I'm a newbie, setting up my first NVR for home use. I'd really appreciate someone with more knowledge helping me figure out the following issue:
VIEWING ON THE LAN WORKS: I've set up a 4 camera Hikvision 7608 NVR. I have the NVR assigned a static ip address on my local LAN and I can successfully access the NVR as long as I'm on the LAN. I can log in as admin and Live View all four cameras while on my local LAN, both on my iPad using the NIKVISION app and my Macbook Pro using Safari. I did have to download a plugin for Safari to get the MB Pro to work, but things seem to work fine as long as I'm on my home LAN.
NOW TO PORT FORWARDING - VIEWING FROM A REMOTE SITE: After several attempts, I think I have my Xfinity router set to forward ports 8000 & 80 to the NVR local static ip address. Additionally, I signed up for a DDNS hostname with dyndns.org and it appears I can at least access the NVR from off site. Using either the iPad App set to the hostname or my MB Pro running Safari, I am immediately connected to the HIKVISION login page on the DVR. I can login and access all of the menus just as I can on my home LAN. However, when I try to LIVE VIEW, the iPad hour glasses for a few seconds and stops. When on my MB Pro w Safari, I can see all of the cameras listed, but I cannot get Live View to happen.
I'd appreciate any insights you might have.
Dave
VIEWING ON THE LAN WORKS: I've set up a 4 camera Hikvision 7608 NVR. I have the NVR assigned a static ip address on my local LAN and I can successfully access the NVR as long as I'm on the LAN. I can log in as admin and Live View all four cameras while on my local LAN, both on my iPad using the NIKVISION app and my Macbook Pro using Safari. I did have to download a plugin for Safari to get the MB Pro to work, but things seem to work fine as long as I'm on my home LAN.
NOW TO PORT FORWARDING - VIEWING FROM A REMOTE SITE: After several attempts, I think I have my Xfinity router set to forward ports 8000 & 80 to the NVR local static ip address. Additionally, I signed up for a DDNS hostname with dyndns.org and it appears I can at least access the NVR from off site. Using either the iPad App set to the hostname or my MB Pro running Safari, I am immediately connected to the HIKVISION login page on the DVR. I can login and access all of the menus just as I can on my home LAN. However, when I try to LIVE VIEW, the iPad hour glasses for a few seconds and stops. When on my MB Pro w Safari, I can see all of the cameras listed, but I cannot get Live View to happen.
I'd appreciate any insights you might have.
Dave
