thedoc46

I'm not getting how you create the domain, if you're unable to add cams in the hik-online site... How else is a domain going to be created ? For the domain to be created you need to add a cam to the hik-online, or us.hik-online how else is it going to create a domain for you. Anyway even pretending i had a domain name i entered in the DDNS Type as: HiDDNS Server Address as: http://us.hik-online.com/ and also tried http://hik-online.com Domain: Well since i haven't created a domain, i tried my hik-vision username. All i get is parameter error when hitting save. Perhaps i'll try calling their customer support tomorrow, and if i do not get any joy, i may even send these IP cams back. Not really liking how none of it works as posted.. Its as if they're on a beta firmware and its you and your luck as to what parts are going to work !

I have always used http://www.hik-oline.com, but feel free to test youself (I am from Europe). I don't know what serial number you tried to use on that last screenshot, but the serial number is 9 digits, not the full string. Also device domain name should be the same on the device, and on your hik-online account. just tried just the last 9 digits and still no joy. Even if it did work, it wouldn't get around the fact that all the credential fields are still greyed out in the web configuration tab of DDNS of the actual cam itself.

Here's a screenshot of the config screen.. Not allowing me to enter any details. and here's what happens when i try and add cams to the uk.hik-online.com DDNS site

I did have uPnP switched on, on my router.. I've since turned it off, and I'm still able to access my camera's remotely, via the samsung app and https://www.samsungsmartcam.com/web/ website. I have no port forwarding setup or configured and pretty much everything switched off (firewall set to medium), on the inbuilt security for my Arris Comcast TG862G-CT. So thinking there's some proprietary stuff going on that's special to Samsung. Not knocking it, it works great... Just obviously concerned, that its left some open holes and backdoors to my home network. My local machines are well protected. But even so, i'd rather not give any hackers a welcoming hand to come along in.

thanks www.hik-oline.com or http://us.hik-online.com ? TBH I'm just using the current issued IP address for now for my port forwarding. After speaking to my neighbor he reckons Comcast has only changed it once in the last 4 yrs... So i may no longer have a need for ddns. But the account is already set, so if its that simple, i may aswell go for it. edit ** Scrap that. comcast changed my ext IP today.. lol... so yep, do need a ddns service of some kind.

Trying to setup the DDNS tab in the web configuration. However, its really not allowing me to do much at all. Just enter in a domain name, to which it errors out when i hit save, with the error message saying 'Parameter Error' The username, password and confirm fields stay greyed out.

Hi, looking for some help / advice. Want to setup my DS-2CD2132F camera's for remote viewing. Trying to setup DDNS. I've registered up at http://us.hik-online.com/auth/login However when I go to add a camera, i put in my serial number, give it a domain name, it says the device does not exist. Bought my camera's thru Amazon fulfillment, which came directly from China. Could that be part of the problem? Given i'm trying to register DDNS at http://us.hik-online.com/auth/login

Hi all, First post here, so let me start off by saying hi... OK, finally decided to get around to installing some security cams around my house. The other day I was in Costco, and I just so happened to see some Samsung Smart Cams... So I thought why not... Ended up buying two... Put them in my garage, and setup them up via CAT6. Left them with the preinstalled 16GB MicroSD cards & downloaded the app and they message whenever there's movement inside the garage. I've sprayed them black and hid them, so you'll only notice them if you're looking for them. I love cycling & riding motorbikes and have a few bikes in my garage. So wanted to protect my toys. Truth of the matter is, i live in a gated community, which is basically crime free. but you never know the opportunist is always out there, and being that its a gated community, many people leave their garage doors open. In the last 5yrs, i think we've only had one instance of theft and that was because people had left their cars on the drive unlocked, with their wallets still in the car... Anyway, long story short, its unlikely i'll ever be burgled. But if i am, i'd like to know who did it !!!! I basically left the Samsung software to configure the security, which allows me to view my camera's thru my iOS devices and thru any webbrowser. I'm curious as to how that works in terms of security? How easy would it be for a hacker to gain access thru these cameras and into my home network.... More concerned about that than anything. What ports does it open up on my router? Did it even open up any ports on my router? If so how? Just want to learn a little more about how i can from any webbrowser or iOS device, login using my username and password and be on my home network. That to me, seems a security vulnerability. I'm also about to buy a couple of HIKVISION ds-2cd2132f's and will be installing them using POE and giving them static IP addresses. The samsung are more or less plug and play and you're not really given any real networking configurations, whereas the HIKVISIONS seem to be a little more for the technical user and within their software you can configure ports and what not..... I could lose the Samsungs and have all the camera's HIKVISION, if that would make things safer. Looking for tips really on how to secure my home network from hackers. Don't want the camera's used against me, but more importantly, don't want a hacker to access all my files on one of the many computers that i have online at any given time. Thanks in advance.