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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I use lastpass. I paid for the family version for my wife and kids too, and then we can share passwords if we need to. I have it installed on a macbook, laptop, iphone and android phone, so a fair amount of backup lol Randy
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Oh sorry, I missed that part of your problem. I don't use the iphone app, just the browser. That is strange that the app acts differently for cell vpn. Maybe there are some connection settings in the app you can play with?
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    What carrier do you guys have? I have an iphone 8 on att. I actually have to turn off wifi because wifi is through work, and my work must be doing some filtering to stop the vpn connection, so wifi won't work for me. But if I turn off wifi, cell works fine to make the openvpn connection. I...
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    The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

    Its pretty scary that they were able to add those tiny chips to servers. Also scary to think where else they could be right now.
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Take a look at my instructions NetGear R7800 - OpenVPN Sounds like you need the smart_phone.ovpn file, which you have to download from the router.
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    IP Camera Security

    With dual nics, you put all the cams on one nic with their own ip address range, which is a different from the other nic which is connected to your main router. So cams have no access to the internet. I do the same thing with a managed poe switch, all cams are on vlans and can only talk to my...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    My router is behind my modem, so a standard configuration. But people run openvpn on pi's, by opening a port from the router to the pi. If you have a combined router/modem, and then a router behind that through an open port running openvpn, I think its a similar situation. I'm pretty sure if...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    You might have to use a ddns service like noip. I just switched to a netgear router, and their ddns is through noip, working fine so far. Randy
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Think the part number has a typo, doesn't show up in a google search, but there are ones that are close to it. If its a combined modem/router, you may need to port forward it. I have separate modem and router, so didn't have to deal with a combined unit.
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    Another Network and VPN Issue - Question

    I setup a new netgear router a couple weeks ago, openvpn seemed pretty straightforward: NetGear R7800 - OpenVPN
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    Asus ac86 -open vpn, internet but no network.

    I've read recently carriers are moving to IPv6, and that its can cause problems with vpn maybe. You using openvpn connect app? Did you go try different settings there? What do the router and iphone openvpn logs say?
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    Can I use any PC / Monitor Power Cord for NVR?

    I'm sure any US IEC power cord would work fine.
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Installed a Netgear R7800 router over the weekend. My boss was having connection and wifi calling problems with her iphone. So openVPN instructions for a netgear router here OpenVPN on Netgear R7800 Its pretty simple, easier than Asus, but that's because it doesn't offer all the options. But it...
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    Easiest Way to Secure Camera System

    If the router ending address is 25x (default may be 254, you can't use 255), then you would need to change it lower. You can't go above 254. I'm not sure about disabling internet access to the PC, my BI PC has internet access, but I have antivirus sw on it too, just to make sure nothing bad...
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    Easiest Way to Secure Camera System

    I meant to come back and add to go outside of your DHCP pool, but didnt :/ select the LAN tab on the left, then DHCP Server Tab There is a place to input the starting and ending DHCP address range. I set mine to at something like 192.168.1.2 start 192.168.1.220 end Then, put the cameras...
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    Easiest Way to Secure Camera System

    Up to you, but I gave my cameras a new IP, and group them together, ie use something like 192.168.1.200 to 210 for my cameras so they all have similar addresses.
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    Easiest Way to Secure Camera System

    With the asus router, select the LAN tab on the left, then DHCP Server Tab on that's on the of the LAN window. Make sure Enable Manual Assignment is on, then you can add clients to fixed IP addresses, make sure to click apply on the bottom to save the changes. You may need to reboot the camera...
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    Tell us about your home automation!

    I'm running the hassio version of mqtt, not a standalone mosquito, and I'm not using ssl. Plus I haven't tried to send mqqt to bi yet, I've only received mqtt from bi at this point. I did see somewhere the BI is picky about the format of the mqtt messages to it, but that's about all I can tell...
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    NVR vs dedicated PC

    1. Monitors are pretty cheap these days. Not sure if you can setup without one. 2. Its worth it to get a PC that uses less watts, but you need to make sure it has enough horsepower for the number of cameras you will have. PC is on 24/7, so electricity cost is a factor, and may be cheaper in...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I see a notice to update OpenVPN connect from 1.2.9 to 3.0.0 Just based on the version numbers, must be a significant update. Even though its working for you, I think I'll wait a little bit before I push the update button. It's been working well for me for a while on my iphone.
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    Tell us about your home automation!

    I've transitioned from Domoticz to Home Assistant. Home Assistant has a larger user base and more active development, so it has more and newer devices supported. It takes a while sometimes for new devices to be supported in Domoticz. HA also has a more active forum. Took me a couple weeks...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    From home in my network.
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I've been playing with new Home Automation software lately, and stumbled on this thread yesterday Home Assistant security concern Its relevant to this thread because some HA users were hacked because they had open (forwarded) ports so they could access HA when away from home. Its a long...
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    A new z-wave controller hub

    I'm going to use it for xiaomi zigbee stuff so I don't have to go through the xiaomi cloud. It also gives me more options which is a good thing. BTW, last weekend I started trying Home Assistant. For now, I'm still using Domoticz, but I plan to migrate over as soon as I get HA operational for...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I've owned my modem for a long time. And you don't have to buy the newest/faster/most expensive one. You just need one that's faster than the rates you get with your plan. I have a Arris modem, its been reliable and works well.
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    FWIW, I tried out an android app call RouterCheck last night. It found I had an open port, the FTP port. I guess either Asus, or me (without realizing) opened the port when I connected a HDD to the router to use as a NAS, and enabled the FTP function. So Routercheck found the open port, I...
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    Network Security Questions

    Google Remote (I assume you mean Chrome Remote Desktop) needs both computers to be on the same network, from what I read. So you need to use OpenVPN if you want to use Chrome Remote if you're not at home.
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    A new z-wave controller hub

    On a somewhat related subject, I've been following this thread Zigbee2MQTT - Domoticz A project that uses some fairly cheap aliexpress gadgets, and then lets domoticz interface with zigbee devices. Plan to order the pieces in the near future, and give it a try. Randy
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    That really had nothing to do with VPN. It will depend on what NVR you are using. I use Blue Iris running on a PC, and view streams on a browser. I suggest you get your cameras setup and working before worrying anymore about VPN. You can't look at anything anyway, so not much point at this time.
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    dzvents in domoticz

    I wrote some simple dzvents scripts a while ago. I can take a look when I get home and see if I notice anything You might need more parenthesis in your if statement, maybe like this if ( (door.state == 'Open') and (domoticz.security('Armed Home') or domoticz.security('Armed Away')) ) then I'm...
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