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@SouthernYankee interesting! My one worry is: what if the wire gets ruined (it got chewed by mice one time) and I need to replace the wire only. Once you've shrunk it, can you still disconnect the table?

I had my cameras working well and someone came to wash the outside of our house and the water got into the connections and broke the cameras. Bit strange since the rain has never caused an issue. I saw this video: Is there a way to get connection covers like this but for a premade ethernet...

Thanks, everyone for the help, I truly appreciate it! I got it working finally. I did two things: Add push "route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0" To server.conf. Then I noticed the server said "Assigned IP 10.0.8.1" so I connected to 10.0.8.1:81 and it worked! Thanks so much for the help, I...

@OICU2 Ah yeah that makes sense. Hopefully, someone is running like this! @SouthernYankee I tried both with IP and localhost like you suggested and neither works. There is connection information in OpenVPN. So I guess when on VPN it's not seeing Blue Iris at that IP. Since I can access it when...

One other silly question: The server that is running Blue Iris is the same server that is running OpenVPN as the server. Do I also have to run the OpenVPN client on the server? Maybe the server just manages everything but doesn't make the Server a node on the network? I apologize for my...

"Just to verify, when your phone is on the Local Home wifi, it can connect to the BI server?" @SouthernYankee Yup! When Wifi is on I can connect. "Maybe I'm missing something but If you're strictly going to be using the VPN for access to BI, just leave the WAN field blank in the BI app. Since...

@SouthernYankee I created a new user, see screenshots below. Also, it says "VPN" at the top of my screen, I've highlighted it below. This is with OpenVPN. Does just seeing VPN mean it's not fully connected? Is there anything I can do to be sure? If I view the Server logs for OpenVPN it is...

@Bigbore050 Thanks! I realized I was setting WAN in the Server software, not the mobile app, but it's still not working. @SouthernYankee Please find screenshots attached. I appreciate the help! For what it's worth, I did not do the "Remote access Wizard".

@Bigbore050 Did you do that with the IP similar to 192.168..? Interestingly I try to set my WAN to that and I press OK then go back to settings and the value for WAN is back to what it was before. @SouthernYankee That is where I am stuck when I do that I get the errors described above. It says...

I recently set up OpenVPN on my server at home. I am able to connect to it using my iPhone. I was testing connecting to Blue Iris using just the browser. The IP address was 172.31.**.. This didn't work. I changed the interface to 192.168.1.64 and it worked. This was with OpenVPN running and...

Awesome thanks both of you! Just ordered the 2 cameras, working on ordering the rest :) Will do a write up here after.

Tony, What PC are you running your setup on? I've been looking at old refurbished PCs like the ones suggested here: Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris | IP Cam Talk but a lot of them have really mixed reviews. Is Amazon recommended to buy refurbished PCs?

Thank you so much for the help! Working on ordering everything now :)

Thanks for the feedback Tony! I did not know that about the difference between bullet cams and turret style, thanks for letting me know. I think I will start with 2 of the Amcrest ones and then connect more as I get used to the setup. Then I can start exploring more models. Is there any...

Thanks for the feedback, I have to admit there is a lot of content to read there. The barrier to entry is quite high just to get a beginner system going. I've started to make a list of what I think I need: PC: 2016 Dell Optiplex 7010 Business Desktop Computer (Intel Quad Core i5 up to 3.8GHz...

Yes I have a lot to learn :) Yup, that part I got. So you run the 4 wires and connect them to server through a PoE switch, I think. You lost me on not needing to run a cable/monitor. How am I supposed to configure the machine? It needs to connect somewhere. You can't access a server from a...

Thanks for the fast response fenderman I appreciate it. I think that means BI on a server OR NVR. Not both. It seems like there are some posts about Foscam so I can look at their cameras. I think I want 3MP+, best value. Brand doesn't matter much to me. The Dahua cameras seem expensive. It...

Hey everyone! I have read the wiki and read some articles online and was hoping for some direction. I don't entirely understand all of the pieces that I need. I want recording in both the front and back of our house, alerts on motion detection, nighttime recording, high enough quality to see...