The magic happens when you stop treating port 8080 as a "viewer" and start treating it as a gateway .
Never leave your server open to the public. Navigate to the WebcamXP settings menu and enable mandatory user authentication. Create a unique username. Do not use "admin".
By default, routers change your computer's internal IP address over time. You must set a permanent internal IP.
Follow this structured approach to establish a stable, continuous monitoring hub on a Windows platform.