Hey folks,
Thanks to all the helpful messages on here, i'm 95% online with my new camera setup. Wiring diagram attached, if you're curious, not that it really matters here. Just need to mount them outside and run wire and i'm done. Spent some time diagnosing a bum router, but i'm past that with some new hardware.
I have been able to do the following:
- Generate VPN config via home router and use Android OpenVPN to access my cameras via gDMSS Plus (Dahua Andriod App) from an LTE connection (Woo!!).
- Generate push notifications for IVS line crossing.
- Connect my router to no-ip DDNS service because I don't pay for a static IP.
- I've checked that no ports are forwarded, DPnP is off on my NVR & router, and all security measures I can think of are in place.
My confusion:
1. When phone WIFI is off, LTE on, and VPN tunnel is off, I still get gDMSS push notifications - HOW? This is exactly the functionality I want, but I don't see how information makes it from my NVR (with no internet) to my phone on LTE. Did I screw up and my NVR has internet? Does gDMSS maintain some connection to my home?
2. Will I have to generate a new VPN config from my router once my IP address changes? For my router, VPN config file doesn't seem to incorporate my no-ip DDNS. This seems like a headache waiting to happen as I have to keep re-setting configs every couple days or weeks to access my cameras remotely.
----> Maybe this depends router to router. For example, someone on VPN megathread says Asus routers will generate VPN+DDNS config files. (I'm buying an Asus AC1900 this week). Can anyone confirm?
Thanks to all the helpful messages on here, i'm 95% online with my new camera setup. Wiring diagram attached, if you're curious, not that it really matters here. Just need to mount them outside and run wire and i'm done. Spent some time diagnosing a bum router, but i'm past that with some new hardware.
I have been able to do the following:
- Generate VPN config via home router and use Android OpenVPN to access my cameras via gDMSS Plus (Dahua Andriod App) from an LTE connection (Woo!!).
- Generate push notifications for IVS line crossing.
- Connect my router to no-ip DDNS service because I don't pay for a static IP.
- I've checked that no ports are forwarded, DPnP is off on my NVR & router, and all security measures I can think of are in place.
My confusion:
1. When phone WIFI is off, LTE on, and VPN tunnel is off, I still get gDMSS push notifications - HOW? This is exactly the functionality I want, but I don't see how information makes it from my NVR (with no internet) to my phone on LTE. Did I screw up and my NVR has internet? Does gDMSS maintain some connection to my home?
2. Will I have to generate a new VPN config from my router once my IP address changes? For my router, VPN config file doesn't seem to incorporate my no-ip DDNS. This seems like a headache waiting to happen as I have to keep re-setting configs every couple days or weeks to access my cameras remotely.
----> Maybe this depends router to router. For example, someone on VPN megathread says Asus routers will generate VPN+DDNS config files. (I'm buying an Asus AC1900 this week). Can anyone confirm?
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