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    Blue Iris 5 or 4

    @fenderman: Thanks for your reply. Since you seem to be fairly well up with the info I thought it judicious to ask your opinion. "Agonising" is perhaps a tad overzealous adjective in the light of my enquiry. Cost of course is always relative to the gain which can be made, and differs with ones...
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    Blue Iris 5 or 4

    Hi, can you tell me the advantages you feel make it worth upgrading and any disadvantages?
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    Blue Iris 5 or 4

    I have 3 cams running on 4, is it worth upgrading to 5
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    Error: 8000274c ( Timeout Check IP address and port) 0

    It was the cable and or connectors in the end. Stripped out the old, in with the new. All working now. Thanks for the help :)
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    Error: 8000274c ( Timeout Check IP address and port) 0

    Yes, just tried the config tool, it sees the other two cams but not the one in question. Nothing from pinging, will try the latter, thanks.
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    Error: 8000274c ( Timeout Check IP address and port) 0

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    Error: 8000274c ( Timeout Check IP address and port) 0

    Yes this camera has been good for 3 years along with the other two I have. Couple of days ago the signal went early in the morning according to the log. It was round about the time there was a W10 update but I dont think thats significant cos the other teo are working fine
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    Error: 8000274c ( Timeout Check IP address and port) 0

    Just to add I have been inside blue iris and tried to find the cam by find/inspect, no luck. Also it doesnt show on my router ( as you'd guess)
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    Error: 8000274c ( Timeout Check IP address and port) 0

    Hi Everyone. Im getting the above message with one of my 3 cams (IPC-HDW5231R-Z ). At night the camera's IR is working so there is a connection and being powered. I've checked the switch by alternating the connections of my other cams, ie plugging in a working cam into the socket where the...
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    HDW5231R-Z IR ISSUE

    Ok, found out the issue at daylight. There was a cobweb which had captured a leaf which was blowing about in the wind causing the flickering. Thanks for your responses
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    HDW5231R-Z IR ISSUE

    Hi Ive got an issue with the IR on above camera. Its flickering and makes the camera view very hazy. Has anyone else had similar problems ?
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    Hi folks

    Okay, thanks. I had in fact setup the open vpn on an asus router but had variuos problems with the router unrelated I think to the vpn so sent it back. Once I set up an open vpn will this protect my network when using other comps/tablets to connect to the internet as well as providing a...
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    Hi folks

    I have another question and apologise in advance if its stupid. If I connect remotely to my cameras using a mobile data connection do all the security problems highlighted in the previous post by fenderman still apply
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    gDMSS lite

    Hi folks Been running this dahau app on my galaxy s7 phone successfully for some time. For some reason its stopped working, get 'login timeout' or 'failed to connect' messages I have a galaxy s4 phone which continues to connect ok I have uninstalled app and re-installed it, reset phone to...
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    Remote Access Test

    I upgraded the firmware on my router and lost the WiFi. Others apparently had similar probs with the answer being it will be fixed with next firmware upgrade but no time scale given. I returned my router and have replaced with a netgear r7000 which has vpn. Have configured that and vpn works...
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    Remote Access Test

    @fenderman: upnp is disabled on router and cams, I have openvpn configured on router and setup on android phone. I have accessed cams through a mobile data connection via openvpn using gDMSS lite. I tried to use the android blue iris app without success so came back to the blue iris desktop...
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    Remote Access Test

    Hi I am failing the remote access test on the last page with the message 'The operation has timed out' Can anyone put me right ?
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    Remote Acces Test

    Hi I am failing the remote access test on the last page with the message 'The operation has timed out' Can anyone put me right ?
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    Asus RT-AC68 router OpenVPN setup

    Anyone struggling with OpenVPN setup; Ive found a great guide which cracked it for me just here: Randy : OpenVPN on a Asus router Apologies in advance if this link has already been posted or this is deemed the wrong forum
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    Cables needed for WD Purple Drive?

    Hi I'm in a similar situation having purchased a HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF - Core i5 4570 3.2 GHz and a WD 4tb Purple on the way I dont think theres a space problem with fitting the drive, just need some advice with cable and how to connect the drive. Also the comp is refurbished with win10 pro...
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    Hi folks

    Ok fenderman, thanks for your reply
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    Hi folks

    Hello fenerman and mat Thanks for holding my hand on this one. Can I just run through my sketchy understanding of the position I have read through the vpn for noobs but still fail to understand sufficiently why I am insecure/secure adopting certain paths. My situation is that I do not...
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    Hi folks

    I will get my head around this. Thanks for your reply
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    Hi folks

    If I buy an asus vpn router and plug it in to my resident router ( Netgear wndr3700v4) can I setup the asus router via its vpn client with a subscription vpn pia[ already have paid for sub] will this then work without any other configuring of either the new router [asus] or the resident Netgear...
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    Hi folks

    Have looked at that thread. I know it said that this way of connecting wasnt secure but I cannot remeber it giving a technical explanation as to why. I'll look again Thanks
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    Hi folks

    No, Im not actually doing it. Just wanted someone to explain why connecting that way would not be secure.
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    Hi folks

    No vpn at home, just on android phone
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    Hi folks

    Hi folks Can someone explain why connecting to home cams remotely through an android phone via a vpn connection on phone is not secure Thanks
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    Dense persons guide to the Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z

    I connected my first cam successfully with the dahau software on 192.168.1.108 Trying to connect my second cam methinks its the same ip so I will change the ip of the first cam to something differant (192.168.1.9) in the screen settings for the first cam. Now I then turned off the first cam and...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Thanks for that confirmation.
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