Dahua NVR Purchased

[Blue65]

I have most of my cameras installed, and they are all wired to a POE switch in the garage. Now I have my Dahua NVR. I went through the wiki, and although it gets into setting up the VLAN and isolating the cameras somewhat I have not found a step my step or instructions on how to set the Dahua NVR up.

I already have a Ubiquiti Edge Router and an open port. So I do know from a previous poster I am suppose to install the NVR directly into the router, but aside from that I am in need of some help here. Can any of you point me in the right direction? Thanks so much.

Oh and Andy has been great!

 

[catcamstar]

Hi @Blue65 !
First things first: immediately close any open port (forward) you made!
This being said: there are tons of tutorials on "OpenVPN installation Edgerouter". I have applied already a couple of Ubiquity blueprints with VLANS, VPN, firewalls - not all environments are the same, but in brief, here is a possible project plan:

1. Define the physical network layout: which wire goes where (eg IPC's directly into POE switch or into POE ports on NVR) - start from your internet access (being cable modem, A/VDSL modem, Axion router or whatever comes out of your wall UTP-wise.
   
2. Define the logical network layout:
   1. Are you going to use VLANs (till the edgerouter - which requires managed switches alongst the lines) or are you going to work through subnets (and let the Edgerouter route (read: firewall) between the different subnets)
   2. In case of VLAN: define the number of vlans you require (I suggest at least 3: "vlan 10": internet-IN, "vlan 20": IPC network, "vlan 30": intranet), but in my own setup, I opened up for "IOT","NAS","domotics" etc)
   3. In case of Subnets: define those (eg 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x). Just one tech pitfall: if you are going to VPN outwards (eg to your office): do NOT take that network addressee in your own LAN. That's a recipe for (routing) disaster.
3. Do use the OOTB wizards (eg SOHO has vlans) so you now know which ports are available for the NVR/IPC network, which are for WAN and for the other networks.
   
4. Install OpenVPN on the Edgerouter (it is pre-installed with the latest firmware, you only need to setup the certificates)
5. Create the OpenVPN client profile (.ovpn) and deploy it on your mobile

As many people wrote: Ubiquity is not for the "network consumer", if these 5 steps are chinese for you, I'd suggest you start reading tons of forums, or you might end up with a honeypot system.

Hope this gives you a headstart!
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[fenderman]

I think he means an open port on the router to plug the nvr into..