Electryko

Hi, I like to know if there's a good network security solution to prevent someone to unplug a network camera outside the building and connect a computer to the CCTV LAN to hack or attack with DDOS. I know about MAC security applied to a switch, but in some cases several camera's are connected to an outdoor switch or wireless receiver and from there connected to a single switchport of the indoor switch. I was thinking about a small business firewall to use mac security and to block all the ports except the streaming ports. Perhaps a IPsec connection from the IP camera to the firewall. (Axis and Bosch camera's are the only one used in the systems, they do support IPsec) Maybe it is a solution to place the outdoor camera's in a separate subnet and place a router/firewall inside the building, then route the outdoor subnet to the indoor subnet and block all the ports not in use. So when someone connects a PC to a camera networkcable and clones the mac address of the camera, still this person is not able to do anything on the CCTV network. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Separating the camera LAN from the workstation LAN is a good practise. But there have been known cases where hackers use software tools to gain access to a CCTV camera by brute force attacks to retrieve the password. In most cases the installer puts the same password in all the camera's, so if one is hacked the hacker can access all the others and shut them down. Also some camera's are vulnerable for HTTP flooding causing them to reboot all the time. I've never seen anything happen like this for real except in movies, but it is scary to know that with the right software tool you can bring down a complete CCTV system within a minute if you have physical access to the network cable of an outdoor camera.

Hey, I like to spoof or clone a mac address of a IP camera. I'm working with some brands of NVR where each camera has a license file related to the mac address. When a camera fails I have to replace it in a short time, so I have buy a new camera and after this I have to ask for a new license file or I have to buy a new license file. A lot of times it can't be done the same day. I like to know if there's a cheap network bridge or router that I can put between the new camera and the NVR and with this bridge clone the mac address of the old camera. And this for the time it takes to get the new license file. A POE powered device would be perfect. A software script inside the various brands of camera's would be even better.

Hi, I recommend seagate SV (sata video surveillance) hdd, but in the past 10 years i've seen any brand will eventually crash. Many manufacturers of DVR equipment recommend to swap the hdd after two years. The best way to do it is a RAID config. The speed you need depends on the number of frames the system has to write to the hdd. More cams = more data at the same time. Continuous recording means more data than motion recording. With RAID, disc striping is used, this makes the writing faster. Mpix cams create more data. To know if you need 5400 or 7200 you have to know the amount of data first and the method the NVR software uses to store the data.

Hi, I need some advise I have 2 Axis IP cams and a 241Q encoder. I like to record 24/7 but I don't want a PC running all the time. (my wife would kill me if she finds out a PC is using electricity all the time) So I like to record on a NAS with build in NVR software. Because I want to use the NAS for recording IP cams and as a Multimediaserver and also for personal datastorage in RAID5 I don't want a NAS for the camera's and a second NAS for the other data. I want an all in one. I found the Thecus N0503 comboNAS, this one is affordable around $600 but it records in pictures and makes a video afterwards. (1 fps max) I want at least 5fps per cam and 30fps max. Does someone know a NAS with multimedia, ftp server, NVR etc which has NVR software with the possibilities like Cyeweb? Greets, ElectrYko

Six months ago i bought the QNAP NAS with RAID1 option. My camera's were not supported but i bought it for the RAID storage and the ftp server. My plan was to buy a fanless PC with Windows Homeserver and a IP camera program. This month I found out that the compatabilitylist for the NAS contained extra cams so for the moment i'm happy but 2 cams max. .

Qnap surveillancestation supports my cameras since the nov 2011 update.

I recomment Draytek routers. Little more expensive but not as expensive as the industrial ones. Everything is in it, VPN, QoS, RAS, ACL, etc. My router is now up for 8 years and my previous Draytek is still running at a friends home.

Hi there, I'm looking for an easy way to configure IP camera's on site. Right now i'm using a POE-injector and my laptop. But recently i had a situation where there was no AC mains for my POE-injector, i had to adjust the lens of the camera by phone with a securityguard. Some IP camera's don't have a analog video output so i can't use my test monitor to do the job (adjusting the lens). What i'm looking for is a 3-port switch which is powered by the POE from the cable which comes from the POE-switch in the system used to power the camera. This way i can connect the camera with it's own address to the POE switch and my laptop also with another IP address. Does anyone know a switch like this? Thanks,

Thanks a lot people, i posted this topic just a few hours ago and now already you brought me the solution. I looked at the various websites and there's even an portable POE-injector for sale, but i go for the OutreachQuad switch. Thanks,

I've problems too with the IQEYE511 Sometimes i get an vertical orange line in the image. Firmware update doesn't solve the problem. Very fast connecting and disconnecting the POE for 3 times works and the line disappears. Some 511 camera's give a blank white image. I still can manage the camera by the webbrowser but the image remains white. Again firmware and ActiveX component update doesn't work.

Hello, I'm new to recording video from a IP camera to a FTP server. I have setup a FTP server, it's running. I have created a motion event in my Axis camera. It all works and the pictures are written to my FTP server. But what i like to know..... How and with what software can i search and play these pictures the best. And also how to auto delete the pictures after a month? At this moment my FTP directory is growing all the time with only jpg pictures and it's hard to search for events if i have to watch all the pictures. Please advise Greetz, ElectrYko

Reading all your posts makes it clear that i do need a PC based server with VMS software or i have to buy a QNAP or NUUO NVR. I don't think it's possible to run a virtual PC on a NAS it would be great, and writing from VMS to a virtual drive on a NAS means that i still need a PC running with the VMS software 24/7. I will buy a small PC with VMS software and a NAS for my other stuff. (i'm never satisfied so i will look on some PC forums if there are fanless PCs with solid state drives big enough to run windows/linux and a VMS, i will write the videodata to the NAS) Greetz, ElectrYko

I've recorded my camera's before with Milestone, Blue Iris and Axis Camera station on my PC. But my goal is not to record on a PC anymore but on a NAS. I want the NAS to place somewhere in the house where you don't see and hear it. I want to record my video to a multimedia/data storage NAS and not a dedicated NVR NAS. The poor NVR software on the QNAP and Thecus multimedia NAS doesn't support my Axis209 and 241Q. (the Thecus does but 1fps only) So i'm thinking of buying a multimedia NAS with ftp server and record from the camera to the ftp server and play the video from my PC. The first part allready works but for the playing part i need a program. Greetz, ElektrYko

Hello, I have a problem that happens with several NVR systems. The network connection between the server and a camera is lost. It happens on a random camera and i have seen it on several systems. I would like to know where to search for the problem. I have a system with a Genetec Omnicast server and Axis209MFD-R and Sony Ipela IP cams. All the devices are connected together with AlliedTelesyn POE switches. The Ipelá's never fail but the Axis209's lose their connection once every 3 weeks. (random camera). After reset of the switch it works again. (no ping, no http connection) The same system i have at another customer but instead of Omnicast it's using a Griffid 3.0 server, the same problem. (ping works but no webconnection or live stream) After changing the switches for Netgear POE switches the mtbf changed, now a random camera fails every 3 months. (the Axis cams are inside elevators of a 14 story building) Another system with Genetec Omnicast and Bosch Gen4 domes and a system with Indigovision Control Center and Videobridge8000's in combination with Wavesight transceivers have the same problems. (HP L3 switches and Blackbox) This far i've checked the networkload and the bandwith of the connections. I also checked the CPU load of the servers and clients. I also checked all the network cables and connectors with a Proffesional Networkscanner for possible defects. There all within spec. In most IP systems a connection is sometimes lost but within seconds it's back. My problem is that the camera connection doesn't come back by it self and i have to go to the customer to reset the camera. Can anyone help me? ElectrYko

Thanks, QNAP has a great collection of NAS. The QNAP VioStore has all the NVR stuff I want but no mediaserver and datastorage for non NVR stuff like movies or MP3. The QNAP 412 and 419 seem to have it all, the NVR software is simple but good enough for my home. The only problem is that I can't find the Axis209 and 241Q in the compatibility list, the list on the QNAP website is outdated from 2009. The VioStore NAS supports all the camera's. Does anyone know if the Axis209 and 241Q are supported already for QNAP Surveillance Station? (the simplified version of the VioStore)

After a lot of trial and error the following: The Axis209 problem did not return after the 4.47.1 and 4.47.2 firmware update. This update solved the problem with videoloss when no timeserver IP was used in the camera. The update wasn't released at the the time i did start this topic.

Who can tell me the Windows login for an American Dynamics Intellex Ultra 4.21 I like to install the webclient software on the server and client pc. I found the BIOS password is Xellet but the Windows password 3ware doesn't work. It's been serviced previously by ADT. When i login as Intellex1 the DVR program starts and i can login to the application as well but i can't do anything in windows.

Hi, I use Wavesight tranceivers in these situations and they are not really expensive compared to others. The WaveSprint, WaveFlow and WaveMax wireless bridging systems provide secure, high bandwidth video communications over distances of up to 40km, on unlicensed 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. WaveSprint provides short distance wireless bridging, with data rates of up to 54Mbps, at distances up to 1km. WaveFlow meets requirements for wider area communications at distances up to 5km with data rates up to 108Mbps in turbo mode, while WaveMax offers the same class-leading data rates at distances up to 40km. Also Wavesight uses reflections of the buildings to get from a to b sometimes. Be carefull that the vision is not completely blocked, also wireless connection goes through trees but not when their wet. The wireless connections are encrypted and secure. Greets, Electryko

Thanks Ted, I didn't mention the Milestone server in this topic but after reading your post i realise i have a customer with the same configuration. There 60 IP cams on a Milestone server and we started at megapix resolution. Because we lost connection sometimes we set the resolution to VGA. The system became must faster but still the camera's lost connection. Because the serverload was 43% I searched deeper into the machine. One of the partitions had no diskspace left to buffer the live streams and made the processor work so hard that the livestreams to the client where disconnected sometimes. Sorting the camera's on the partions solved this problem but still sometimes there's a lost connection. I will check the firmware. Thanks, ElectrYko

Hello, In most IP cams en encoders there's the option to send an email notification to a email address. I wonder how to set this up within a LAN. (i have an Axis209 and a 241Q) Do I need a email server in my LAN or can I use my ISP email account? In the Axis equipment I can program events and I like to get somekind of pop-up on my PC when motion happens. I need some ICT help on this one.

The SSL must be the problem, thanks for all your posts. Last week i met a former Axis troubleshooter at a Genetec Omnicast meeting. This guy worked close with the Axis designers at Axis for some years. This guy was called the Axis-nerd of the company. He is also a certified network and Microsoft specialist. I will contact him but looking at all the previous post his answer will be the SSL problem. Greets, Electryko

Hello, Think about costs, Whats the difference in costs if you let an electrician make a 110V volts power line to the camera's or you make a low voltage line to the camera's? It will cost the same amount of time. And you have the option of using lights or IR and heaters. Where i live electricians get less payed than CCTV installers and so we hire them all the time for the power supllies so the customers have to pay less. Greets, Electryko

Hello, Do you have more than one phase in your electrical system? There's a possibility you have a ground loop. Also try to connect the new camera's to the inputs of the good working cams to check if the GV800 is ok. Greets, Electryko

Yes Omnicast from Genetec. I've worked on a system where we had 12 clients online. We tested what happens if 12 clients with administrator rights were configuring and using the system at the same time. It just didn't want to crash, only if we created timeless loops for the event database we got the system down. In a real system this will not happen. The camera's stream directly to the clients (multicast) and not via the server. Another great feature is that when you look at a layout of more than one camera the system asks the camera's for a lower quality videostream automaticly and again the processor load is goes down. This is why the system keeps running fast. The possibilities with Omnicast are unbelievable. If you wish to connect 50000 IP cams worldwide, no problem. You only need money. Greets, Electryko