How to manage settings remotely Dahua IP cameras?

[Moomoo]

I would like to manage the settings of my camera remotely. The cameras have a 10.0.0.x ip address and the NVR has a 192.168.1.108 ip address. I can access the NVR remotely but not the cameras.

It concerns an NVR and IP cameras of the brand Dahua.

 

[wittaj]

Most of us set up a VPN like OpenVPN (it has to be a VPN that puts you back on your IP and not a paid VPN that hides your IP for illegal streaming and porn LOL) and then access it thru the NVR GUI.

You should be able to access the NVR GUI by going to a computer and opening up a browser (preferably Internet Explorer but Pale Moon will work as well) and type in the IP address of the NVR and login that way. Next go into the camera settings page on the NVR and look for the Microsoft e Web Browser and select it and it will go to the camera GUI (photo credit bigredfish from his PSA thread). Your screen may look a little different to get into the camera gui and see if doing it this way gets you access to some other features the NVR is blocking - do not worry about the Port number and circle as that was from another issue someone posted.

Simply select the blue IE icon and it will go to the camera GUI and from there you can set the camera parameters.

 

[bigredfish]

One caveat:
You mentioned “remotely”.

If you’re accessing the NVR from a different physical network, say your business from your house, and using port forwarding to allow access to the NVR (which is a bad idea, (refer to @wittaj ‘s vpn comments above) you’ll find the IE button won’t open the camera GUI, as the NVR sees you as coming from a remote IP.

In order to access the cameras in this example, you must use a VPN which by design assigns you an IP on the same network as the NVR, and then the ie buttons will work as the NVR sees you now as “local”.