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Don't know where you're located, but on some ISP's, port 80 is not available and you have to use another one, ie; 81. You could also have a "bridge" issue with the modem/router. Contact your ISP in relation to both of those possible issues. Note: I'm taking for granted that you did forward the ports in the router for the one's that you need. Dennis

What is the sub-stream set for on the dvr?

"under STATIC media port:09000, web port 00080,, ip address 192.168.001.008, GATEWAY 192.168.100.100" When you set the dvr to STATIC and it shows the dvr as 182.168.001.008, did you try that? I might not be understanding what's up. If you set the dvr to dhcp to get the internal ip address, saved settings, shutdown, rebooted and it comes back up ok at .004, I can't understand then how you could get .008 when you switch to static. Like I say, I might be lost in this thread. I'm pretty sure that the only port that you need to put into your phone is the mobile port. You said in your post that you inserted the mobile port of 80 once. 80 is not a mobile port. That is a http port when accessing remotely. At one point you said that the media port was 0900 and in another place 9000. There's confusion there too. You need to start over and double check your internal ip of the dvr and make sure the dvr is staticed at that. You don't need port 80 for the network access. The 192.168.1.1 is the address of your router and not the dvr.

Does sound like a power supply issue. To eliminate that real quick would be to monitor the camera power at a camera at night. Not only the DC level but any AC component. Of course, I'm taking for granted that your using DC camera's. Dennis

Ok, what you're wanting to do is to try to connect on the "LAN" (Local Area Network). The outside world is the "WAN" (Wide Area Network). You're right, in that a port number isn't required for the LAN, but is for the WAN. To access the dvr on the LAN, you need to know what the LAN IP address is for the DVR, ie; 192.168.0.? 10.0.0.? as examples. What is the LAN address for your DVR? Then to access the dvr from the WAN, you need to know what your WAN address is, ie; 50.129.168.?? (plus the port if needed) 129.456.254.?? (plus the port if needed) as examples. Your WAN address will be what you find when you go to whatismyip.com Now, maybe somebody with the same model as yours can give you the proper port number for remote access, once you're ready for it. Dennis

Sounds like "overkill" for just wanting to record audio on the camera 1 location. How much area are you wanting to record?

That's true. The last multi-camera system (36) that I installed ended up using 3 separate DVR's because the customer wanted the best video, both live and record (D1), for the money that they had to invest. Have 3 laptops running at their home location to monitor all camera's at their business at one time. They prioritized which camera's were on each screen, so as to switch overlapping area camera's, without losing the continuous tracking of scenario's.

I was not recommending the link, just an example. Not the company in the link, but I have installed several 24 and 32 wired camera systems and they work great. One WAN access address to any or all camera locations at one time. Dennis

Not recommending one system over the other, but why don't you just go with a 24 camera wired system, ie; hxxp://shoppingcctv.com/-p-2616/GW4024HS.html Replace the "xx" with "tt". There are other 24 camera systems out there, I just posted that as an example. You can use IP camera's, but they're more expensive and you still have to get wired power to them. Dennis

I'm going to come in on this post which appears to be the same issue in another post of which, I must of misunderstood what you were trying to do and had another poster question my instructions in regard to ports. Really don't understand why you would want to access your network with your phone when you say you can do it on your PC, besides being able to access your system directly with the DVR. My son just had an issue getting his android phone connected to his DVR via the internet (WAN) address. He was also trying to connect to his network and I asked him if he had his phone set to wifi or internet. Never got an answer, but he did get connected to his DVR system remotely by using the WAN address. He first tried by entering his WAN address with the :port number on the end of it, of which it didn't work. After entering the proper WAN address without the port number he was able to connect properly. There are youtube video's on the internet in regard to setting up the iphone. Just ignore the inserted port number in the video and insert yours (100 - if that's the right one). Dennis

What you need it to do and what you can afford. Before purchasing anything, make sure that their customer service is just that, customer service. There is somebody that will either answer the phone, talk to you on chat or return your emails, 24/7, because eventually you will have a problem. Zmodo, that you referenced to, has never let me down (so far). Dennis

If you're not going to be using ready made cables, then by all means use the readily available Siamese RG59/18-2 cable. You can attach the coaxial pigtails needed for power and I recommend either "crimp" or "compression" connectors for the RG59. In the past, I have used crimp F59 along with F59 to BNC adapters or compression BNC. Dennis

Why do you hear that the Zmodo system is not that good? What model DVR and Camera's. Dennis

Looks like that that would work just fine. Dennis

If you just used a "T", I would replace that with a powered video distribution amp.

If the "206" is the address that you get when you're on the network and access "whatismyip.com" in your browser, that's the address that you have to use remotely. That address can change though at the whim of your ISP and that's the reason that I use DynDns. It's a pay site, but I like it. There are other sites, ie; NoIP, etc. that you can use. If you use a different HTTP port than port 80, then you have to add the port number to the end of the address, ie; "206.xxx.xxx.xxx:81" or as an example, "mysitename.dyndns.org:81" Dennis

The port won't be the problem. Does it do the same thing when monitoring the video on the network (LAN) or is it just when viewing remotely (WAN)? Possibly a "user" monitor timer or a bandwidth issue with your ISP? Dennis

That should do the trick. Dennis

Yes

I was just curious. I've seen anywhere from 1 to 4 ports required. As an example of, say,,,,, Luxor/Falco/Zmodo: HTTP port - 80 (internet) Command - 5050 (Login) Media - 6050 (to view video) Mobile - 7050 (phones, etc.) In the above example, I could have port 80 and 5050 forwarded, but wouldn't be able to view video. Open port 6050 to do that. Those won't be your ports as I don't know what make and model that you have or what the user manual or the "NET" menu on the dvr would show. I have also seen where only two ports were needed for the specific dvr. Dennis

How many ports did you forward in your router to match the DVR?

That's too bad. You really have to watch those listings of product. You are not alone on this happening. Can you return the DVR? If not, I'd either purchase another DVR or purchase a hard-drive. They are generally easy to physically install and format for use in the DVR. The owners manual should explain that procedure. Dennis

Have you tried pivoting the camera to look into a different direction and see if the issue changes any? Dennis

That's what I'm thinking. That happens all the time. Dennis

In many dvr user manuals are instructions on how to install a hard-drive. You can go by those pictures (if there is some). Generally in the front of the manual. You have to take the top cover off to see inside the unit. Dennis