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Hello.
Don't know what change but I can not view my cameras with openVPN from outside my local network.
1. OpenVPN server runs on my router RT-AC3100
2.Android phones with OpenVPN Connect as client
3.gDMSS Lite as viewing software.
Recently updated firmware on Dahua NVR and Asus router and now I can not see the feeds from cameras.
OpenVPN connects to router with no issues but no camera feed.
Anybody have an idea what to check?
 
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Confirm that the IP address of the NVR has not changed
 
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Ip address still the same.
gDMSS can see NVR or individual cameras when adding in device manager but can not get the feed.
Tried forwarding a port to one of the cameras and used tinyCam Pro to connect without openVPN and that worked
but with openVPN either gDMSS or tinyCam will not show feed.
 
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can you ping items on your local net (ie a camera) when outside the wifi range over ovpn (there are android apps for this)? I assume you tried to view the camera directly over ovpn as well as looking at the resource on the NVR and they both fail?
 
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Yes viewing a camera either through NVR or directly failed.
I can ping local camera address when connected with openVPN
Ping statistics:
3 transmited, 2 received 33% packet loss
Total execution time 6972 ms
 
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If the ping statistics are a 33% packet lost and a ping time of 6.9 seconds. There may be something wrong with the network.

A 32 byte ping packet should have a round trip on less than 100 ms on a good external network. And less than 1 ms on a local network.

Have you tried to connect to the VPN from a remote hardwired connection ?
 
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That will have to wait till tomorrow.
My internet connection at home is very poor: SpeedTest:
ping ms 15
DOWNLOAD Mbps 2.74
UPLOAD Mbps 0.6
 
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But I can see the feed with forwarded port.
 
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May be the few extra bytes tor the encryption are pushing you over the top. 0.6 upload is very slow for watching video.
This more then likely is a network performance problem.

Set up a second second stream from the camera , with a much lower resolution frame rate (≤ 5) bit rate (≤ 1000) rate type VBR, iftame 20. See if that improves the issue.
 
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My Sub Stream 1 is 352*288 res, 5 FPS and 160 Max Bit Rate and still no go.
Looks like VPN just not transferring any data and TinyCam Pro without VPN (just forwarded port) works.
 
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Ok. I redid profiles for openvpn and now it works. Go figure.
I think I did it like 10 times today and now it decided to work.
Thanks
 
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Damn, spoke too soon. Forgot I had WiFi enabled on the phone.
Back to not working.
 
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Hi.
Loaded Merlin firmware on asus router and now it works.
Something in stock asus firmware must had been messed up.
 
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