Remote Cctv Viewing

[Driller]

Hi Driller,

I think this will have something to do with the security settings in IE.

Go to Tools > Internet Options > Security tab then select custom levels. When in here make sure the downlad and install active x control is enabled.

Ta,

Andy

Thanks for the reply, I've already done that though.

[Phaeton]

I downloaded the installation manual & in there is a link to www.samsungcctv.com which has some more downloads. In in user manual it make a note that it also uses port 4000 so it might be worth opening that up. Sorry can't help you much more than that.

Alan...

[Driller]

I downloaded the installation manual & in there is a link to www.samsungcctv.com which has some more downloads. In in user manual it make a note that it also uses port 4000 so it might be worth opening that up. Sorry can't help you much more than that.

Alan...

Alan thanks again for your help. After I opened port 80 I waited a bit longer than usual and eventually IE downloaded the ActiveX's.

It works Now I just have to decide how to access it remotely.

(Mods could you change the spelling of "romote" in the title please?)

[Gopher]

Just a note of caution if you've got a fixed IP I really wouldn't be leaving port 80 open to the world and his wife as any "web script kiddie" out there will see port 80 open and think ah web server I can hi-jack / taint it in someway and you suddenly find you can't access it or it's really slow due to it being hijacked or the router just not being able to handle traffic getting thrown at it.

I suggest you move the port to something a bit higher generally, best if you change the port to something higher than 1023 but not 8000 or 8080 as these are also web server ports (alterntive ones) and anything below 1023 is semi-reserved for specific things like telnet / ftp / secure http / SSL and all the other protocols etc.

all you need to do instead of http://this.is.my.ip is to http://this.is.my.ip:port and it will get you to the same place and all you need to do in the router is change the "public port" 80 to that port so it will still work

so intead of "public port > internal ip" being 80-80 to 80 (ip for router) it would be say 2051-2051 to 80.

Hope this is clear enough.

[Driller]

Just a note of caution if you've got a fixed IP I really wouldn't be leaving port 80 open to the world and his wife as any "web script kiddie" out there will see port 80 open and think ah web server I can hi-jack / taint it in someway and you suddenly find you can't access it or it's really slow due to it being hijacked or the router just not being able to handle traffic getting thrown at it.

I suggest you move the port to something a bit higher generally, best if you change the port to something higher than 1023 but not 8000 or 8080 as these are also web server ports (alterntive ones) and anything below 1023 is semi-reserved for specific things like telnet / ftp / secure http / SSL and all the other protocols etc.

all you need to do instead of http://this.is.my.ip is to http://this.is.my.ip:port and it will get you to the same place and all you need to do in the router is change the "public port" 80 to that port so it will still work

so intead of "public port > internal ip" being 80-80 to 80 (ip for router) it would be say 2051-2051 to 80.

Hope this is clear enough.

OK you've got me a bit now...

The port that the DVR is set to is not 80, it's one much higher. In the router I have directed port 80 to this one as Alan(Phaeton) suggested. I'm not sure if this is what you mean I should or should not do. Could you confirm please?

[breff]

I think what gopher is tring to say is that instead of forwarding port 80 to the dvr forward any other (eg 3000), then when you put your ip address into internet explorer add :3000 after, this will tell the browser that you want to use port 3000 instead of the default which is 80.

[Driller]

I think what gopher is tring to say is that instead of forwarding port 80 to the dvr forward any other (eg 3000), then when you put your ip address into internet explorer add :3000 after, this will tell the browser that you want to use port 3000 instead of the default which is 80.

Understood, thanks.

[Gopher]

Sorry Driller, I do get carried away sometimes glad you got it all cleared up.

[Driller]

Sorry Driller, I do get carried away sometimes glad you got it all cleared up.

Hey, you get as carried away as you like, I'm really grateful for the help you guys give me

[MattBaker]

Your right to go with the IE security route but set it to prompt, then restart IE then try loading Active X again. Should work fine. If the active X is unsigned by windows do the same but get IE to prompt for Unsigned Active X.