Help with vlan, vpn or whatever

[bigredfish]

^^^^
This unless youve manually messed with the IPs, in which case you may need to reset them.

 

[JPmedia]

Overthinking is what I do best

 

[JPmedia]

^^^^
This unless youve manually messed with the IPs, in which case you may need to reset them.

Haven't touched them. All camera IPs were assigned by the Lorex NVR. All in the 10.1.1.XX range

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

Overthinking is what I do best

.... Until analysis paralysis sets in

 

[JPmedia]

.... Until analysis paralysis sets in

Don't say that I have enough to think about

 

[JPmedia]

Ok, so do I need the Asus router if I change the NVR and run P2P?

 

[bigredfish]

I'm fine with P2P but Wireguard VPN is better for me when the P2P connection sucks

 

[wittaj]

Ok, so do I need the Asus router if I change the NVR and run P2P?

Only if you want to do a VPN also as a redundancy.

It takes but a few minutes to set up and may come handy if P2P server goes down.

 

[JPmedia]

I'm fine with P2P but Wireguard VPN is better for me when the P2P connection sucks

I see. Do you get notifications when using the VPN?

 

[camarolt1guy]

I got this half working on my asus router but everytime I'd try and connect to DMSS it would timeout or say my internet connection was unusual and wouldn't work. I tried both wireguard and openvpn. The asus router even shows a green checkmark to show its connected. If you get this working on yours please list the steps that you took.

 

[wittaj]

I got this half working on my asus router but everytime I'd try and connect to DMSS it would timeout or say my internet connection was unusual and wouldn't work. I tried both wireguard and openvpn. The asus router even shows a green checkmark to show its connected. If you get this working on yours please list the steps that you took.

Have you ran a speed test? Maybe your connection is too slow.

 

[bigredfish]

The NVR

I see. Do you get notifications when using the VPN?

I only use it when direct accessing the NVR or cameras for setting change or some other issue. 99% of the time I use P2P. But yes, same as being connected to your LAN at home normally.
I've been traveling this week and haven't used the VPN (Wireguard) but once for maybe 10m minutes

Note that WireGuard is running on the firewall at home 24/7 but I only use it (the client) on my phone/laptop when I need direct access to the NVR/Camera GUI as you can't access cameras directly (their GUI) remotely using P2P. This is by design. The PoE ports on the NVR act like a VLAN and wont allow an outside connection. The VPN establishes an "inside" connection so it allows me to access them as if sitting at my desk at home.

 

[bigredfish]

^^^
Note thats for those using a PoE NVR.
If your cameras are accessible on your LAN via an external switch, the VPN wouldnt be as required as you would be able to access their GUI through P2P for instance using SmartPSS Lite

 

[JPmedia]

The NVR


I only use it when direct accessing the NVR or cameras for setting change or some other issue. 99% of the time I use P2P. But yes, same as being connected to your LAN at home normally.
I've been traveling this week and haven't used the VPN (Wireguard) but once for maybe 10m minutes

Note that WireGuard is running on the firewall at home 24/7 but I only use it (the client) on my phone/laptop when I need direct access to the NVR/Camera GUI as you can't access cameras directly (their GUI) remotely using P2P. This is by design. The PoE ports on the NVR act like a VLAN and wont allow an outside connection. The VPN establishes an "inside" connection so it allows me to access them as if sitting at my desk at home.

Understood. So P2P for normal DMSS operation, VPN to access the NVR remotely to access the camera GUIs, should an adjustment be required while away from home.

For my purposes, I can't see any reason to access the system to make setting changes remotely (I don't go anywhere). I would think I would only need DMSS P2P to get notifications and view events remotely.

I don't want to make this any more difficult than it has to be. Too many moving parts equals many potential problems

 

[JPmedia]

^^^
Note thats for those using a PoE NVR.
If your cameras are accessible on your LAN via an external switch, the VPN wouldnt be as required as you would be able to access their GUI through P2P for instance using SmartPSS Lite

I thought so. I won't have that problem as all cameras will be connected to NVR POE switch

 

[bigredfish]

Understood. So P2P for normal DMSS operation, VPN to access the NVR remotely to access the camera GUIs, should an adjustment be required while away from home.

For my purposes, I can't see any reason to access the system to make setting changes remotely (I don't go anywhere). I would think I would only need DMSS P2P to get notifications and view events remotely.

I don't want to make this any more difficult than it has to be. Too many moving parts equals many potential problems

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