There was no way to get there. REFUSED.
Dee, nothing "had" to be done
You could connect your pc with the cam in direct (or through POE switch), and avoid the hassle of reconfiguring your complete network. Even more: Dahua Configtool is able to fetch "off-subnet" camera's and inject a proper new IP address in the cameras.What happens when you do "http://192.168.0.1" --> does this give you your ASUS webpage?
This is what you are seeing, correct?
This can't be happening @looney2ns - you can't take screencaps of these spikes! See 2nd post (Changed to openVpn but,)...
On step 5 - what is a good method to import to iPhone/iPad? I used iTunes a few years ago. Is there an easier, secure method, in your opinion?Dee, nothing "had" to be done
And while you are at it, it is a best practice to put a "non standard" (eg. 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x) ip range into your (VPN) router. The day you go to a place with the same range as you have (eg. Hotspot in McDonalds), you will never reach your BI pc when being "twice" on the same subnet. So put something like 192.168.105.x in your ASUS.
As I'm still waiting for your DRAWING (see previous page), I suggest you start with doing a factory reset of your ASUS, configure it in a unique (local) subnet. Then look in the "network map" screen and note down and report that WAN IP address here.
That's step 1.
Step 2: install your android BI app again on your phone
Step 3: make sure BI app works on your phone.
--> if this doesn't work: go back to step 1.
--> if this work: go to step 4:
Step 4: configure VPN server on Asus
Step 5: download .ovpn and import in your phone
Step 6: DISCONNECT FROM YOUR LAN/WIFI and TURN ON 4G
Step 7: connect the OpenVPN client (peaking graphs = OK!)
Step 8: open BI app (like in step 3) and it should work!
--> if this doesn't work: go back to step 1
Hooray!
Do not report back until you reached step 8
Good luck!
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What you prefer what is the most secure way... You can do box, stack, whatever file transfer (but then that cloud provider might see that .ovpn file), or you mail it to yourself by your favorite (ISP) mail provider (whether you trust them because they also see that .ovpn file). If you want to opt for a midst, you can send yourself 200 ovpn files, all bit different and you note down the correct one
Security by obscurity What you prefer what is the most secure way... You can do box, stack, whatever file transfer (but then that cloud provider might see that .ovpn file), or you mail it to yourself by your favorite (ISP) mail provider (whether you trust them because they also see that .ovpn file). If you want to opt for a midst, you can send yourself 200 ovpn files, all bit different and you note down the correct one
Security by obscurity 
. Lol! That made me laugh. But maybe....hmmm
. I know that is the easy route; just doesn’t feel like a secure way to start my secure connection. Maybe I can upload it to my Synology DiskStation, then grab it through the DS File app. I’ll try that next time (helping a friend setup Synology too)
You are over thinking it, sent it via email to your phone, and be done.
I'm not so sure about this. If you send the .ovpn files WITH the certificates inline, without configuring a username/password on each connection, your "mail provider" (fill in: google/yahoo/hotmail/.. ) can get in whenever they want...
