Hi, I’ve done several IPCtalk searches, Google searches, YouTube searches and read the wiki on network setups with no direct answer for my particular basic-user level questions. (VLans, Virtual Machines, Windows servers, and enterprise-level equipments aren't realistic for my home surveillance system.) I recently purchased a Dahua NVR with a couple starlight cams from Andy. Great guy to work with!
For protection, I am separating my main home network from my local home surveillance network using 2 different/separate wireless routers (programmed to different subnets) while using the same internet modem connection line out. My thought design is simple: plug the home network into port #1 of the internet modem and plug the cam net into port #2 on the same internet modem for future WAN connectivity. To locally view the cam network I simply connect to the corresponding wireless router (SSID: homeNet vs. SSID: camNet). Is this the best practice for keeping these networks isolated or am I missing something?
As for remote viewing I haven’t quite figured out what the best road to take is just yet. My ‘cam router’ does have VPN capabilities built-in but I’ll cross that bridge when I get the local separation/security part nailed down.
Any/all advice is greatly appreciated…
For protection, I am separating my main home network from my local home surveillance network using 2 different/separate wireless routers (programmed to different subnets) while using the same internet modem connection line out. My thought design is simple: plug the home network into port #1 of the internet modem and plug the cam net into port #2 on the same internet modem for future WAN connectivity. To locally view the cam network I simply connect to the corresponding wireless router (SSID: homeNet vs. SSID: camNet). Is this the best practice for keeping these networks isolated or am I missing something?
As for remote viewing I haven’t quite figured out what the best road to take is just yet. My ‘cam router’ does have VPN capabilities built-in but I’ll cross that bridge when I get the local separation/security part nailed down.
Any/all advice is greatly appreciated…