Why do you say "the camera only works on port 80 or in the range of 1024 to 69953"? I have mine set to 8080. Also, have you tried setting it up on port 81 and switching your DCS-932L to something else? I'm thinking it might be some simple error (like a typo), and since you have the other camera working on 81, you would just need to change the ip address to which the port is forwarded.
I've downloaded the DCS-2210/2230 manual and based on that, I agree that the OP should be able to use several other HTTP ports besides the default 80. On the other hand, I disagree with you that he could use port 81 on both cams as long as he changes the IP address. First, he likely has only a single external IP address, so the only way the system could know which camera to direct an outside viewing client is by assigning unique ports to each and then set port forwarding in the router to the internal LAN address of the requested camera. But even if the viewer client is internally on the same LAN, the port would have to be specified, such as 192.168.0.180:81, because otherwise the default 80 port would be assumed. I think the OP has some conflict with either the HTTP port assignments, or the RTSP port assignment whose default is 554. He needs to redirect a unique RTSP port to each camera with port forwarding. He could use 1554 for alternate RTSP port, for instance.
Also, have you looked at the logs? You might check both your router logs and the camera logs.
Do both cameras use the same wireless AP? Maybe the problem is getting through that -- try a wired connection to see whether that will work.
Good point. I think one should always do the initial configuration with wired connection, for security reasons, if for nothing else.
BTW, Casey, does the 2230 have some kind of focusing mechanism? The picture of the cam would suggest a serious lens assembly that might lend itself to that but the manual does not mention it as far as I could tell.
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