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    Changing router - new cable company

    Thanks. Current cable company is Frontier, and the new one is Comcast. That's good news that I can change the gateway address - keeping 192 would save me some hassle. I don't access BI from outside the network.
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    Changing router - new cable company

    I'm changing cable companies, and I'm going to wind up with a new cable router. My current router has a gateway ip address of the 192.168.1.x variety, and I have no idea if the new one will be the same. I'm running BI with 4 Dahua cameras with fixed IP addresses and no VPN. Is there anything...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Mpaws - Thanks - I looked into the bridge mode. It's possible with the NVG589, but it's not terribly straightforward, and I was hoping to do this without messing too much with the cable company device. Randy/Terk - I'd buy my own modem in a heartbeat, but the cable company won't provide one...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Thanks Terk - that explains it. That probably also means that the NTP client I set up on the secondary router won't work either without port forwarding, right? It would be a lot easier to set up the VPN/DDNS on the primary router, but the NVG589 is a lousy cable company router, and it won't...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I have a DDNS question related to VPN. I am in the process of setting up OpenVPN server on a secondary router. it will be a router-behind-a router setup, with the secondary router being only an access point (which it is now) and a VPN server. My primary cable router is an Arris NVG589...
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    Blue Iris bitrate settings / Switch memory high

    Thanks - that's really helpful. Might bump it up then. Looking for 2 weeks of storage ,and with a 3TB hard drive, I should be able to afford some more bitrate.
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    Blue Iris bitrate settings / Switch memory high

    Hi all - Maybe this isn't a problem, but I'm setting up my first camera in Blue Iris (demo version), and I notice that my switch memory usage is at 70% (see screenshot). This seems high since there are only 3 ports being used: one for the camera (Dahua 4231), one for computer, and one for the...
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z recommended BI camera configuration settings?

    Thanks - good news
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z recommended BI camera configuration settings?

    I am having the same problem with my brand new 4231. I've tried what I've read above - using the same ONVIF password as main password and creating a new user. I've also tried creating different passwords. "Find/Inspect" finds the IP address but only recognizes it as generic. EDIT: Also, the...
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    Blocking IP cameras with firewall rules - Arris NVG589

    Thanks for checking, Barboots. I plan on using that sequential order. I will enable rule #6 and leave the rest of the rules alone.
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    Blocking IP cameras with firewall rules - Arris NVG589

    Happy to do it if it helps. Here it is. The first five pages are the firewall screens. The packet filter page is split into two screen shots because of its size. The first five packet rules are not mine; they were preset on the router and don't seem to be enabled. The sixth packet rule is...
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    Blocking IP cameras with firewall rules - Arris NVG589

    Thanks, but I'm trying, if at all possible, to do this with the equipment and network I already have.
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    Blocking IP cameras with firewall rules - Arris NVG589

    Thanks Steve - didn't realize what it was when I read it. Here is the rule I set up: Drop packets that match: IP Version of IPv4 (Greyed out when I added IP range below) Source IP Address of 192.168.1.xx /24 - 192.168.1.xx /24 (The IP range of 4 cameras) Egress Interface of "WAN" Do I need...
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    Blocking IP cameras with firewall rules - Arris NVG589

    Thanks - that was my first thought too. My router does have mac filtering. In this thread, though, fenderman said that mac filtering offered no security benefit: Email notifications not working for 1/3 cams. It makes we wonder if that does any good.
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    Blocking IP cameras with firewall rules - Arris NVG589

    I've just received my Dahua IP cameras, and I'm getting ready to test them. Following the cliff notes, I've temporarily disabled the camera's ability to access the internet by creating a false gateway IP address. The next step is to set firewall rules, but for the life of me, I cannot find...
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    The second router should be in AP mode - it is flashed with DD-WRT. I did try unplugging that router from my main router, but the problem remains. Other things I tried yesterday: -disabling the firewall and antivirus on the computer -updating the drivers for Ethernet port and the wireless...
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    So, is that the reason I can't find the switch? Because the Ethernet port never connects in any way to the router? Is that the source of the problem then or just a symptom? I'm really puzzled. I just bought this computer refurbished specifically for the switch and Blue Iris, and it is a...
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    Thanks - I just tried that with the ethernet port set to dynamic ip, but I still do not see the switch. If I drill down on the ethernet port connection, I see the autoconfig IPv4 address as 169.254.49.123, with IP v4 subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, if that's any help.
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    The PC's ip address is 192.168.1.140.
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    I am having trouble with that, too. The router, which is an Arris NVG589, allows me to assign a static IP address to a device, but I do not see the switch appear on the device list. The PC does appear on the device list, but I'm assuming that's not what I am assigning a static IP. I've...
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    No - I made no changes in the router.
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    GS-1900 switch problem

    I just received my Zyxel GS-1900 switch, and I seemed to have successfully changed its IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.7. More details on the computer below, but it was not connected to my main router by an ethernet cable - it was only connected wirelessly. I followed the steps below...
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    Hard drive/Blue Iris question

    Got it - through disk management then. Thanks! It's like owning a car for twenty years and suddenly realizing you don't know how to turn on the hazard lights.
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    Hard drive/Blue Iris question

    Based on the general recommendations here, I am planning to run Blue Iris on a SSD (along with the OS and clip database) with a WD Purple hard drive for the rest. Slightly embarrassing question, as I've never had a hard drive without an OS on it: If there is no OS on the WD Purple drive, how -...
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    Camera/placement suggestions

    Thanks - that makes sense.
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    Camera/placement suggestions

    My first post after reading for weeks here - thanks for all the great information. I am looking to cover my front door, garage and back door, and I've been playing with the IPVM calculator. My thoughts for each are the following: either the HDW4231EM-AS 6mm or the HDW5231R-Z, though I am open...
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