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      rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
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      hi vpn still not working outside house. only works while i am in the house on wifi

      please advice

      many thanks

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        kejianshi
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        Post your vpn settings.

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          rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
          last edited by

          hi

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

          thanks

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

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              mikeisfly
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              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.

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                kejianshi
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                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.

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                  rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
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                  hi see first pic

                  ![Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 22.12.45.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 22.12.45.png)
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                    rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
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                    hi my NVR and ip camera make is Hikvision

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                      rakeshbaden2hotmail.com
                      last edited by

                      another problem may be causing with my pfsense

                      please see

                      ![Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 22.25.25.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 22.25.25.png)
                      ![Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 22.25.25.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screen Shot 2015-02-05 at 22.25.25.png_thumb)

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                        mikeisfly
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                        @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)

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