I'm really really sorry if I'm asking stupid questions but how to see my lan IP adress range? My router is close to the camera.
It's working now! Thanks! But I need to get back on my original ip on my pc because I don't have internet. If I do that the camera stop working.
go to the camera website under the network tab and change the camera's ip to match your router's ip range or select dhcp if you dont know.
Big thanks again! Now I can open the camera and I have internet at the same time. The problem now is I want to open the camera from different IP address. But it doesn't work.
What if I'm using Smart PSS? I saw it's an app for windows.
Then I will definitely need to do something because I need to see the camera from different networks. Could you explain me the 2 options you listed up there? The secure & Insecure ways. Thanks again for the help guys! You are amazing people.Nope....that only works if on same network...unless you OpenVPN back in.
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Insecure way is to go into the router and Port Forward the ports on the camera so that you can see them from anywhere, but it opens your entire network up to hacking (but that has already been done by virtue of allowing the cameras access to the internet with P2P and UPnP.
The more secure way is to OpenVPN back into your network.
How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!)
Many camera networks are unsecure, even those installed by professionals. This guide gives basic instruction in how to secure a camera network from the most common types of attacks. Perhaps the most important rule of securing a computer network is to not forward ports to unsecure services...
Thanks for the info. I think I will use the first option because the cam is just outside my house and I don't think someone will have interest to try to hack it. I saw the port on my camera via an app called IPConfig. I hope the port is correct. Now I need to open the router IP address and then?Insecure way is to go into the router and Port Forward the ports on the camera so that you can see them from anywhere, but it opens your entire network up to hacking (but that has already been done by virtue of allowing the cameras access to the internet with P2P and UPnP.
The more secure way is to OpenVPN back into your network.
How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!)
Many camera networks are unsecure, even those installed by professionals. This guide gives basic instruction in how to secure a camera network from the most common types of attacks. Perhaps the most important rule of securing a computer network is to not forward ports to unsecure services...
There are bots on the internet searching for open ports on random networks. It takes a little more work, but I would not open ports. You will get hacked eventually.
I understand. What do you suggest me? I'm new to this and I'm open for suggestions. I just need to do something soon because I need to access the camera from different network.
Zerotier is free and easy to set up. I've been using for a little while now and it's been flawless.
Thanks. Maybe I will use this but I want to make it possible to access the camera on different networks by just typing the IP in the browser.
Yes, zerotier will allow you to do this. Think of it like a private network switch that covers the whole planet. It sets up a virtual network interface card on each of your computers and you get a private ip address in the same range of the other devices, which basically puts all of your machines on the same private network which is hosted by zerotier.
Sounds good. So now I have at least 3 option. The first one is Zerotier, the second is to port forward ( not secured ) and the third is to use VPN or what? I will be glad if there's a way to access the camera with just typing the IP in the browser like I'm doing when I'm on the same network. Maybe it's in the camera settings? Not sure.
