- Dec 20, 2016
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Up until this week, I really never studied the Connections tab in BI Status. this week got Connections from: Shadowserver.org as well as 185.242.226.40 security.criminalip.com. Well, last night I saw 2 IP addresses, looked them up and they were both in China. IP WHOIS Lookup - Lookup IP WHOIS Information - WhatIsMyIP.com® This week members here have been urging me to get on a VPN and to end port forwarding. Thank you for that.
Here is my setup:
1) ASUS GT AX6000 router which has OpenVPN built in. I've never setup a VPN so Im trying to work thru that. (enclosing screen shots of what I have so far..no idea if its actually on and not sure how to test that). I didn't go into the advanced tab at all. I put a Port number that was between 1024 and 65000. Client will use VPN access for both Internet and Local Network (both), and hit Apply All Settings. I guess it turned on?! Again, never used a VPN before and no idea what I am doing or the implications on remote access with BI
2) 14 Cameras are mostly Amcrest. I have phased out all the Foscam except 3. I also have 2 of the $500 Dahua PTZs. The BI5 server is an using an internal SSD and external 2 Terabyte WD drive. Using ASIX USB to Gigabit Ethernet Family Adapter to the Asus AX6000. Internal network is 192.168.50.xx addresses. I manually assigned IPV4 DNS servers for the server.
3) On each camera I turned off UPNP. (Some of the cameras didn't have an option for UPNP but others did). On the AX6000 I also turned off UPNP.
4) I am using Verizons 5G Home internet (White Square box) in passthru mode. Because they change their WAN IP frequently I setup a DDNS- DynDNS Pro account (Screenshot attached)
5) Do I need to change any settings inside the BI5 app itself. Like under Blue Iris Settings, Web Server tab? (Screen shot attached)
6) In the Blue Iris Android App (Screenshot attached), I am unsure what I change or need to add to get remote access once I turn off Port Forwarding?
Another issue:
I'm also getting a red "Drive Issue. See details" popping up under Database when I first open BI5 which may or may not be related. I dont know how to view the actual "Drive Issue". I look in the logs and I see nothing regarding the drives in there, just Motion alerts. I look under the Storage tab (Drives and Devices) and everything is in Green or Blue, no Red
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Here is my setup:
1) ASUS GT AX6000 router which has OpenVPN built in. I've never setup a VPN so Im trying to work thru that. (enclosing screen shots of what I have so far..no idea if its actually on and not sure how to test that). I didn't go into the advanced tab at all. I put a Port number that was between 1024 and 65000. Client will use VPN access for both Internet and Local Network (both), and hit Apply All Settings. I guess it turned on?! Again, never used a VPN before and no idea what I am doing or the implications on remote access with BI
2) 14 Cameras are mostly Amcrest. I have phased out all the Foscam except 3. I also have 2 of the $500 Dahua PTZs. The BI5 server is an using an internal SSD and external 2 Terabyte WD drive. Using ASIX USB to Gigabit Ethernet Family Adapter to the Asus AX6000. Internal network is 192.168.50.xx addresses. I manually assigned IPV4 DNS servers for the server.
3) On each camera I turned off UPNP. (Some of the cameras didn't have an option for UPNP but others did). On the AX6000 I also turned off UPNP.
4) I am using Verizons 5G Home internet (White Square box) in passthru mode. Because they change their WAN IP frequently I setup a DDNS- DynDNS Pro account (Screenshot attached)
5) Do I need to change any settings inside the BI5 app itself. Like under Blue Iris Settings, Web Server tab? (Screen shot attached)
6) In the Blue Iris Android App (Screenshot attached), I am unsure what I change or need to add to get remote access once I turn off Port Forwarding?
Another issue:
I'm also getting a red "Drive Issue. See details" popping up under Database when I first open BI5 which may or may not be related. I dont know how to view the actual "Drive Issue". I look in the logs and I see nothing regarding the drives in there, just Motion alerts. I look under the Storage tab (Drives and Devices) and everything is in Green or Blue, no Red
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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