Basic Networking Steps To Connect DVR to the Network

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     Basic Networking Steps
To Connect DVR to the Network
      Before you start doing anything, first establish how the network is laid out.  Go to a PC that is connected to the same MODEM/ROUTER that the DVR is or will be connected to.  On that PC, go to the COMMAND PROMPT.  If you don’t know how to get to the PROMPT: START button à RUN à type in CMD then hit enter button.  At the prompt screen type in “IPCONFIG/ALL.”  What you will see is the network configuration such as IP, SUBNET MASK, GATEWAY, and DNS all these four addresses are important so I recommend too write them down so that you don’t have to go back and forth to make sure you have the right addresses.
Now go to the DVR, get in the menu of it, and go to the Network screen.  You will see an option that says DHCP.  Turn on DHCP.  If DHCP is enabled on your
MODEM/ROUTER then the DVR will receive the network settings automatically then copy on paper what those addresses are.  Then turn off DHCP in the DVR menu and make sure that the addresses it got automatically stayed in place.  If not then go ahead and type in what you just wrote down before when DHCP was on.  Also take note of the ports in the DVR network section.  You will need these port numbers for the MODEM/ROUTER configuration.

            When the DVR configuration is done, check to see if there is communication thru the network.  Go to the same PC that you were on earlier and go to the command prompt again.  In the prompt type in “(PING [space] Ip address of DVR” hit ENTER button. For ex: PING 192.168.1.10  .  You will get your results; either it will say “REQUEST TIMED OUT” (which means that there is no communication, or “REPLY” (which means that there is communication).  If you get “REQUEST TIMED OUT” recheck your settings, if not then you are fine, and can go on to the next step.
             

Open the client software of the DVR (REMOTE VIEWING SOFTWARE) and fill out the info to see your cameras thru the software installed in your computer.  You should be able to connect with no problem and be able to see the cams.  Then when that is established go ahead and enter your MODEM/ROUTER settings.  In there should be a section that you can do PORT FORWARDING.  If you can obtain a manual, or tech support help of the MODEM/ROUTER which can help you find the location in the setup.  You must forward the ports that you saw displayed in the Network menu of the DVR to the IP of the DVR.  Once your done find your WAN IP by going to WWW.IPCHICKEN.COM, the IP you see there is the one you will use when you are away from the network to see the cams on the DVR software.



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