Cctv remote access for hikvision ip camera

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi kejianshi

https://www.highlnk.com/2013/12/configuring-openvpn-on-pfsense/

can i follow this above link to setup or not please advice.

many thanks

rb

[kejianshi]

Follow what doctornotor sent.

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/OpenVPN_Remote_Access_Server

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi kejianshi

cool i will try this tomorrow eve, now its time for bed.

thanks very much

rb

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi guys

openvpn installed thank god and ofcourse your help too. now what i need to do to access my cctv remotely please.

many thanks

rb

[kejianshi]

Install a openvpn client on your computer
run it
connect
browse to the ip address of that camera box on the lan

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

Hi

I am looking to view my cctv on my mobile phone while, I am away from my house out and about on the road. I can view my cctv on my phone while I am using wifi with openvpn. But as soon i turn wifi off its stopes to work

Any idea what I am doing wrong

Many thanks

RB

[kejianshi]

You aren't doing anything wrong!

That sounds exactly perfect.

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi kejianshi

i am still not getting to do what i want at the first place. was that to view my cctv while i am abroad or away from home. i thought by port forwarding i can do that but still no joy. i done port forwarding its still shows not open with this prog http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/).

i also notice in my pfsense setting
STATUS GATEWAYS

WAN DHCP  ONLINE

WAN_ DHCP6    UNDER RTT SETTING (PENDING)  LOSS (PENDING)    STATUS (PENDING)

please advice i am going mad what am i doing wrong to do port forwarding its can't be this hard i have cctv system at work which i can access remotely over my mobile phone. i just want to do the same for my home cctv

please please advice

many thanks

[kejianshi]

Don't use port forwarding.  Use VPN.

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi vpn still not working outside house. only works while i am in the house on wifi

please advice

many thanks

[kejianshi]

Post your vpn settings.

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi

did you also see my previous message about wan_ dhcp6 pending.
also where shell i give you the vpn setting from please

thanks

[kejianshi]

here - post screen shots of all your configs and problems.

[mikeisfly]

VPN would be the most secure way, but why not just use a port forward to solve this guy's issue. Who makes your NVR and what ports are they telling you to use? I set up IP camera systems all the time and this should not really be an issue as long as you have your NVR setup with non-default passwords. Also what I like to do is use non-default ports too which I can show you how. The problem with a VPN is that it adds overhead to your stream which may / or may not affect your video depending on how much bandwidth you have.

[kejianshi]

Because port forwarding services to the wan like IP cam isn't smart…  Its the opposite of smart...
Its begging for bad things to happen, especially depending on what these cameras are pointed at.

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi see first pic


[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

hi my NVR and ip camera make is Hikvision

[rakeshbaden2hotmail.com]

another problem may be causing with my pfsense

please see


[mikeisfly]

@kejianshi:

Because port forwarding services to the wan like IP cam isn't smart…  Its the opposite of smart...
Its begging for bad things to happen, especially depending on what these cameras are pointed at.

I disagree with this but to each his / her own. If it is done right I don't see an issue. Any system can be hacked as we have seen over the past year. If you want a system to be truly safe then keep it in the box. I have installed Hikvision Cams just use the tool from the website to change the username / Password for each camera. Don't expose the cameras to the Internet. Make sure you are not using the default username / password for your users on your NVR. Your NVR is really just a Web Server.

As far as ports that need to be forward you never mentioned the model number but a quick bing search shows that ports 80 and 8000 should be forwarded to your NVR. I personally user Blue Iris for my NVRs.

Again I'm not arguing that VPN is the safest solution, but sometimes I think we have a tendency to over engineer a solution to a really simple problem. A strong password and not using  a default port number is all you really need.

Both solutions will work, just depends on how you want to attack the solution. 8)