"The asus router is used to VPN back into your home network. " and "The ASUS router is what you would use to host the VPN. "
Ah yes...I forgot that aspect (I told ya, I'm ignernt on networking...lol).
So what ASUS routers come with the VPN aspect? All of em? What models are suggested? I came close to ordering an ASUS router a few months back when the brand new DLINK (taht I had before I swapped it for the brillcam) was constantly crapping the bed and was assuming it was the comcast router.... But the brillcam was so stable, and since comcast gave me one of their brand new routers, I never bothered.
One other issue is that COMCAST SUCKS EGGS...they love to blame the homewowner's equipment for issues....thats why I rent their modem/router...so they cant blame my gear.....adding the asus router/modem into the mix would have them blaming my stuff.....UGH!
I suppose I could first set up the DUAL nic FIRST without the ASUS to make things more secure and then once the dual NIC works, work on the ASUS/VPN for the remote access aspect?
Once the VPN is setup "correctly" and I can access the home network form "anywhere", I would still be able to web interface with the cameras right ?? Seems that Brillcam offers more settings via their web interface than the PC app....
COMCAST does supposedly have some setup for VPNs through their routers.........I swear I saw that somewhere on the config site for the modem/router....
On a related note -- I did an inventory of the particular PC I am using....it is one I built for my son almost 10 years ago -- DONT LAUGH!! This started out as a "lets see what I can throw together" experiment....
Its an AMD Phenom 2 x6 (6 core) 1045T 2.7 ghz with 8 gb RAM. MSI motherboard. 64 Bit W10 Home...my memory lied about the size of my current hard drive....its actually a 7200 rpm 500 GB drive partitioned into C and D...C is 253 GB, D is 677 GB. Clearly I need more storage, hence my considering the skyhawk/purple drives.
I was getting about 5 days of storage of 24/7 footage for the three cameras using DVIEWCAM....will be curious to see how many days BI will give me.....
For the last few months, aside from the windows issues and the drops I originally talked about, DVIEW cam has actually been doing really well.....recording the three feeds, letting me reveiw etc....not anywhere near as robust and feature-filled as BI.....but I digress....seems like the PC is robust enough to run the 3 cams I have, is my point....and so far looks liek BI works great on it???
Keep in mind that I am not looking to have 1 zillion cameras.....right now, just the 3....probably go to 4 or 5...maybe 6 tops....EVENTUALLY. For now the three would be fine.
Sorry for the machine-gun barrage of all my questions......I really do appreciate the great and helpful comments back.