Hi all,
Got my Dahua PoE NVR and 3 cameras set up over the weekend. I am using an Asus RT-AC68U router and have it preventing my nvr from accessing the internet. When the nvr is not blocked, I get push notifications (trip wire) to iDMSS Plus on my iphone. When nvr is blocked, as expected, I get no notifications.
I've read in many old threads on this site that setting up the router firewall to allow the nvr to have outbound access on ports 2195/2196 will allow push notifications to work. I'll be damned if I can figure out how to do this - assuming it is even possible on my router.
Is anyone doing this with an Asus router? If so, can you please provide a relatively detailed description of how you have things configured?
If you are doing this on a non-Asus router, I still appreciate and specific guidance you can provide.
At first I was thinking to use a black list rule to block all outbound nvr access and then a white list rule to allow the nvr access to ports 2195/2196 and specify an outbound ip of 17.0.0.0/8 (Apple's subnet). But the router will only let you set up black list rules OR white list rules. Not both.
This said, the router let's me block the internet access to the nvr without using a black list rule - so I did this and then tried using a white list rule to allow the notifications. Did not work. Not sure if the approach (using a white list) is wrong or if I just set up the white list incorrectly or if the fact that the nvr has internet access blocked outside of the firewall settings means that the firewall white list will not work.
At any rate, I am at a loss and am starting to wonder if there would really be much risk if I just allowed the nvr to have internet access. Probably not ideal, but given the cameras are on their own subnet, maybe not the end of the world either?
Thanks for any guidance.
Got my Dahua PoE NVR and 3 cameras set up over the weekend. I am using an Asus RT-AC68U router and have it preventing my nvr from accessing the internet. When the nvr is not blocked, I get push notifications (trip wire) to iDMSS Plus on my iphone. When nvr is blocked, as expected, I get no notifications.
I've read in many old threads on this site that setting up the router firewall to allow the nvr to have outbound access on ports 2195/2196 will allow push notifications to work. I'll be damned if I can figure out how to do this - assuming it is even possible on my router.
Is anyone doing this with an Asus router? If so, can you please provide a relatively detailed description of how you have things configured?
If you are doing this on a non-Asus router, I still appreciate and specific guidance you can provide.
At first I was thinking to use a black list rule to block all outbound nvr access and then a white list rule to allow the nvr access to ports 2195/2196 and specify an outbound ip of 17.0.0.0/8 (Apple's subnet). But the router will only let you set up black list rules OR white list rules. Not both.
This said, the router let's me block the internet access to the nvr without using a black list rule - so I did this and then tried using a white list rule to allow the notifications. Did not work. Not sure if the approach (using a white list) is wrong or if I just set up the white list incorrectly or if the fact that the nvr has internet access blocked outside of the firewall settings means that the firewall white list will not work.
At any rate, I am at a loss and am starting to wonder if there would really be much risk if I just allowed the nvr to have internet access. Probably not ideal, but given the cameras are on their own subnet, maybe not the end of the world either?
Thanks for any guidance.