Newbie needs advice

[GoldenPotato]

hi all, I’m looking to set up a four camera system, I’m building a server rack, I see don’t port forwarding as a secure thing. But there is a problem I don’t understand how to connect to the nvr outside of the network.

 

[catcamstar]

hi all, I’m looking to set up a four camera system, I’m building a server rack, I see don’t port forwarding as a secure thing. But there is a problem I don’t understand how to connect to the nvr outside of the network.

In short: install openVPN server next to your NVR (eg on your LAN), only open that traffic from the internetz to that openVPN server. When you want to view the NVR streams, you open your OpenVPN client on your handheld/mobile/tablet/pc/satelite, you can are "virtually" on your LAN. Installation can be done on your wifi router (eg. Asus), on a "server" (raspberry pi) or on a more robust network component (eg ubiquity edgerouter)

In long: VPN Primer for Noobs

Good luck!
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[SouthernYankee]

My standard welcome to the forum message.

Please read the cliff notes and other items in the wiki. The wiki is in the blue bar at the top of the page.

Read How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!) | IP Cam Talk in the wiki also.

Quick start
1) Use Dahua starlight cameras or Hikvision darkfighter cameras or ICPT Night eye cameras (https://store.ipcamtalk.com/) if you need good low light cameras.
2) use a VPN to access home network (openVPN)
3) Do not use wifi cameras.
4) Do not use cloud storage
5) Do Not use uPNP, P2P, QR, do not open ports,
6) More megapixel is not necessarily better.
7) Avoid chinese hacked cameras (most ebay, amazon, aliexpress cameras(not all, but most))
8) Do not use reolink, ring, nest cameras (they are junk)
9) If possible use a turret camera , bullet collect spiders, dome collect dirt and reflect light (IR)
10) Use only solid copper, AWG 23 or 24 ethernet wire. , no CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)
11) use a test mount to verify the camera mount location. My test rig: rev.2
12) (Looney2ns)If you want to be able to ID faces, don't mount cams higher than 8ft. You want to know who did it, not just what happened.

Cameras to look at
IPC-HDW2231R-ZS
IPC-HDW5231-ZE
IPC-T5442TM-AS
IPCT-HDW5431RE-I
DS-2CD2325FWD-I


Read,study,plan before spending money ..... plan plan plan
Test do not guess