kccustom

I am having the darndest time getting the http and rstp ports changed on my cameras this is what is happening. When I first install a camera it has all the standard ports open 80 for http 554 for RSTP etc. the problem comes when I change the port. What happens after I set the port to anything else the camera reboots till it becomes inaccessible, I open the ports in the router like every other device I access on my network but these cameras seem to hate something in my google fiber network box. I sent an email to google and all they could say was the standard do you have the ports forwarded in your router response. I can sometimes ping the camera when it wont show up on the SADP program but soon that stops responding too, I have my old router set up so I can change the ports back to standard and every thing will work, on the old router I can put any port and it works. I am lost because I don't know the right question to ask, is it a router problem or a camera problem? It sounds like a router problem to me but it could be a simple camera setting pissing off the router, if any body can point me to a starting point I would be very greatfull.

I just purchased the DS-7716NI-SP. How is it running? DO you like it? Runs exactly like it is supposed to and since I am running the nvr i dont have to change the ports on the cameras anymore. I am still learning but you can still transfer some of the functionality of the cameras to the nvr like the line crossing detection, I love that feature for my driveway.

For now I am giving up on changing ports on the cameras, I just got the NVR (Hikvision DS-7716NI-SP/16) and I can do everything I wanted to do. Funny thing is while messing with all of this I really started to like Blue Iris, its only money right?

Did you disable UPNP on the camera? Just never use UPNP it's insecure and not necessary when you have admin rights on the router. Tried it with and without UPNP enabled, no joy, if I don't change the ports every thing works exactly as it should but soon as I change them the fiber router wont let the new ports through, it looks like the camera is rebooting but i think it is the router just dropping it. Works like a charm on my ASUS router with dd-wrt but I just really don't want to set up a double nat just to access the cameras remotely. I just ordered a Hikvision DS-7716NI-SP/16 so I hope I can just give up on port forwarding individual cameras.

No but I think it is something with the way the camera changes ports that the fiber router does not understand because when I port scan the ports that i open for the camera it says the port is not open. I just ordered a new NVR so I am hoping it will solve all of my problems, google has given up on me. If I use my old router with dd-wrt everything works perfectly (told google support this) so I am sure it is the fiber router but they say they don't support 3rd party equip, the thing is 99.9% of everything you hook to your router is 3rd party.

Yes that was the first thing I checked when it didn't work, google is convinced it is the camera with the problem, I think it is something in the router that doesn't like the way the camera chooses a different port. So far I have tried DMZ, various different ports, changing only one port at a time, NAT on an off on the camera, upnp on and off on the camera and router. I don't think there is anything else to try but I will try anything anybody can think of.

Looks like a nice little Media server or HTPC, I just ordered the one from the guy reselling it, I hope he didn't strip the HD out of it.

Is that a NewEgg box? Yup, I get a lot of new egg boxes! I know .. and a cop as well ..!! Ya, the dogs figured out how to set off the alarm while we were at work one day, the good news was they showed up in about 5 min. after the alarm went off. I was surprised at the amount of activity that happens in a neighborhood we you are not home, I keep my cameras recording 24/7 and I see people all the time.

I have my doorbell hooked up to my alarm and my dvr, it takes a snapshot and emails it to me when somebody presses it.

I had an aposonic 4ch dvr that recorded in 2cif that was a great little unit. Sometimes you get lucky.

I love Doing it myself! and I have paid for the privilege!

I would say if you are going to go "el cheapo" go way cheap and save up for something decent later, I bought a camera from a forum member that I am satisfied with. http://www.suhotechnology.com/product/prod_view.asp?maxx=1&prod_num=16&maxxval=0001&maxxname=Camera&midx=0004&midxxname=IR%20Bullet%20Camera&minx=0000&minxxname=

I was just wanting a quick hack that would take a snap shot when motion was detected like a game/trail camera but those things are pretty expensive for what I was wanting to do, plus there is no way to power it except for a battery. lol I sure wouldn't want a picture of a guy in a dressing room! it would have been inside our cabinet taking a pic from the inside of who ever opened the door. I found a couple of home made ones using motion detectors from renuzit air fresheners and cheap digital cameras I think I might try to make one of those.

I am having trouble catching our prankster at work, here is what is going on maybe yall can give me some ideas. Each shift has a cabinet with a lock shared by 3 people, one of the guys on shift 2 has figured out a way to get into our cabinet (shift 3) but he wont admit to getting in it, he likes to take stuff out and move stuff around just harmless fun but I want to catch him red handed. I was thinking one of the game/scouting cameras but after looking at the prices there aint no way I am going to spend 60 bucks (cheapest I could find) just for play. I need some ideas that are battery operated and cheap lets say on a 20 dollar budget.

The second on would definitely make his hand red! Think that pen could record 24 hours?

Pics from your system to see how good the cameras work.

Best way to thank us is post pics!

65535 is the highest port number you can use if you want to connect to it from the outside. Check the manual again and when you use the g4ip append the port number that you have forwarded on the end like this: http://your-dvr.g4ip.com:8080 8080 being whatever number you have forwarded through your router. ::edit:: I see you got it working while I was typing, I guess you can get it to work with a port higher than 65535, my router wont even let me use a value higher than that.

Now set up your DVR like the tech originally told you and try to connect with the g4ip:port number. That should be all you have to do.

This is how it should be set up. First you have your modem that gives you your WAN dynamic IP address then the router that creates your home network by handling all of the DHCP and port forwarding. Try the easiest way first with out going into weird settings, plug only the router into the modem and plug everything else into the router and see if you have internet access. If that works then setting up access to DVR will be easy.

Are u serious or sarcastic ? Do u really like this pix Ouch, now my feelings are hurt. That is pulled off the network, set to the widest I could get it and I don't think I have it perfectly focused. It's too dang cold to go out and mess with it now. I think that bug is creepy!

I know a guy, I can hook you up

Well since I kind of hijacked this thread I will follow up on the lines/artifacts I was having problems with. I have received and installed the new board from AverMedia and it is working like a charm. Click image for video.

I see what you are saying, if there is not a setting to add G4IP.com to the linksys (custom setting) you will have to either figure out a way to add your actual IP address to G4IP or use something like dyndns.com which is free also but I think you log in every month to keep it from expiring. The DVR companies offer the free dynamic dns hosting but they dont ever think the dvr might be behind a router for some reason. I will play with mine and see if the DVR actually finds my ip address or the one the router gives it. I logged into the g4ip.com and it says Can I use your service behind a cable/DSL router? Yes. You'll have to set up port forwarding on your router for your DVR's TCP port; see your router's documentation for instructions on port forwarding. I say try that and see if it works, the dvr might be smarter than I thought!

If your router gets an IP address from the modem after you turn off DHCP you are done, the router will handle every thing else. Dont use DMZ, just open the ports on the router that the DVR needs open, I have the most success when I set my DVR up to pull a static IP from the router. That way it will always have the same IP and you never have to worry about changing any settings. You said you have DDNS set up, is it set up on the router or on the DVR? If you are using a router set the DDNS up on the router not the DVR and when you try to connect remotely make sure you add the port designation on the end i.e. http://my.dns.com:5550 the 5550 being the port I use, your of course might be different.