Hi, thanks for reading my post. From my home i run x2 ANPR cams without any nvr or dvr and view them on my browser locally so my 2cam setup is as simple as that. It all works satisfactory on 3 setups either using HIK Connect (on phone) or the iVMS-4200 software or as mentioned just using my browser locally. I have a family member who lives elsewhere who wants to access my cam streams using either their browser (or the iVMS 4200) on their pc and am a bit confused about what might be a simple way of doing this.
I can only imagine 2 ways how I might go about this, I've listed them below if anyone can give me a steer please?
1/ My remoted family member would prefer using a browser to connect so i assume i would need a fixed ip address/ port forwarding and maybe also a VPN to help with those things and to keep me secure if i've understood how this correctly.
I imagine they would then access my cams in their browser with my WAN IP Address/the local address and then a port number, maybe somethting like this for example: https://80.253.625.**/192.168.1.**:800 ?
2/ This second way using the VMS-4200 HIK software I like the sound of but am not sure exactly how that works. I was thinking if the remote user had iVMS-4200 prog on their PC could they simply enter the serial numbers of my cams and connect to my cams as simply as that and by pass all the ip/port/vpn stuff? I read that was possible so was looking for any feedback from someone that might use the VMS software and give me a steer if i'm right or wrong please.
thanks. Sean
I can only imagine 2 ways how I might go about this, I've listed them below if anyone can give me a steer please?
1/ My remoted family member would prefer using a browser to connect so i assume i would need a fixed ip address/ port forwarding and maybe also a VPN to help with those things and to keep me secure if i've understood how this correctly.
I imagine they would then access my cams in their browser with my WAN IP Address/the local address and then a port number, maybe somethting like this for example: https://80.253.625.**/192.168.1.**:800 ?
2/ This second way using the VMS-4200 HIK software I like the sound of but am not sure exactly how that works. I was thinking if the remote user had iVMS-4200 prog on their PC could they simply enter the serial numbers of my cams and connect to my cams as simply as that and by pass all the ip/port/vpn stuff? I read that was possible so was looking for any feedback from someone that might use the VMS software and give me a steer if i'm right or wrong please.
thanks. Sean
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