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also, if you use amcrest cloud, whatever settings you pick there will override your local camera settings.

I tried...no luck. I know DDNS on the camera is working though because I can view it outside of my network via my laptop and a browser. Just not through my iphone 6s app.

I also tried P2P again....no bueno.

Yes, several times.

jeffee...thanks for the info.....I tried what you said, but I just get a "failed to connect" error message.

originally I was forwarding UDP as well, but I removed it and still no joy.

Also, did you set static IPs on the cameras?

Do you need to port forward UDP? In the original instructions it said to port for UDP as well.

I use NO-IP as well. I can access my cameras via a computer outside my network, but cannot access them through the app on my iPhone 6s.

Anything else to try?

I have found the settings on the cloud loosely fit the settings on the camera. I eventually had to remove my cameras from the AMCREST cloud because of the issues you are having. I have not had nearly the issues I had previously since I did. Unfortunately I already paid for a full year.

I used different port numbers but forwarded all three ports (http, tcp, udp). Then i tested the port forwarding with my laptop on another network and it worked fine. I was able to connect to all my cameras via DDNS. Now I go to the app and try to set them up un IP/DDNS putting in all the info and th...

Also a hard reboot was done many times.