IP Camera Instalation questions

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Hi

So I have to help install a Dixon RD1604HT IP security system.

My question is.

How hard is the setup to allow connection to from a tablet device or sellphone over remote locations?

Any specific settings required for the wireless router to allow these connections or do you only connect to a certain address from a browser?

Will a pc be necessary for the setup?

Thank you
 
You will need to setup port forwarding on your router.
And also look at some type of dyndns setup. There are a couple free solutions around.
 
SYNERGY, do you know what is Plug and Play camera? This camera is advertised as P2P(Plug and Play), does that mean no port forwarding, or? I am look for an ip camera but still ignorant for some of the features...:confused:
 
Plug and play, drivers will be loaded automatically by the OS it supports.

But Synergy is right, you will need to setup a DNS host and point your browser to that address. Provided your port forwarding, firewall etc settings are configured on the router. You may also need to install a plugin on the device you using remotely.
 
What router? We could help if you post that. Also look at the cam software and get the port number.
 
iaywtimnbe said:
What router? We could help if you post that. Also look at the cam software and get the port number.
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The port number is in most cases TCP 80 (http). Sometimes, the camera will ship with software to help you view multiple cameras at the same time. This will in some cases use different ports, and can even use multicasting and udp streams etc.

If you have multiple cameras, you will need to add a port forwarding rule on your router for each, but the public facing port on the router has to be unique.

NOTE: Some ADSL routers call port forwarding virtual servers.

So here is what you do:

1. Make sure the cameras have their gateway set to the ADSL router
2. Log into your ADSL router and add a port forwarding rule in a similar fashion to this:

public ip: 0.0.0.0/0
public port: 8000
private port: 80
protocol: tcp
private ip: <The ip for camera 1>

3. Add a similar rule on the router for Camera 2 (Remember, the public port should be unique)

public ip: 0.0.0.0/0
public port: 8001
private port: 80
protocol: tcp
private ip: <The ip for camera 2>

4. Read up on Dynamic DNS and how to set that up, its not that hard.
5. To connect to camera 1 from the internet, access http://my.dynamic.dns.name:8000 and :8001 for camera 2 etc.

Many South African ISPs now supply ADSL users with static IPs so you should look into that.

Always remember to secure your cameras with passwords.

Another, and way more secure way, would be to setup VPN. So you need to VPN into your network before you can view the cameras, but since port forwarding is already a bit of challenge, I would suggest to not try VPN :)

Good luck!
 
fixx said:
The port number is in most cases TCP 80 (http). Sometimes, the camera will ship with software to help you view multiple cameras at the same time. This will in some cases use different ports, and can even use multicasting and udp streams etc.

If you have multiple cameras, you will need to add a port forwarding rule on your router for each, but the public facing port on the router has to be unique.

NOTE: Some ADSL routers call port forwarding virtual servers.

So here is what you do:

1. Make sure the cameras have their gateway set to the ADSL router
2. Log into your ADSL router and add a port forwarding rule in a similar fashion to this:

public ip: 0.0.0.0/0
public port: 8000
private port: 80
protocol: tcp
private ip: <The ip for camera 1>

3. Add a similar rule on the router for Camera 2 (Remember, the public port should be unique)

public ip: 0.0.0.0/0
public port: 8001
private port: 80
protocol: tcp
private ip: <The ip for camera 2>

4. Read up on Dynamic DNS and how to set that up, its not that hard.
5. To connect to camera 1 from the internet, access http://my.dynamic.dns.name:8000 and :8001 for camera 2 etc.

Many South African ISPs now supply ADSL users with static IPs so you should look into that.

Always remember to secure your cameras with passwords.

Another, and way more secure way, would be to setup VPN. So you need to VPN into your network before you can view the cameras, but since port forwarding is already a bit of challenge, I would suggest to not try VPN :)

Good luck!
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This has been puzzling me so thanks for this.

Just to clarify. Where do you get the public ip from. Is this the gateway address of the router?

Don't you have to give the ip camera a manually assigned IP address?
 
tRoN said:
This has been puzzling me so thanks for this.

Just to clarify. Where do you get the public ip from. Is this the gateway address of the router?

Don't you have to give the ip camera a manually assigned IP address?
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Well each (most of the) time the ADSL reconnects, it will get a new public IP. It is not the gateway IP. You can check it under the WAN / Internet Status of the ADSL router, but it will change from time to time. DynamicDNS is going to be your friend here.

Here is a free DynamicDNS service which will give you 5 free hostnames. (You are probably only going to use one).

http://freedns.afraid.org/

You don't necessarily have to give each camera its own IP, but it might make things a bit easier. If you know the IP addresses of the router that have been assigned by your (I take it also your ADSL router) DHCP server you can leave it as it is, and just forward each a port on the ADSL router.
 
tRoN said:
This has been puzzling me so thanks for this.

Just to clarify. Where do you get the public ip from. Is this the gateway address of the router?

Don't you have to give the ip camera a manually assigned IP address?
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Again, router model means we can be more specific here ;)


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D-link 2750u (not Telkom branded)
 
- Get / set the TCP/IP port numbers your camera box uses. I recommend something outside the normal ranges - something like 8181. Chances are it already uses something out of the ordinary - mine uses 34568.
- Assign your camera box a static IP. Make sure that it's not one that's going to be handed out by the router's DHCP server to it's clients. Either limit what the router hands out to a smaller pool and assign the camera box an address outside that pool, or just use a number near the top of the ip range e.g x.x.x.254

- Log in to your router and go to the port forwarding tab
- click Add
- Select the pppoe interface in the first box, select custom server and enter 'Cameras' as the name
- select 'always' under schedule
- enter the IP address you assigned to the camera box in 'server ip address'
- enter the port assigned to the camera box in external port and internal port and tcp as the protocol. Do the same in the next line with protocol = UDP
- Click Apply.

You will likely need to reboot the router after saving / applying these settings.
Once that's done, you will need to setup dynamic dns to make it easier to access your cameras from the outside world since your router's IP will change with each login. The router you use has a dynamic dns option, though I'm not sure which services it supports. Either pick a free service that it supports or go for another free service and have the updating happen from a PC that's permanently connected to your LAN using software provided by the service.

Once you've done the above, let us know how it goes. If you want to test before you get dynamic dns running, just get your routers external IP by googling "whats my ip address" from any PC. Then connect to the internet elsewhere (smartphone via 3g should be cool) and try accessing your cameras using that IP address and their individual port numbers.

Not sure, but some camera systems have a different port for mobile viewing - you can add this the same way you added the main port above - that allows you to use smartphone software to access the cameras. It may also have another port for browser based viewing - same as above, add the port to your router to use this service.

Shout if you don't come right... and always change default passwords for your camera box (obviously) :)
 
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tp3to said:
Hi

So I have to help install a Dixon RD1604HT IP security system.

My question is.

How hard is the setup to allow connection to from a tablet device or sellphone over remote locations?

Any specific settings required for the wireless router to allow these connections or do you only connect to a certain address from a browser?

Will a pc be necessary for the setup?

Thank you
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http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Dlink/DSL-2750U/

This might help you too if you get stuck. Just pick any of the apps they have listed there, the guides all the same except for the port number you have to forward.

https://www.dlinkddns.com/login/?next=/
You own a DLink router so you can get a free DDNS service from them.
 
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