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    How do I confirm VPN is working?

    I think I understand the concept of using the two different networks one at a time. And I can make my iPhone display the VPN indicator on either, as if its working...but I don't think it is. Using the cameras IP address in safari, I can't get to the Login page with VPN on ! HOWEVER ... I can get...
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    What is NAS exactly ...OR... can I record on Int/Ext Drives?

    Thank You both! Well said. I think I got it, except for who's FRED? In any case I guess I need to buy a NAS box that supports NFS. (NFS because I'm Mac based). Can anyone recommend a product that has a stupid simple setup?
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    What is NAS exactly ...OR... can I record on Int/Ext Drives?

    My 3rd camera (DS-2CD2232-I5) has no micro-SD Slot so the (thin) documentation indicates I am to record to a NAS. Does this include the internal/external drives on the macs in my network, ...OR are they quite literal...Ethernet connected external drives on my network? What about DVRs...
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    Is There a Qualfied microSD Card for Hikvision?

    Thank You SYankee!, I will but I will have to use a different app as H2TestW seems to be a Windows only tool. It looks like something called F3 was inspired by H2TestW but is for the mac. Another one is SDSpeed, but I have not tried either yet. Rick
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    Is There a Qualfied microSD Card for Hikvision?

    Thank you TCA, I ended up with a SanDisk 64 (30mbs sustained) and it seems to work fine. Not sure if I needed one that fast but oh well.
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    How do I confirm VPN is working?

    I'm using OpenVPN Connect on my phone, and I get the VPN indicator at the top of the screen, but I don't know where to go from there. How do I see my home network, or Mac, or especially my Hik IP Camera. I'm attempting to connect to the camera via iVMS-4500. But I keep getting connection failed...
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    • iphone ivms4500 openvpn
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: iOS
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    Not getting Browser Playback of recording. [SOLVED]

    I can see my camera in Live View in Safari on my mac (with plugin)...BUT playback is not working. I can locate the recorded files on my macs hard drive, but it appears the browser player is not pointed at them. When I search for video files in Player it returns zero. At this point I'm NOT...
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    Setup OpenVPN with Asus Router

    As I understand it, with my VPN on I launch iVMS 4500 app to see the camera. I've tried to add my camera to devices but its not connecting. I'm fairly sure I'm doing it wrong. But I also don't know how to see my network so i'm not 100% sure the VPN is working correctly. I do get the VPN logo at...
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    Is There a Qualfied microSD Card for Hikvision?

    I have a DS-2CD4212FWD-IZD with an internal slot. The spec sheet says it is a micro SD/SDHC/SDXC up to 128G. Can anybody recommend a specific card that plays well with hikvision? BestBuy has the Samsung - EVO Plus 64GB microSDXC UHS-I (30mbs sustained) for $20 Thanks! Rick
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    • ds-2cd4212fwd-izd hikvision microsd cards sd cards
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    • Forum: Hikvision
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    Setup OpenVPN with Asus Router

    Baby steps! But I'm getting closer! I found that I mis typed the user name in the profile page of OpenVPN Connect on the iphone...DAH! So I fixed that and now it appears I have the VPN working! There is a VPN indicator just to the right of my wifi indicator on the top left of the phone. I...
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    Setup OpenVPN with Asus Router

    Thanks for Responding ...Yes I think Ive done that and it had me export two addition files separate from the .opvm files. They are " inside cert.pem" and "key.pem", but i don't know what6 to do with them. At this point when i try to access the VPN on the phone, it reports back with...
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    Setup OpenVPN with Asus Router

    Great! Thanks for the reply! I think I have that covered as the router OpenVPN setup has the option to create a web address for the client rather than a IP address. But I do have a Question... The router generated a file called client.ovpm and a folder with two documents inside cert.pem and...
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    Setup OpenVPN with Asus Router

    Hello, I've been advised by you kind folk that I should set up an openVPN for remote access to my Hik IP cameras from an iPhone. My Router is an Asus RT-AC86U with support for OpenVPN. To accomplish this I'm following the procedure as described here... I'll be using OpenVPN Connect on my phone...
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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    Found it! Red button on Far Right of frame center.
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    Motorized Zoom Manual Adjust?

    I found the PTZ controls and can now zoom that lens! On a browser its the little red button in the center of the extreme edge of the right frame.
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    Thanks for the advice BP2008, I have disabled UPnP on all 3 cameras and my router. Still working on the VPN
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    Thank You AlastairStevensen that helped a ton! I turned off UPnP from all three cameras and my router. The akamai whitepaper does not list my router (ASUS RT-AC8600U) as vulnerable but I turned it off just the same.
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    I've confirmed that no ports are open (thank you NoloC) But how do I disable UPnP?
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    Thank You Pozzello! But I just got it up using 1111aaaa. But I'll keep this in mind for the future
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    Thank you, this is something I'm definitely going to do!
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    I'm on it! thanks
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    Motorized Zoom Manual Adjust?

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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    Ok I won't! But the web browser interface does not have an optical zoom control (that i can find anyway) Rick
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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    Perfect Thanks! Just what I was looking for!
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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    At this point in time I have the two new cameras working and have started a new thread regarding the Hacked camera.
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    Hacked Hikvision Camera

    Hello All! My camera Hikvision DS-2cd2632f-is was hacked. It is a gray market camera that has a 3rd party firmware. Not up gradable with Hik firmware I belief. The iris was stopped down, and the name was changed, along with the passwords. The camera was still functioning but was extremely...
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    Motorized Zoom Manual Adjust?

    Hello, I have a HiK DS-2CD4212FWD-IZH, this model has a motorized zoom lens. I just recently got it functioning on my LAN via my mac with safari browser. The issue I'm having is that there is no PTZ control when accessing it this way. I understand that Pan and Tilt will never work but I need...
    • Rick Simonton
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    • manualy adjust lens motorized lens motorized varafocal motorized zoom ptz controls
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Hikvision
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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    Hello again all, First off, I'd like to express my gratitude to everyone but especially NoloC. He gave me a call and after at least an hour on the phone we got one of the cameras working. YAY! And as it turns out we worked in the same industry and had several mutual friends and business...
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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    I'm both stubborn and patient but kinda dense when it comes to network protocols. I got one of the new cameras to initialize (have not tried the second one yet). Regarding the IP address I need to change it to...please go slow here... "xxx is some number assigned to the MAC." OK I'm confused...
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    Seeking Hikvision IP Camera / Mac guy in San Fernando Valley area

    I disconnected one of the new cameras and activated the other by adding a password to it. But I don't know what to change the default IP address to...so I left it alone and as expected, It timed out in my browser. What should I change the IP addrees to?
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