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I got it - the screen in your room is just a screen to view the DVR then. Sounds like wireless bridge is what you want to do

Another option Ã

Rixius - Is their any network ports in the room the DVR is in? If so you could put a small network hub and patch in to that.

Khakha - When you connect to the wifi-router you are likely inside your network I am guessing. Do you go to a internal address like 192.168.***.***? If so - then you are already on your network. (An easy way to find your Public IP is go to www.whatismyip.com) Connecting from the internet - you connect to your public IP address and need to have port forwarding setup on the router so it knows which device inside the network to send you too. You may know this already - but from your post it seems this could be your issue.

Does anyone offer a maintenance contract to the customer when they purchase a system? I have thought of ways to do structure this, and am looking for input. I am thinking you could base it on: # of cameras ($5 per camera) # of visits (Annually to quarterly...) I am trying to find out how to structure it so it is a value to the customer, and also makes $. I think this could be a great way to generate some repeat business and keep in touch with customers. Thoughts?

Are you sure you changed it? I had one the other day, it turned out the admin password is blank, manager 1 is 1, manager2 is 2 and so on...

The qwest modem does not have ddns capabilities. The dvr does have it, but from what I understand this will not work because the dvr will not know when the IP address changes. I guess this brings up my next question - what good is the ddns on the dvr if it can't tell when the public IP address changes? Thanks for the help

Hey IR - Have you done much with mobile DVR? I am looking for some other DVR solutions for them that would work and draw less juice. They do have heater/blower housings and I also mentioned we could bypass the heater to get them more footage. I talked to them and to get power to the site would be in the $20k, so before they spend $10k for just a solar camera solution they are going to consider just putting power in.

I did set up an account with Dyndns, I will try that on this one again. I just wanted to make sure it worked... Good information also on the dsl vs. cable modem. I will post back to let you know how it works. Thanks!

YOU CAN DO IT YES YOU CAN!!! Rory you must be a sales manager too!!

It is weird because I got it up and running fine with a static IP address, so all of my ports are forwarded correctly. The only time it wouldn't work is if the router had been assigned a new IP address from Qwest's DHCP. I would check the DDNS site and it would have the old address still. If I updated the address on the DDNS site, it would work again. I will keep searching and report back if I have any success on it.

That makes more sense!

Hey all - I helped a (friend) customer a few months ago with his Lorex all in one DVR. I set him up with remote viewing. Lorex has a DDNS service that they provide with the DVR. We couldn't get the DVR to update its IP address with the service, is that how it is supposed to work? Does the DVR do the updating or does the router? All of the information for the DDNS service was entered on the DVR. His IP address was changing multiple times in a day so ultimately we just got him a static IP address and he is good. It makes sense to me that the DVR would contact the DDNS service and the service would see what IP address it came from, then record it as your new IP. I can also see how the router would update the service too though, when it's public IP changes. Can anyone shed some light for me on what I may have had wrong? I have another customer who has the same lorex setup and wants to be able to view remotely, and I would like to be able to do it without getting a Static IP address. Both routers are Qwest motorola netopia's. Thanks!

. amsmt, I would remove your email address and tell people to PM you for the info. You are about to become friends with 300 manufactures with spam, and you are about to get another 300 from "hello, I am the president of a bank in ..... where someone has passed away..... Here in Florida: The magic number (retail) for the bottom tier market is the $1,100.00! There is enough head room for a small profit, and you can charge another $400.00 for installation. The better the client the better you can move those prices up. Thanks for the warning - I got it changed hopefully it didn't do too much damage. You are figuring $1100 per camera uninstalled? Is that an IP system?