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Please excuse this gap in my knowledge of networking, but...

I have an ASUS wireless N router. I have one computer hardwired to that router and do all of my router configuration through a web browser on that computer. I also have two wireless security cameras connected to the network - and can view them remotely using an iOS app.

Here is the thing I don't understand and maybe someone here can explain why or what I can do to get around the issue:

If I power down the system that has a direct wired Ethernet connection to the wireless router, I can no longer remotely access/view the security webcams. I'd have thought that powering down the wired system shouldn't have any effect on the wireless network, but it does. Why is that?

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Mike
 
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My theory is the app interacts with the PC. The PC is acting as a server and the cameras are sending data to it. It would be easier for an app to do this on a PC since there are easy to use protocols in place that allows for remote connections (ie, the app on your phone). If it connected directly to the router instead, you would have to set it up so the cameras are just sitting on the internet mostly unprotected and they would be accessible to anybody with your IP address. It isn't common for any 3rd party program to run on a router itself, not impossible by a long shot (i've done it personally on an old router with 3rd party firmware), just not common.

That is just a guess though. It is possible the app connects to the router through...
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How does the app interact with the network exactly?

Is there a base program installed on the PC that controls it then you use the app to view data served by the PC? Can you view the camera feed from anywhere or do you need to be in range of the network?
 
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I don't think I have any base app installed for the router itself - I've always just used the a web browser to access the router configuration. I do have an ASUS web storage app, but I don't see how that might affect connectivity to the wireless router for the web cam. The app to view the cams works from anywhere.

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Mike
 
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My theory is the app interacts with the PC. The PC is acting as a server and the cameras are sending data to it. It would be easier for an app to do this on a PC since there are easy to use protocols in place that allows for remote connections (ie, the app on your phone). If it connected directly to the router instead, you would have to set it up so the cameras are just sitting on the internet mostly unprotected and they would be accessible to anybody with your IP address. It isn't common for any 3rd party program to run on a router itself, not impossible by a long shot (i've done it personally on an old router with 3rd party firmware), just not common.

That is just a guess though. It is possible the app connects to the router through your mobile internet but this seems unlikely because the PC (as you pointed out) should have no effect on the wireless connections to the router.

So to reiterate, I think there is some interface on the PC in question that allows the use of a remote app to view the cameras.

Maybe somebody with experience with your specific camera set could be of more assistance.
 
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