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DVR Cams

  • 18-06-2010 5:24pm
    #1
    monks2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi guys does anyone know how to find a mac address for a 4 ch DVR MPEG digital recorder as im trying to set it up so i can view my cams online i have connected my lan cable to my router and to the recorder but i cant access it online

    Can anyone help me out


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  • #2
    softdancomputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭softdancomputer


    It should be printed somewhere on the box; if not your router may have an option for viewing attached devices; at last use an ipscan tool


  • #3
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,498 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    monks2008 wrote: »
    Hi guys does anyone know how to find a mac address for a 4 ch DVR MPEG digital recorder as im trying to set it up so i can view my cams online i have connected my lan cable to my router and to the recorder but i cant access it online

    Can anyone help me out

    if you know the ip address of your camera and its communicating with your pc then if you open a command prompt and type "arp -a" without the quotes it will show you then ip to mac address table for all devices that are communicating with the pc.


  • #4
    monks2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭monks2008


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    if you know the ip address of your camera and its communicating with your pc then if you open a command prompt and type "arp -a" without the quotes it will show you then ip to mac address table for all devices that are communicating with the pc.
    Hi thanks for this info

    I have the cams connected to the modem but it doesnt seem to be connected when i click on connected devices in the modem....i have it set to be 192.168.1.x but it wont connect....does anyone know what im doing wrong or what i need to do its really bugging me now


  • #5
    Snowbat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    If you have manually configured the DVR to use 192.168.1.x it probably won't show up in the router's list of connected devices as that is typically a list of DHCP allocations. However, you should be able to access it at 192.168.1.x using another PC on the network. To access the DVR from the internet, you'll need to find out which port it uses and set up a port forward in the router.

    Which router is it?


  • #6
    monks2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭monks2008


    Snowbat wrote: »
    If you have manually configured the DVR to use 192.168.1.x it probably won't show up in the router's list of connected devices as that is typically a list of DHCP allocations. However, you should be able to access it at 192.168.1.x using another PC on the network. To access the DVR from the internet, you'll need to find out which port it uses and set up a port forward in the router.

    Which router is it?
    Hi snowbat its a vodafone Huawei HG556a and it says on the DVR that the port are 80, 1024-49151 and im not sure how to set up port forwarding on the modem....any help would be really appreciated


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  • #7
    Snowbat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Huawei/EchoLife-HG556a/

    Try with just port 80 TCP first. I don't think you'll need to add 1024-49151.
    Also note that some routers will only port forward traffic from the internet (another PC on the internal network may not be able to access the device using the *public* IP address). I usually use ShieldsUp in the Services tab on www.grc.com to confirm if a port is open from the internet side.


  • #8
    monks2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭monks2008


    Snowbat wrote: »
    http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Huawei/EchoLife-HG556a/

    Try with just port 80 TCP first. I don't think you'll need to add 1024-49151.
    Also note that some routers will only port forward traffic from the internet (another PC on the internal network may not be able to access the device using the *public* IP address). I usually use ShieldsUp in the Services tab on www.grc.com to confirm if a port is open from the internet side.
    I have folllowed the steps in this and am checking to see what ports are open but its not showing port 80 as been open......on the DVR do i need to set it to static ip or not


  • #9
    Snowbat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭Snowbat


    Some ISPs block incoming traffic to port 80 and other 'server' ports. You could remove the existing entry and add one for say port 20202 to 192.168.1.x port 80. Then check using an online tool if port 20202 of your public IP address is open.

    Use a static IP for the DVR.

    Can you access the DVR at http://192.168.1.x/ from another PC on the same network?


  • #10
    monks2008
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭monks2008


    Snowbat wrote: »
    Some ISPs block incoming traffic to port 80 and other 'server' ports. You could remove the existing entry and add one for say port 20202 to 192.168.1.x port 80. Then check using an online tool if port 20202 of your public IP address is open.

    Use a static IP for the DVR.

    Can you access the DVR at http://192.168.1.x/ from another PC on the same network?
    ok so i long into my modem and set the port to 20202 with ip 192.168.1.x and on the DVR i put the ip type as static and put in 192.168.1.x and the port as 20202 and it should work? when i put in 192.168.1.x i get this page can not be displayed.


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