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n3wb
Does ZeroTier require much overhead when running and not using in the background? I know that if you use Teamviewer set to autoconnect you have a lot of overhead.
Zero Tier remote access to Blue Iris
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Cooltiger
Getting the hang of it
Cajoling Technologies has a new channel dedicated to Learning Blue Iris.
Pogo
Getting the hang of it
There's a link to his original Zero Tier tutorial in his newer "Is Someone in My House?" remote access video.
Craig In Montana
n3wb
Maybe I am confused but I don't think I need to mess with the BI server. I just want to setup a new camera in BI and have it pull from cameras that are remote and on a Starlink LAN.
Craig
Craig In Montana
n3wb
Thank you Pogo but I have watched this one also. I just want to setup a new camera in BI and have it pull from cameras that are remote and on a Starlink LAN.
Craig
Broachoski
Getting comfortable
Someone more knowledgeable than myself may chime in but I am thinking that the bandwidth required to stream 2 cameras full time may be a challenge.
Starlink is not enforcing its proposed 1 TB/mo limit yet but may happen in future.
Starlink is not enforcing its proposed 1 TB/mo limit yet but may happen in future.
Tailscale is another option. I use pfsense firewall which has a tailscale option. I use it to easily setup site 2 site vpn. Setting it up on the firewall allows me full access to all devices on that network. Zerotier does not allow this from what I gather.
I have it setup at my parents. It allows me to go into their network easily but I have it setup so they cant go on to mine. Being incorporated into my firewall directly allows me to do this from any device on my home network without installing additional software on each computer.
I use zerotier and tailscale but I much prefer tailscale. Its pretty rock solid.
I have it setup at my parents. It allows me to go into their network easily but I have it setup so they cant go on to mine. Being incorporated into my firewall directly allows me to do this from any device on my home network without installing additional software on each computer.
I use zerotier and tailscale but I much prefer tailscale. Its pretty rock solid.
DroMike
Getting the hang of it
Mast3r0fN0n3
Getting the hang of it
I tried the vpn and zerotier methods of which neither would connect to Blue iris away from home, you really don't need a video per say with tailscale. If you can get the connection over wifi at home, tailscale is just a matter of downloading and connecting per their instructions. IE connecting 2 nodes, sharing 2 nodes. It is very simple. The only difference of in the house and on the road is turning it on, on my phone, then opening BI.
What is the issue you are having? Did you check windows firewall and see if PUBLIC is enabled?
Mast3r0fN0n3
Getting the hang of it
If you are set up to receive notifications while away you are already on your way to a connection.
Mast3r0fN0n3
Getting the hang of it
I did everything under the sun and would only get a connection sometimes, and then maybe, maybe not the videos would load. worked on the vpn for a month, zerotier for 3 weeks, tailscale was immediate. Have a new phone now so don't know if that would have made a difference, but it aint broke so I won't fix it lol.
Make sure your using the zerotier address assigned to your blueiris pc and not the computer lan ip address . I once had them change on me for some reason.
Also make sure your settings under "Web Server" that you dont have bind exclusively checked.
Mast3r0fN0n3
Getting the hang of it
I appreciate your willingness to help. I think there is a bit of confusion here. I'm no longer trying to use zerotier, finished with that over a year ago. Totally aware of all the trouble shooting of ip addresses, web server, etc. It simply would not work at that time. With tailscale working so easily I see no reason to go back to a different method. My router supports open vpn but I simply couldn't get things to work consistently. Tried everything I could find everywhere on both methods, a lot of reading and videos. Again, appreciate your help but I'm not having any problems with tailscale so I see no reason to try to change it. Just have to open the app to use it.
Aww got ya! Tailscale is the best. I just hate it sometimes asking me to relogin when I use the app on my macbook.
Broachoski
Getting comfortable
One video with quite a bit of usefull info about TAILSCALE can be seen at One thing that I learned from his video was that from your login console, you can disable the login expiration which defaults to expire within a few months after instalation. Tailscale also allows easy file transfers directly from your Windows File Explorer.
I use both Tailscale and Zerotier with BI with no problems. The only hassle is when using an Iphone, you have to switch between the 2 VPN's
duotronic
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I've had zerotier working for a week.
Two items I ran into:
The zerotier app slider on my android kept turning to the left and turning itself off. This stopped on its own.
Testing over cell network, I had to click the zt app settings and enable "use mobile data".
The bi Web server tab, the blue iris server set as the Local, internal (LAN) access ip. Can be set to either the original bi IP or the zt IP if "Bind exclusively is unchecked.".
Two items I ran into:
The zerotier app slider on my android kept turning to the left and turning itself off. This stopped on its own.
Testing over cell network, I had to click the zt app settings and enable "use mobile data".
The bi Web server tab, the blue iris server set as the Local, internal (LAN) access ip. Can be set to either the original bi IP or the zt IP if "Bind exclusively is unchecked.".
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AndrewNorCal
Getting the hang of it
In case in helps anyone, this is important troubleshooting info for anyone running BI as a service and using ZeroTier:
discuss.zerotier.com
Setting to BI run as a service can kill remote access through ZeroTier. Setting BI to run with a "Delayed Start" lets ZeroTier get all operational before BI starts grabbing and setting IP addresses.
I'm still troubleshooting with remote access on my iPhone . . . I just got it working again. (It was working a week ago.) I'm not sure what I did to fix it yet!
Andrew
Accessing Blue Iris when running as a Service?
I was able to quickly and easily install ZeroTier on a dedicated Windows 11 PC running Blue Iris and after installing the ZeroTier application on an iPhone 13, was able to view the cams on the Blue Iris system flawlessly both on and off the LAN. The problem is that the PC apparently restarted...
discuss.zerotier.com
Setting to BI run as a service can kill remote access through ZeroTier. Setting BI to run with a "Delayed Start" lets ZeroTier get all operational before BI starts grabbing and setting IP addresses.
I'm still troubleshooting with remote access on my iPhone . . . I just got it working again. (It was working a week ago.) I'm not sure what I did to fix it yet!
Andrew
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