Remote Connection Options

[Woodyz82]

Hi All

What options would people suggest for remote connections as such to my NVR.

Been having a good look around and been through a number of the sticky posts, I believe I have a few options, app wise the Hik Connect or iVMS 4500 and also dial straight into the NVR from phone / web browser. Both are simple to run on my lan network, but away from home I have a few options as I have a fairly decent aftermarket router (ASUS RT-AC87U)

Im in the UK with virgin as my isp who use dynamic ip.

So believe I can use the DDNS option from Hik, I can also use the built in ASUS DDNS on my router, or I could set my router to use static ip.

Aware I need to setup port forwarding which I tested last night successfully, spent a few hours mucking about with things.

Be interested to hear what options people are using and the pros and cons.

I have yet to setup an Hik account which I believe you can also link to your hardware, was just running app as a guest last night.

 

[Phil]

Hik-Connect is most comprehensive, secure, and straight forward to setup.

 

[Woodyz82]

Thanks Phil,

Would you recommend just using that with DDNS? Either from my router or Hik

 

[Phil]

No need to configure DDNS nor port forwarding, the Hik-Connect solution manages it.
It securely calls back to their portal/servers, so that it can always be found.
i.e. if your ISP changes your current www IP address it gets automatically updated.

 

[Woodyz82]

I think I get you!

I haven’t looked into this option as yet. What’s the www ip? Isn’t that the DDNS part?

 

[Phil]

I just meant your world wide web IP address, as distinct from an LAN IP address.
DDNS is not required with Hik-Connect.
DDNS provides a service to find your home/system on the web if your ISP changes your www IP address, as Virgin might do because you do not have a static address.
But, DDNS is not needed with Hik-Connect as it has a built-in solution to knowing your www IP address at any time, and feeding that back to the portal.

 

[Woodyz82]

Thanks Phil

Makes sense Hik Connect sounds the easier setup.

Assume I would need DDNS and port forwarding setup if I wanted to view from a web browser / another PC. But given phones are almost a part of us - it’s unlikely not going to be far away!

 

[Phil]

Assume I would need DDNS and port forwarding setup if I wanted to view from a web browser / another PC.

Yes.

BTW - This new Post overnight by @Nigels89 illustrates an additional DDNS benefit that I was not aware of:

POE Acusense with siren and light

Hi, I am considering purchasing DS-2CD2346G2-ISU/SL, but have a couple of questions. I do not want the siren (or light) to be active during the day, but will want it on during the evening. Therefore, Can the siren and light be set on a timer, with the other "regular" alerts to my phone set...

www.use-ip.co.uk

 

[Woodyz82]

Thanks Phil,

I have read posts suggesting that using DDNS really speeds things up, especially if I use my ASUS router DDNS.

I suppose the best way is to trial all options!