Setting up a DVR with billion 7402 router

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Please can someone help, I have a billion 7402 router with 3g Backup installed, and a CCTv DVR connected through the LAN. The network is perfect if i connect to the IP server web page of the DVR. However i want to be able to connect to the DVR remotely via the billion ADSL router. Please can someone help me with settings, apparently i was told that i need to setup port forwarding or something like that.

Edit: I have managed to get the router to send me a mail alert everytime the IP address is changed, this works perfectly but i cannot seem to connect to my router from the internet.
 
Do you have a static ip? or is it a normal ADSL account?
 
I have a normal uncapped ADSL account, but i have setup a dynDNS.com account, and the router emails me whenever the IP address changes
 
trinityEon said:
I have a normal uncapped ADSL account, but i have setup a dynDNS.com account, and the router emails me whenever the IP address changes
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what ports do you use to connect to the dvr when you are on the internal network?
IE, how do you connect to it?

Port forwarding is ur solution here. You need to setup your router to forward ports to ur dvr device/server/???
 
Thank you tau1z for helping me out, I connect to it via Internet explorer through the DVR web interface loacated at the DVR's Static IP on port 80. I would type in the address bar http://192.168.1.5:80, this is the IP address i set up in the DVR network settings.

Any idea how do i set up port forwarding on a Billion 7402nx router? i notice the router web interfaces are quite similar to other models.
 
trinityEon said:
Thank you tau1z for helping me out, I connect to it via Internet explorer through the DVR web interface loacated at the DVR's Static IP on port 80. I would type in the address bar http://192.168.1.5:80, this is the IP address i set up in the DVR network settings.

Any idea how do i set up port forwarding on a Billion 7402nx router? i notice the router web interfaces are quite similar to other models.
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had a quick browse through the manual, looks like its under configurations, port forwarding, virtual server...
ur protocol would be tcp, external port u can use almost anything u like, (IE the port u use to connect to your router...eg 1255 redirect port would be 80
internal ip address would be ur 192.168.1.5

u should be done...make sure if the router has a firewall enabled that it will accept this connection
 
Hi TrinityEon
All that is required is to setup a port forwarding rule to allow traffic to and from the port that your DVR is using. You will first need to check what port your DVR uses. Once you know what port is required to be open, you can setup the rule in your router’s web interface.
Open your router’s web interface and navigate to "Advanced" “Configuration”, then “Virtual Server”, then click on “Port Forwarding”,
Time Schedule: When the rule will come into effect. (These can be predefined from the Time Schedule option on the Configuration sub-menu)
Application: Can be user-defined or you could select an application on the drop-down menu just right of this text field
Protocol: Select TCP/UDP, but this is where you would select the network protocol.
External port: The port coming in from outside, if your only forwarding a single port your “from” and “to” value can be the same.
Redirect port: The internal port number, commonly this is the same as the external port.
Internal IP Address: The Network device’s IP address on your local network to which the port will be forwarded to.

When defining the “Internal IP Address” it is advised to setup a static IP on the PC and use that IP so that the rule can’t be affected by the DHCP function on the router.
 
Thanx BILLION.aire, you are a star, I will give it a try this evening,

would i still have to worry about ddns and virtual server on the router? also would you recommend i use the firewall feature built into the router, if so then how would this be done?
 
Yes you can setup dyndns on your router. If you dont use the dyndns u will have to use a public IP address which changes all the time so it is advised to use a dyndns because it updates automatically.To setup the dynamic DNS service on your router, log into the router's web interface. Once logged into the router's web interface, firstly click on "Advanced" and then "Configuration", "Advanced" then click on "Dynamic DNS", you should now have the dynamic DNS setup page on-screen.
Everything on this page is relatively self-explanatory, but there are a few things to keep in mind, firstly, the username and password referred to there is your DynDNS.com logon details and secondly, set the 'Period' to 24 hours, as this is the average public IP least time for ISPs in South-Africa.
 
THANK YOU so much BILLION.aire, i tried your settings and they work perfectly, when i try setting up the firewall though i find it blocks all my internet connections, can this be enabled for security?
 
I need assistance in setting up a standalone DVR to be viewed remotely

I have a DVR that i have set the following address on: 192.168.1.105 and the web port is 80.
I created a DynDns Account using that same IP address to which they say i need an external IP.

How and where would i find that external IP.

On my router what do i need to do to get this to work. I have a Billion 7401VGP/MW1 router.

Can someone please help me I am sitting with this issue for 3 weeks now. :( :cry:
 
The external I.P is your ADSL's wan address or the I.p address that connects you to the internet
 
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When creating a dyndns host there should be an option to detect your I.p address or just access the routers interface and navigate to internet status section. There you should normally find the external I.p address. Or just go to whatismyip.com
 
To set up your CCTV system remotely we first need to establish what DVR you have, brand and model, different DVR's tend to use different ports for remote viewing,
 
Hi thanks for the reply, the DVR I have just says H.264 Embedded.I did set the IP on it, I did find the external IP from the router and edited the dyndns account with it. What else do I need to do?
 
RGS001 said:
Hi thanks for the reply, the DVR I have just says H.264 Embedded.I did set the IP on it, I did find the external IP from the router and edited the dyndns account with it. What else do I need to do?
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ok once you have set your dvr's i.p and located the HTTP Port for the DVR (found under the dvr's network settings) ussually Port 80
I found that some SP's tend to block port 80 specially if you want to remote view via a mobile device, so to that you may want to change the Http port, try anything above 81 should work, Lets use PORT 85
Now you need to create the port forwarding rule on the router, this will command your router to forward any incoming connections on that port to the designated internal LAN I.P address ( the dvr's I.P address)
For Billion Router's (I may be mistaken) check under advanced configuration for VIRTUAL SERVER, then PORT FOrWARDING.
Here youu will create a custom service and the rule.
Call custom service - H.264 or anything
select the protocol, TCP/UDP or Both
External port FROM - 85 TO -85
Redirect port From - 85 TO - 85
Internal I.P Address - this will be the dvr's I.P address

Now save the settings and you should be almost there.

You mentioned you have created a DYNDNS account and host?
if so then put the settings on the router, look under advanced configuration for DYNDNS this will be the host name, account username and password for service select DYNDNS custom
this is to enable the router to automatically UPDATE your DYNDNS acc everytime Telkom changes your WAN I.P address.

once you have done and save all these settings,you will now have access to your cctv system from any reasonable PC from anywhere in the world with a decent internet connection.

Just remember, once you change the port on your dvr and set the rule in the router to access you need to type in the full address including colons (:) and the Port, for example
http://yourhostname.dyndns.org:85
by typing the above into your web browsers address bar, you should now have access to your system through the internet,

Hope This helps...
 
Hi RGS001,
Have a read through the replies at the top of this thread. Billion.aire has detailed how to set it up to do it with port forwarding.

Regards

Tim
 
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