Hi everyone,
This is my first post, so forgive me if I've got something wrong or haven't provided everything required.
I have a HikVision NVR with 6 HikVision cameras connected to the NVR via POE. I have a Linksys WRT1900ACS router running an OpenVPN Server to enable remote connection to my home network.
The VPN connection works perfectly - I'm able to access all manner of devices on my local network via the vpn when away from home.
I can even navigate to the web management portal of my HikVision NVR via VPN (by entering the local IP address of the NVR into my browser).
My iVMS-4500 app works flawlessly when connected to my local Wifi. However, what I can't seem to get working, despite hours of troubleshooting, is for iVMS-4500 to successfully connect over the VPN.
This used to work for me some time back, but stopped working (despite nothing changing) and it seems to me that a possibility could be that HikVision are preventing this kind of connection to drive people to use their Hik-Connect service (which I would like to avoid)? However this doesn't really seem likely since surely the app and/or device wouldn't know that the connection is a VPN?
I'm running the latest firmware versions on the NVR and Cameras and the most up to date iVMS-4500 app.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue and whether they have been successful in resolving.
To pre-empt any discussion about port-forwarding:
Thanks in advance - I look forward to your thoughts/replies.
This is my first post, so forgive me if I've got something wrong or haven't provided everything required.
I have a HikVision NVR with 6 HikVision cameras connected to the NVR via POE. I have a Linksys WRT1900ACS router running an OpenVPN Server to enable remote connection to my home network.
The VPN connection works perfectly - I'm able to access all manner of devices on my local network via the vpn when away from home.
I can even navigate to the web management portal of my HikVision NVR via VPN (by entering the local IP address of the NVR into my browser).
My iVMS-4500 app works flawlessly when connected to my local Wifi. However, what I can't seem to get working, despite hours of troubleshooting, is for iVMS-4500 to successfully connect over the VPN.
This used to work for me some time back, but stopped working (despite nothing changing) and it seems to me that a possibility could be that HikVision are preventing this kind of connection to drive people to use their Hik-Connect service (which I would like to avoid)? However this doesn't really seem likely since surely the app and/or device wouldn't know that the connection is a VPN?
I'm running the latest firmware versions on the NVR and Cameras and the most up to date iVMS-4500 app.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue and whether they have been successful in resolving.
To pre-empt any discussion about port-forwarding:
- I have a DDNS service setup
- I have tried setting up port forwarding with iVMS-4500
- This does work, however I do not want to port forward on my router
- Considering I need to, and can, access multiple devices on my LAN remotely (apart from just the NVR via iVMS-4500) , this isn't an ideal solution for me
Thanks in advance - I look forward to your thoughts/replies.