I have no problem subscribing for a cloud service, but I do not want a 10+ second delay as I don't care if the notification source was a person or animal. You don't have a subscription now? If your delay is ok now, then it will not increase if you use local storage (either with port forwarding or with a VPN).
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Setup a port forward in your router to allow incoming The easiest way to forward a port is to use our Network Utilities suite of tools. Port forwards are setup in your router. A summary of the steps to setup a port forward in your router are: Login to your router. Navigate to your routers port forwarding section, also frequently called virtual server. Create the port forward entries in your router.