Lorex Remote viewing

ilkjester · Post by **ilkjester** » 10 Jun 2010, 17:16

Here is the deal. My friend wants me to set up the remote viewing of the lorex security cameras from his restaurant. So I am supposed to set up a ddns account at www.lorexddns.net which I did. I am supposed to enable port forwarding on the router which I think I did. The router is a clear access ag10w-bv. It says I need to know my external ip address to set up the ddns account except when I use the computers external ip address for the ddns account I get nothing. If I use the ip address of the lorex system which is 192.168.1.5 i can connect locally from within the lan but i can't connect on a wan level. I want to find out the external ip address of the lorex system. I have never done anything like this. It is awesome. I am having so much fun.

Post by **lilrofl** » 10 Jun 2010, 23:03

your Lorex system is plugged into your router and probably using DHCP. If you go into the router and check out your DHCP client list you should be able to determine which one refers to your cameras.

Depending on your router, it's possible that you can clone this address and apply a static DHCP attribute to it, this will force your router to assign the same address to your cameras every time your cameras connect.

If your router doesn't have the ability to issue static SDHCP addresses, you may have to assign your addresses explicitly. Pick an address that is not already assigned, and is outside of the range of the DHCP server to avoid address conflict.

ilkjester · Post by **ilkjester** » 11 Jun 2010, 12:19

the camera isn't assigned a dhcp address. Or it doesn't show up in the router dhcp leases.

Post by **bad_brain** » 11 Jun 2010, 15:20

um, sounds like a NAT/port forwarding problem to me....

ilkjester · Post by **ilkjester** » 11 Jun 2010, 15:41

Well the problem is the only ip address i can find for the lorex system is 192.168.1.5 which of course is the local ip. I can connect to that already by typing that into the address bar. It would make no sense to set up a ddns account for that. Plus you couldn't connect at a wan level unless you knew the external or public ip address of the lorex system and then set up a ddns.

Post by **lilrofl** » 11 Jun 2010, 16:50

please clarify. router is 192.168.1.1, cameras are 192.168.1.5, external IP is,

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http://whatismyipaddress.com/

cameras connect to port X, you are forwarding port X to 192.168.1.5 and you cannot connect to the system from a WAN?

is all this correct?[/quote]

ilkjester · Post by **ilkjester** » 11 Jun 2010, 17:42

Yes and no. My router has port forwarding through a nat virtual server. I can forward the external port start and end and internal port start and end but i cant assign an ip address with that port forwarding. I told my friend I thought it was impossible to work around that and he needed a different router. The cameras should have port forwarding for port 6100 and port 80

routers ip is 192.168.1.1 cameras 192.168.1.5 and external ip address is 137.118.148.228 that is confirmed