Greetings.
I am trying to help a friend set up his DVR system to be accessed over the interwebs.
The DVR manufacturer is H.264
The Router is Lynksys
The manuals I have been able to find have been pretty...limited with regards to the network setup, or at least not dumbed down enough for me.
Let me describe what I HAVE been able to do:
I have been able to setup the DVR on my local network and can access the DVR via a browser using the ports from the DVR. Defaults were 34567 and 80 for HTTP. I have since changed those ports but am still able to access so I know the ports themselves are working (right?)
Using the Lynksys router setup, I went to the gaming menu and set up port forwarding for the above ports. Restarted bothe router and DVR, double checked settings and attempted to access from outside my network. No connection. I tried changing the ports on both the port forwarding and DVR in case there was some interference with something that he already had set up. Still nothing.
Right now I am at a loss, as any instructions/tips/tutorials/tricks seem to stop there.
Some things I think MIGHT be getting in the way are:
The cable modem --- could settings in the modem be stopping an outside signal from accessing the router?
Router Firewall --- disable and try?
He limits wireless clients to certain MAC addresses, if the outside computer is not on that list will that prevent access even though I am not using his wireless network?
Any other suggestions I might try? Better ports to use for a H.264 DVR?
Thanks for any help
Kris