Friday, June 24, 2011

CCTV Remote Viewing: DVR NETWORK CONFIGURATION

Having a CCTV surveillance camera today is a must for every offices, home and other businesses infrastructure..but being able to view them through any various PDA phones like Android phones, BlackBerry phones, iPhone, iPod, iPad, Windows Mobile phones and laptops is what we need in this very fast pace world.

Now if you already had a CCTV installed in your area, then thats great! But the first thing you really need to consider is that your DVR( Digital Video Recorder) should or must be Internet capable or at least should have a LAN Port.Through that port youll be able to connect to the router or modem which will make your DVR accessible to your gadgets.

Second, you have to configure your dvrs' network setup.

DVR Network Configuration:

Using a modem:
Adjust the DHCP mode Setup to whatever your ISP provider provided you. for example,
  • if you are using DHCP or automatically obtained ip address. select DHCP.
  • if you are using STATIC IP, just assign your intenal ip address for the dvr and assign the gateway and primary address from your modem.( you can skip creating account at dyndns.com)
 
Use menu on DVR to assign internal IP and gateway and port number.You have to take note of the port number you have entered coz it will be used on Port Forwarding.

Using a router:

Look for Gateway. If the Gateway is 192.168.1.1, then you can make the DVR's IP anything from 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.255

Input the ip address to DMZ(demilitarized zone) or port forwarding.

So we have now an installed cameras, an Internet Capable DVR, and a router or modem. Now where in for Creating an account at www.dyndns.com.



Next: Creating dyndns account and Hostname.