I have a question about the correct way to setup home nvr to internet through router

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I have a question about the correct way to setup home nvr to internet through router. I want to access my nvr remotely through internet on my laptop and phone. My nvr is connected to my router and all cameras are working and I am able to access the nvr from my pc and access my router from my pc. My router is set up with a static ip from my isp. My LAN is functioning and I can access cameras independently and or through NVR setup on LAN through Internet Explorer. My idea was to use a DDNS service and I subscribed to a DDNS provider and set up a domain name. This is the current set-up. I got stuck here.
What am I doing wrong or right? When I attempted to set up my router and nvr to use the ddns domain name I got stuck and had several times I even ended up not being able to access the router after saving the changes. I tried everything to access the router and ended up having to rest to default. I am using a Zyxel router and a Anran nvr.
 

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Not sure why you're dealing with DDNS if you indeed have "a static IP from my isp", as you said (assuming your talking about a static AND public WAN IP).

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^ This. If you have a static IP, then you don't need a DynamicDNS (DDNS) service.

The DDNS is just pointing a name (your_host_name.ddns.net) to an IP which is subject to change. The router/host tells DDNS its IP address when it changes or on some other periodic basis. The DDNS service points your_host_name.ddns.net to that IP. You reference your host using the name (not IP address) and DNS servers around the net resolve the name to your IP address.

As above, with a static IP you can cut all of that out and just reference your router/host by its IP address directly.
 

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Not sure why you're dealing with DDNS if you indeed have "a static IP from my isp", as you said (assuming your talking about a static AND public WAN IP).

P.S. - Welcome to IPCT! :wave:
Not sure why you're dealing with DDNS if you indeed have "a static IP from my isp", as you said (assuming your talking about a static AND public WAN IP).

P.S. - Welcome to IPCT! :wave:
Hi and thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for the input also . It was just enough to set me on the correct path to get to access my nvr remotely albeit without the ddns service. I wasted my time and money on that. Maybe I'll keep experimenting but probably not as I ran into headaches with attempting the ddns. I am glad I asked for advice because I would have been more frustrated if I did not. Thanks again. dave
 

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^ This. If you have a static IP, then you don't need a DynamicDNS (DDNS) service.

The DDNS is just pointing a name (your_host_name.ddns.net) to an IP which is subject to change. The router/host tells DDNS its IP address when it changes or on some other periodic basis. The DDNS service points your_host_name.ddns.net to that IP. You reference your host using the name (not IP address) and DNS servers around the net resolve the name to your IP address.

As above, with a static IP you can cut all of that out and just reference your router/host by its IP address directly.
Hi and thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for the input also . It was just enough to set me on the correct path to get to access my nvr remotely albeit without the ddns service. I wasted my time and money on that. Maybe I'll keep experimenting but probably not as I ran into headaches with attempting the ddns. I am glad I asked for advice because I would have been more frustrated if I did not. Thanks again. dave
 
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