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Thanks for your input, Shalem2014. At least I understand the basis of the problem. The previous camera guys who charged me $200 or more per visit made it seem as if it was very complicated. It took them about 5 minutes each time but they claimed "travel time". The other day I asked them if...

Hi, I just wanted to "pay it forward" by describing how this problem was fixed (for future newbies who run across this). When my internet went down at work Spectrum had me reboot the system. What I didn't realize at the time was that when they did this, they moved my modem out of "bridge...

I would take this deal. Please contact me.

Sorry. Did not mean to be rude. I am not here to learn how to do it. My question was if it was more troublesome to maintain. If i need to be calling in help 6 times a year then I would rather not have cameras.

So, not to be argumentative, but all of those surveillance systems that I see in restaurants, shops etc are they all using VPN type solutions to keep themselves safe from hacking? Most of those guys look like they're purchased a system from Costco and are using port forwarding. Also, seems...

When people refer to "risk" regarding security cameras and port forwarding, is the risk that people can see what's on your cameras? Or is the risk that somehow you're giving them access to your entire computer system? Because if the risk is seeing my camera feed (empty hallways), then I don't...

I have a VPN express subscription and I have it on all my computers. Can this be used in my configuration?

It's the re-configuring of the router that confuses me. I set up a port forwarding and selected port 8000. The reason why I used that port is because when I am in the office I can see the cameras on my desktop IVMS. I went to the settings and noted that it was port 8000. In my android I also...

Hi all, I am using a hikvision 3MP camera system which are connected to an NVR. No PoE or injectors as far as I know. The cameras are listed as "HT-TVI (2MP) Eyeball camera w/fixed lens and 24 IR LED. TVI, 1/2.8"MP sensor, 3.6mm fixed, True Day and Night (ICR), DNR, UTC, dual output (HD-TVI...

Apparently there are some people on this site that think that we have nothing better to do than spend hours of our time learning our camera systems. I am unwilling to spend even one hour doing it. I have hired professional companies that took money and then weren't available for basic...

Honestly, I'm finding your comments to be unhelpful. I am not in your business; therefore, I don't know these arcane terms you are using. I did what everybody else does in situations such as these ie: Yelp, Angie's list etc. I was not saving money and, in fact, it was quite expensive. Every...

Of course, I will hire a professional I did the first time also. The problem is that professionals will install the system and are then nowhere to be found afterwards. Throughout the years I ran into problems with my system and had a very hard time troubleshooting problems that came up. My...

I have an IP cam hikvision security system at work which is NVR based. I am now thinking of hooking up another office and also my home with security camera systems. The problem is that I've hated the IP cam experience. I use IVMS to access the cameras from my android and home computer. The...

The cameras are hikvision 3MP and are connected to an NVR. I don't know about PoE or injectors (I'm a consumer not a professional). However, after failing to find the solution on this forum I hired some local IT and camera people to solve the problem. After spending about $300 on the issue...

I am now running ivms 4200 client v2.8.2.2. Initially I was running a newer version (v3.0 I think) but I uninstalled it and tried this earlier version instead. Neither one worked for me. My PC at home is win 7 professional sp1.

Lot's of concerns about security on this thread! Even though that's not what I'm asking. I have NO concerns about security. There's nothing to steal or hack into in my systems. We keep no credit cards, records of monies, banking or anything else of any importance on our system. If anyone...

Trying to set up my cameras on ivms 4200 and running into the following problem. I can see my cameras on the "Maintenance and Management" tab. In fact, when I click on the edit icon I can even see a thumbnail of my camera. The first image is that of the tab, and the second is of the camera...

I am not opposed to VPN or any other security measures. There must be millions of cameras in the U.S who are operating like mine and are "exposed" and I have not heard of any security crisis regarding this issue. However, as I said before it's probably a good idea and I'm not opposed to it. I...

I have 4 IP cameras at my office and I can access them easily on my office computer and even on my smart phone when I am at the office (using the office Wifi). However, I cannot access the cameras when I am not at the office (using ivms). I know that this must be some kind of router setting or...

Not sure what you mean direct http access via browser. I am trying to use ivms on my samsung phone to look at my cameras. I have setup the ivms on the phone properly but it is unable to see the external cameras. If port 80 is being blocked, is it possible to use another port? With regard to...

Could you clarify why it was improper? I went to the linksys section on "Single port forwarding". I set the external port at 80 and the internal port at 8000. Under "Protocol" I put "Both". I then put in the device IP# as the internal IP address (this was what my network assigns to the NVR)...

I am quite frustrated by my inability to access my office cameras when I am out of the office ie: on my smartphone. When I am in the office I am able to bring up the cameras on either IVMS or on a browser. In fact, if I am in the office I can put my phone on wifi and can bring up the cameras...

I think I solved the problem. I went into the router settings and noticed that the IP address range was incorrect. It was set to 50 users with range of 192.168.100 to 192.168.1.149. However, my internal IP address is 192.168.1.158. So what I did is that I increased the "Maximum number of...

I thought my problems were solved but apparently not. For about one day I was able to see the cameras externally but now I can't. I can see them internally without any problems. At this point my IT guy has come and gone, so I will need to figure it out by myself. I went back to SADP and I am...

To be fair: I had linksys tech support on the phone (level 2) for 90 minutes and they couldn't solve the problem. I also tried Spectrum tech support and they didn't have a clue. I then had this camera installation guy who I mentioned in my previous post. After that I had my own IT guy come to...

Thank you so much for the SADP advice. It solved the problem immediately. I had a camera installation guy at my office who did not know to do this and was just about to install an entirely new DVR. I ran SADP and immediately realized that for some reason the IP address of the DVR had been...

The way I see it is that I could pay someone for a few hours of troubleshooting to deal with this issue, or I could let him install his NVR in place of the current one. It's probably one half dozen to six of the other. He was very upfront in telling me that sometimes problems such as these are...

OK, here's how it's playing out. I accepted the fact that Spectrum does not allow their routers to port forward. I purchased another router, Linksys AC1750 for $130 and then paid Linksys another $20 for "tech support". After putting the Spectrum router into bridge mode I attached the Linksys...

If you really want to be jealous; I was asked by the ISP if I want to participate in a pilot program for "fiber". Apparently they are laying down fiberoptic cable or something similar and bringing speeds up to 1gig/sec ! Since my needs are modest I declined this since 100 MB/s is already...

Thanks for your help with this. I did read the VPN primer and other information and I'm investigating this route. My take is that for the most rapid access possible it is somewhat more complicated than port forwarding. My bandwidth at the office is 100MB/sec so it's pretty fast. I have read...