Remote connection to NVR without static IP

[jarrow]

I've got a location with an NVR without internet connection.
I want to place a 4G/LTE router (Teltonika RUT240) with a SIM card and a data plan of 1 GB (which is within the budget).
Client only wants to view the cams whenever there has been an event, so very rarely.

Now this SIM card doesn't have a static IP, so how could I connect to the NVR? OpenVPN requires an IP, doesn't need to be static but I'm not sure if DDNS is possible with a sim card?

Zerotier could be used, but I've read that it uses a lot of 'idle' data, up to 2 GB per month! I assume this is the same for Dahua P2P, safety/trust issues aside.

Getting a static IP from the provider also isn't an option, because they charge a lot of money for that.

 

[Old-Time-Tech]

Take a look at this Sim Card DDNS RUT 240 it appears that it is possible as long as the sim card gets a public IP and not a private IP. Good luck.

 

[Valiant]

Zerotier could be used, but I've read that it uses a lot of 'idle' data, up to 2 GB per month!

I was going to suggest ZeroTier, but how would you run it on an NVR?. Is there a Windows box on the network ?. I know some amount of outgoing requests to ZeroTier are required, but 2G wow!

DDNS requires some kind of client to update the DDNS server. Most routers have a built in client for the major DDNS providers. Not sure if the Teltonika offers that.

 

[jarrow]

I was going to suggest ZeroTier, but how would you run it on an NVR?. Is there a Windows box on the network ?. I know some amount of outgoing requests to ZeroTier are required, but 2G wow!

DDNS requires some kind of client to update the DDNS server. Most routers have a built in client for the major DDNS providers. Not sure if the Teltonika offers that.

The Teltonika RUT240 has built in ZeroTier capability and also offers about 25 DDNS services.


I did read that since 6 months ZeroTier has a update with ZeroTier Low Bandwidth mode, but I'm not sure if that has been rolled out to the Teltonika routers.

I found a provider which offers 5 GB a month for just a little more, might try that.

 

[Valiant]

The Teltonika RUT240 has built in ZeroTier capability and also offers about 25 DDNS services.
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I did read that since 6 months ZeroTier has a update with ZeroTier Low Bandwidth mode, but I'm not sure if that has been rolled out to the Teltonika routers.

I found a provider which offers 5 GB a month for just a little more, might try that.

Nice features, thanks !

 

[jarrow]

To update: I've been running an NVR4208-8P-4KS2 connected to a RUT241 and P2P uses just under 7 MB a day when idle (so no viewing). So it's not as bad as other people have said.