How to remote monitor your CCTV camera from the Internet?

Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Setup

How to remote monitor your CCTV camera from the Internet?

This procedure is basically a general procedure on how to view or monitor your CCTV camera from the Internet. I am pretty sure that all CCTV vendors/technicians are using the same steps that I will be mentioning below. It’s just a matter of brands of the devices like the router, dvr, cameras etc.

Note: You should already have knowledge to basic networking so that you can easily manage the below steps. This applies only to some small household that has Internet connection from home and no firewall.

Requirements:

Computer – either laptop or desktop

Router – connect two networks

DVR – Digital Video Recorder

Modem – Wired Internet

UTP cable – Cat5e Cable

RJ-45 – Connector

Procedures

From the computer:

Click Start button

Click Run

Type cmd.exe and press ok

Type ipconfig/all

Get the following IP addresses

Default Gateway

DNS Server

From the DVR:

R-click your mouse and click Menu

Select Network

Modify the following IP address using the above values that got from “From the computer” procedure.

Gateway

Primary DNS

From the computer again:

Open your web browser like Internet Explorer

Encode the IP address of your router, for e.g. http://192.168.0.1

Login to your router using administrator username and password

Look for the Virtual Server or Port Forwarding tab

Make a rule from the Port Forwarding tab like below

IP Address: IP address of your DVR

Name: CCTV Monitoring

Port: 80

End: 80

Click Apply and then Save.

Open another browser.

Type http://whatismyipaddress.com/

Take note of your own Public IP Address