Need help with two camera setup

[Phirenze]

I previously had one camera and I had it working fine. Although configured wrong in my router I was ok with it because it worked and I could see it from the outside world. I somehow had it set up so that my external IP address went to that one camera.

Today I added a second camera and I am clearly lost on how to configure it. The above setup obviously wasn't going to work. I've wrestled with it all day. Frustrated I'm going to ask for some help now. This is probably very simple, I just haven't done it before. Here's what I've done...

IP cam 1: Fixed IP 192.168.1.201

IP cam 2: Fixed IP 192.168.1.202

Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite Configuration:

Right now I can access the cameras internally. But as soon as I disconnect from the home network everything fails. I'm using No-IP.com for DDNS and if I enter my hostname from an external machine it hits my network landing at the router login page. So that part is working it seems.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Dreamboat]

You could use the following setup:

IP cam 1: 80,554,9001
IP cam 2: 82,1024,9002

Then make the corresponding forwardings in the router.

 

[Phirenze]

Thanks @Dreamboat. So I need a separate HTTP & RTSP for each camera?

 

[Dreamboat]

Yes, for sure.

 

[Phirenze]

Having much trouble. When I set the devices and ports to the above suggestion, as well as port forwarding (as well as I know how to - which probably is incorrect), the second camera goes offline via the browser. I can only access it via the iVMS app and reset to default settings. And never has any of it been accessible from an external machine.

This is how it is set up when it fails:

IP cam 1: Fixed IP 192.168.1.201

IP cam 2: Fixed IP 192.168.1.202

Router:

That is all I have in the router. I must be missing some things? Or doing it wrong? I'm super frustrated at this point.

 

[fenderman]

To use ivms4500 mobile all you need to do is forward the media/server port, nothing else. It is more secure then forwarding your other ports.

You have it set incorrectly in your router...you must set the "forward to port" to match the match sever port set on the cameras..not 80/82 as you have entered.

 

[Dreamboat]

Your router setup is totally wrong. Should look like this:

Original port Fw to address Fw to port
80 192.168.1.201 80
554 192.168.1.201 554
9001 192.168.1.201 9001
82 192.168.1.202 82
1024 192.168.1.202 1024
9002 192.168.1.202 9002

Make sure you have set strong password for both devices.

 

[Phirenze]

That did it!! Thank you so much Dreamboat. And from looking at that config I better understand what we are trying to accomplish. It makes sense now. And BTW - I got that idea to forward one port to a different port from a friend who does home automation stuff. I'm gonna have to smack him the next time I see him. :livid:

 

[fenderman]

That did it!! Thank you so much Dreamboat. And from looking at that config I better understand what we are trying to accomplish. It makes sense now. And BTW - I got that idea to forward one port to a different port from a friend who does home automation stuff. I'm gonna have to smack him the next time I see him. :livid:

To clarify, you can certainly have a different external port than internal...but your issue was that you were going to the wrong internal port..infact some hikvision cameras for whatever reason have problems when changing the camera ports so using a different external port is the solution...not that you should not port forward ports 80 and 554 if you are using the hikvsion app..just the media/server port...its more secure this way.