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  1. bugsysiegals

    Multicast Enabled - Latency Issues?

    Thanks Fenderman, I appreciate your wisdom ... just trying to keep things running best as possible since the kids typically have 80Mb/sec in traffic with their Xbox gaming.
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    Multicast Enabled - Latency Issues?

    I discovered why the iOS app was connecting so slow ... turns out my Cisco PoE switch is not a Gigabit switch and when I went from having it and the BI PC plugged into the router to adding a second NIC in the PC and only the PC connected to the router, I no longer had Gigabit connectivity...
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    Multicast Enabled - Latency Issues?

    I've noticed my Blue Iris iPhone app has been very slow to connect recently. I only have 4 cameras connected at the moment all of which have multicast enabled (default). With regards to multicast, since they all have the same default multicast IP addresses, will this cause network latency or...
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    Blue Iris Push Notification - Firewall Port?

    Thanks, I'll give that a try!
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    Blue Iris Push Notification - Firewall Port?

    After reviewing my router logs I found my Blue Iris PC, former gaming PC, was connecting on port 8888 all over the world ... no idea what this is from as I thought I'd used Windows firewall to block everything. Needless to say, I blocked the BI PC from all outbound traffic besides through VPN...
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    BI PC w/2 NIC’s and Auto DHCP ... At Risk??

    FWIW - I connected my laptop to the camera PoE switch and while I could access the cameras, I couldn’t access anything on the internet so I presume that even though the NICs both have gateways assigned, the traffic does not talk to each other.
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    BI PC w/2 NIC’s and Auto DHCP ... At Risk??

    I was running my cameras through a dedicated PoE switch which connects to one of my router ports which is on its own VLAN/Bridge. I’d created firewall rules to only allow traffic on that bridge to communicate to openvpn, gmail, and NTP server and as far as I know from watching accepted packets...
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    DS-2CD2442FWD-IC Cube - Factory Reset Bricked?

    FYI - I tried that subnet mask and had no luck. I'm familiar with 169 being "bad" addresses but thought I'd be able to login as long as I was on the same subnet ... it worked on the other camera. Following your thoughts around DHCP, I plugged it into the router rather than the switch and the...
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    DS-2CD2442FWD-IC Cube - Factory Reset Bricked?

    While I can see the devices even though they’re on a completely different subnet, I am unable to make any changes to the camera. They say inactive and want me to activate first but when I put a password it tells me error 2015 others or something similar. I was using a mask of 255.255.255.0...
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    DS-2CD2442FWD-IC Cube - Factory Reset Bricked?

    I just received this camera new and wanted to ensure everything was default so I clicked the reset button within the software. I believe it popped up a window saying it was rebooting which never went away. I watched the camera lights change colors, come back to Blue, and lens close/shut. I...
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    2 networks on 1 computer

    I was planning to connect all my cameras and BI PC to a PoE switch which connects to a port on my router which is on its own VLAN/bridge. In this setup, I’ve had to create a chain for all these Mac/IP’s, deny them from connecting to my WAN except for OpenVPN, allow NTP connection,and smtp for...
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    Cyber Monday - Lorex worth it?

    A friend is looking to buy the following kit but I don't know enough about hardware to know whether these are better spec-wise or better for the money/value ... anybody? Here's the camera's he's looking at ... 4K Ultra HD IP NVR System, 4 Outdoor 4K (8MP) IP Bullet and 4 4K Audio Dome Cameras...
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    Dahua 5831 Connecting to Amazon??

    I have the camera on it's own subnet but haven't reserved the MAC/IP on the router ... wasn't sure if it mattered. Just to be safe, I ended up blocking all addresses on the subnet in case the camera had a trojan and attempted to change it's IP to something else on the subnet. I believe I...
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    Dahua 5831 Connecting to Amazon??

    Thanks, I have the cameras and BI computer on their own VLAN; however, since my firewall loses it's rules on reboot, I have a script to re-apply them. Unfortunately one line wasn't completing on it's own, I was running it manually, and forgot to run it after a reboot. :facepalm: I'll have to...
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    Dahua 5831 Connecting to Amazon??

    FYI - my router startup script wasn't working properly and the camera was opened to the internet a few times for about 15 minutes each. It wouldn't be anything exciting for anybody to see but I hope this doesn't compromise the camera in the future? I'm also seeing the camera trying to connect...
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    Dahua 5831 Connecting to Amazon??

    I've noticed my Dahua IPC-HDW5831R-ZE is continuously attempting to connect to 184.169.249.245 (Amazon AWS?) on ports 8810-8815. I'm not aware of any settings I have for it to be doing this. Should this be happening? Is the camera trying to "phone home" and log my feed in the cloud? Ex...
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    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    6 is covering a fence gate which could be covered by the back garage door cam 5 but also covers my neighbors driveway, street, and cam 8 on the front of garage. With some recent vehicle break ins I figure it could be helpful in case they hit my neighbor since they could come back for me another...
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    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Do you agree with cameras 7 and 8 location/position? Camera 1 can see the front door but would not pick up faces if they approach from the East or with their head turned. I would also not have much visibility to camera 1 if somebody decided to vandalize it so I'd prefer not to eliminate that on...
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    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    I've included an satellite image of my home with neighborhood below. I plan to install Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE's and have added Red arrows for the cameras I propose to install this year and Purple arrows for the cameras I'll install next year. Are there any changes or things you would do...
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    Pre-event recording to SD card

    Geez, I should've waited. Does Amazon do a 30 day price adjustment? Thanks for sharing Ernesto ... I need a few more.
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    Recommendation for Bedroom Camera

    Wow that’s surprisingly cheap and I do have Alexa! I ordered two DS-2CD2442FWD-IW OEM cameras versus international version so I could get the US plug just in case I use it away from home and don’t have PoE. The seller claimed it would have the same features and be firmware upgradeable. We’ll...
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    Are alerts possible without NVR or BI?

    Fenderman, I truly appreciate your knowledge and quick responses but if you feel irritated from responding to many times, please consider taking a few more seconds to elaborate your answers. Remember, I'm not even close to your level of knowledge here so a quick response that makes perfect...
  23. bugsysiegals

    Are alerts possible without NVR or BI?

    Ok, now we're getting somewhere ... so the IVS alerts from the camera will likely have to many false alerts versus BI thus the need for BI?
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    Are alerts possible without NVR or BI?

    :) It didn't say in the cliff notes that either NVR or VMS is required and it was my understanding after reading the Dahua wiki that the camera can do all I need on it's own. I must have misunderstood the wiki, are you saying the camera records on it's own but cannot trigger the alerts without...
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    Are alerts possible without NVR or BI?

    Are you speaking from your need for BI or in general, I’d still need it in my situation even though I only need motion alerts during specific times?
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    Are alerts possible without NVR or BI?

    I just reviewed some of the website below and it seems the camera has the ability to set various schedules, send alerts, etc., but I assume the alerts will not work when we firewall them from the internet, is that correct? I'd really like to understand what BI provides that I would need...
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    Pre-event recording to SD card

    The price is right and seems to be a good card so I'll be picking up more and of course testing them in case I need to return any.
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    Pre-event recording to SD card

    Should I buy more of these while they're on sale? Will these last without being "high endurance" cards?
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    Pre-event recording to SD card

    seems faster than the specs say it should be?
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    Pre-event recording to SD card

    Warning: Only 122079 of 122080 MByte tested. Test finished without errors. You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again. Writing speed: 66.2 MByte/s Reading speed: 80.4 MByte/s H2testw v1.4
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