The following instructions and illustrations show how you can set up your system to allow remote monitoring:
 

• Turn on SecuritySpy’s web server. To do this, select “Web server setup” from the Settings menu in SecuritySpy, and check the box marked “Web server enabled ...”.

• Make sure your Mac has a fixed IP address, and isn’t using DHCP. To change your Mac’s IP address in Mac OS X Leopard, open System Preferences, click on “Network”, then “Built-in Ethernet” (or “AirPort” if your Mac is connected to the network wirelessly), and select “Manually” from the popup menu marked “Configure:”. You should manually assign an IP address on the same subnet as the rest of your local network. Use “255.255.255.0” as the subnet mask, and enter the IP address of your broadband router if you have one.

• While you’re in System Preferences, go to “Security” and select the “Firewall” tab. If you want the firewall to be on, select “Set access for specific services and applications”, click the plus button, and select SecuritySpy from your applications folder to allow it to accept incoming connections.

If you only need to access your system from over your local network, you’re done! Otherwise, read on to set up your system for remote monitoring over the internet:
 

• If you are using a router to share your internet connection, you will need to set up port forwarding so that messages for SecuritySpy are able to reach your Mac. More details can be found in ‘Setting up your router’.

• If your ISP provides you with a dynamic IP address rather than a static IP, you will need to sign up for a Dynamic DNS service and run client software on your Mac, as described in ‘Internet connection’.

• You should now be able to access SecuritySpy from a web browser by typing in your Dynamic DNS address (or static IP) followed by the public port number, in this format:
  
  http://example.dyndns.com:8000
  
  Note that this address will only work from over the internet. If you want to access SecuritySpy from within your local network, enter the manually assigned IP address of your Mac followed by the port number set in SecuritySpy.
   
• You may wish to protect yourself from server outages by following the advice in this guide.