Need Help Seeing off site

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Hello to all. I am new to this, but here it goes. I just installed a DVR
unit on site at one of my schools (since the IT person just walked off the
job). I assigned a static IP address to the unit and when i pull up a
browser at the school (via the wireless connection, I can see the cameras. I
would to be able to see the camera when I am off site at home, to avoid
traveling the 1 hr it takes me to get here when the alarm goes off. Can
anyone help me with this
 
TAGLLC said:
Hello to all. I am new to this, but here it goes. I just installed a DVR
unit on site at one of my schools (since the IT person just walked off the
job). I assigned a static IP address to the unit and when i pull up a
browser at the school (via the wireless connection, I can see the cameras. I
would to be able to see the camera when I am off site at home, to avoid
traveling the 1 hr it takes me to get here when the alarm goes off. Can
anyone help me with this
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I presume the network has a firewall - you can usually set up a "port
forwarding" rule which will route a specific connection type (eg 80 for
ordinary web traffic) to a specific IP address on the LAN. You may want
to see if you can get the DVR to use a different port, perhaps -
especially if you're running a webserver on the network. Some firewalls
allow you to restrict the WAN-side addresses which are routed through.

The Netgear FVS114 can do all this (and is cheap as chips, although ours
crashes occasionally). Look up the manual at Netgear.com and read all
about it.

Phil, London
 
Philip said:
I presume the network has a firewall - you can usually set up a "port
forwarding" rule which will route a specific connection type (eg 80 for
ordinary web traffic) to a specific IP address on the LAN. You may want
to see if you can get the DVR to use a different port, perhaps -
especially if you're running a webserver on the network. Some firewalls
allow you to restrict the WAN-side addresses which are routed through.

The Netgear FVS114 can do all this (and is cheap as chips, although ours
crashes occasionally). Look up the manual at Netgear.com and read all
about it.

Phil, London
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It occurs to me to point out you'd need a static IP address at home to
be able to limit incoming connections to your own.

PH
 
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