstl wrote:
Good idea, I had not thought of that. It is probably awkward and slow, but for what i am trying it may work.
The last time I checked, Windows' Remote Desktop does not work across the internet. Something about subnet masks, and such.
I've done it hundreds of times from home to machines at work. To Barkley's point: it was, of course, done through a VLAN.

Didn't you have to log in to a domain?

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

RobertTheFat — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 05:15:34 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
@RobertTheFat wrote:
@Waddizzle wrote:
@davekstl wrote:
Good idea, I had not thought of that. It is probably awkward and slow, but for what i am trying it may work.
The last time I checked, Windows' Remote Desktop does not work across the internet. Something about subnet masks, and such.
I've done it hundreds of times from home to machines at work. To Barkley's point: it was, of course, done through a VPN.
Didn't you have to log in to a domain?

No, I don't think so. I guess I always did use my domain account, but I think I could have used a local account on any machine that had one. Since I was a system administrator, I sometimes logged into domain controllers, and on those I of course had to use a domain account. Usually I was logging into one of my PCs, and sometimes I logged into a server remotely from there.

I think I see what you're driving at, though. I did have to obtain an internal IP address and go through another NAT process (in addition to the one that got me out from home), and I had to be able to locate the remote machine by name. But the VPN and the internal domain name server took care of that. I have a name server and a DHCP server on my home network, so coming in from outside would be no big deal. I'd have to set up some sort of VPN through my cable modem, which wouldn't be trivial but should be doable.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

davekstl — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:18:31 GMT

I know I can hit the Router from the internet, and yes like a ot of things, security could be comprimised. It would be something the would be on and off as needed.

I know I can VPN throught the router and assign a static IP. What you are suggesting, would I hit if like a storgae device and browse results? Did you control the functions of the camera in your example?

Thanks

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

RobertTheFat — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:19:07 GMT

@davekstl wrote:
I know I can hit the Router from the internet, and yes like a ot of things, security could be comprimised. It would be something the would be on and off as needed.

I know I can VPN throught the router and assign a static IP. What you are suggesting, would I hit if like a storgae device and browse results? Did you control the functions of the camera in your example?

Thanks

If you're starting from a Windows computer and can see the internal IP addresses of the devices on the remote network, you should be able to access those devices directly. Unless the remote network's firewall blocks some needed functionality, those devices will have no way of knowing that you're coming in remotely. However, if you're talking to a camera remotely, the transmission time of your commands from EOS Utility, and of the camera's responses, could be a problem. The obvious way to address that is to use Remote Desktop to log into a computer running EOSU on the remote network and use it to control the camera. The overall lag time could still be an issue, but at least the camera wouldn't see itself as being kept waiting.

My example didn't involve a camera. I was merely pointing out that it is possible to access a computer on a remote network from outside if you set things up correctly.

Re: 70D remote access via the internet

davekstl — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:24:30 GMT

Thanks again...I will throw a replay as I naviagte throught this. You have given me some possible soltuions.

Dave