I know this section is pretty dry but I will ask just in case. I bought a cool security system with a dvr. I know very little about networking but I managed to get through the guide with port forwarding and everything and I can now enter the IP address of the dvr on my network at home and it pulls up and works great. They make an app (KMEye) for the iphone but I don't own a smart phone. I want to access the dvr from far away.
  I assume I am missing something because when I enter the IP address, I just get a 504 gateway error when I am on my laptop with an aircard. I think it can do this but I must be messing something up. Here is the model http://www.cibsecurity.com/6_6.html
  I have sent an email to the CS department but haven't heard back from them yet. Is there anything else I can try aside from trying to get an Iphone emulator on my laptop?
 
The dvrs IP address is 192.168.1.10 but I have a feeling that is only going to work when I am in my network?  I don't know what the heck I am doing! I hope I don't have to do anything else with the ports and crap with the router because that is WAYYYYY over my head!

I'd suggest doing the following.
 
- find your dvr's ip address,  web interface port (http port, ex. 80) and the dvr server port (ex. 5555)
 
- forward the two ports in your router settings
 
- go to this website canyouseeme.org and enter the port numbers to check if they are visible outside your lan this will let you know if the port forward was successful.
 
- now try to connect to your dvr over it's web interface or through an app.

don't worry that is what canyouseeme.org is for. I've been using it for years (since 2004) when I was running a webserver for the first time at home. On my dvr I had forwarded the web port and didn't forward the server port and it looked like everything was working but I would get a connection failure (bad gateway or similar like you are getting)

some pc running 24/7 in the same network is enough to control anything that you can access to from that pc. all you need is a simple app like TeamViewer (free for personal use) and configure it with username and password so it starts with PC and allows remote logon front any device (even smartphone) with same username and password. that's what I do.

Holy crap, I am so lost. This all sounds confusing. I do have a media system that is running most of the time. My poor router has every hole plugged!

So I should use an app like team viewer or logmein and then connect to the dvr like I do when it is in network? Maybe I will give that a shot. I tried using a few of those programs before and I always have connection issues. Maybe it's cause my internet is so slow. Now I need to find one that is not blocked by admin on my work laptop....

rhussain

hello again agent8. don't mind the other posts about ports. your dvr's web interface is password protected plus I believe you can create and manage online users (you can set up a user that only has viewing capabilities if you feel concerned about security). Additionally you can also restrict ip addresses letting only specific ip's to connect to the dvr (but that's jsut being paranoid). Seriously you don't need to worry about open ports there is enough security already in place on your dvr. Just be sure you change your dvr's default password. If you need any help PM me.

Yeah man you'll be fine.... go for it.   
 
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I am very confused. LOL The dvr place sent me a thing on how to port forward using a standard router and it gave me a link to how to do it on other routers but they don't look the same at all. My router is an Asus (http://www.asus.com/Netwo...TN10_B1_RTN10Plus_B1/) and it has something else than "port forwarding" they call it "Virtual Server" The place to enter the range and everything is different and since I don't know what anything means, I am going to have to watch some youtube videos and google some more to figure out what I did or what I need to do. Thanks guys

edit: I think I got it.... Thanks for all the help!!!

It works great and I even figured out how to have the dvr email me when there is motion detected except I am getting a lot of emails with pictures like this one...

 
LOL. Pretty cool. I just ordered 2 more cameras and a mic!

I have it so it doesn't detect where I have a flopping tv cable. I got a cool picture a while ago with shadows of about a dozen bird shadows flying overhead. I have a 1-4 sensitivity adjustment on it but I'd rather have false alarms than miss something. Plus it's kinda cool watching bunny eyes and stuff at night.