Set up the most "secure" system possible

[Griswalduk]

When i was setting up my system I "bench tested" it. There was only the nvr, monitor and a wired mouse on the kitchen table. With set up complete I added the cameras 1 at a time and labelled them to their port.

I feel the best thing you could do at this stage is to keep whatever computer you are using far away from it. That is for more advanced usage once the basic system is up and running.

Same goes for the wireless Logitech keyboard / mouse combi you are using at present.

@alastairstevenson i think specialises in hikvision and maybe of help in resetting / recovery.

 

[tigerwillow1]

To be honest, you shouldn't be using ISP provided equipment ever, unless required to. I know a lot of ISPs need their own modem and/or router to work. Luckily many (most) of them will allow you to use your own equipment and simply use their equipment in "bridge" mode if you call and request this. There are some ISPs however that do not offer a "bridge" mode on their equipment, but definitely complain often if this is the case with your ISP. Public opinion can sway a company to change their policies.

I'm in a rural area and use a wireless connection to the ISP. The router is integrated into the antenna/receiver, and the ISP does require using their receiver. They do offer the option to run bridge mode for an extra monthly fee, which I choose to not incur. There are occasionally posts from others whose ISPs won't allow port forwarding, and I'm sensing the frequency of this is increasing. The elephant in the room isn't somebody like me. It's CGNAT, and Starlink in particular with its increasing popularity. Many Starlink users have zero other options, so you can't tell them to pay more or find another ISP so they can open a port. The response looks to be services like remote.it who provide the solution to running a VPN without an open port. I haven't looked at this a lot and could be putting foot in mouth, but this looks like wordsmithing to me and what they're really doing is hosting a P2P connection for the VPN, with the various types of P2P connections like tunneling or relaying provided. Not much different that Teamviewer or Zoom, except that your VPN equipment is what's doing the encryption.

 

[LapZ]

When i was setting up my system I "bench tested" it. There was only the nvr, monitor and a wired mouse on the kitchen table. With set up complete I added the cameras 1 at a time and labelled them to their port.

I feel the best thing you could do at this stage is to keep whatever computer you are using far away from it. That is for more advanced usage once the basic system is up and running.

Same goes for the wireless Logitech keyboard / mouse combi you are using at present.

@alastairstevenson i think specialises in hikvision and maybe of help in resetting / recovery.

I tryed that in the beginning byt my tv couldent detect the nvr at that time. It was old so i was told to do it with my computer. and here we are

 

[LapZ]

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