With the development of information technology and the improvement of people's living environment, people's awareness of family security is gradually strengthened. When people are busy working or traveling, they can access the remote monitoring camera, understand their family profile, and make timely analysis and judgment according to the situation. So how to monitor the camera remotely? Let's learn about it.
How to monitor the camera remotely: check whether the DVR is connected to the Internet
The monitoring camera shall check whether the network connection of the hard disk video recorder is unblocked and whether the operation is normal. Connect the network cable to the hard disk recorder and turn on the power. Operate according to the manual, enter the setting interface of hard disk video recorder, and enter the "network setting". Select 'type' to set to 'static IP'.
Move the cursor key to the position to be filled in or modified, modify the static IP to '192.168.1.117' and confirm. If the IP of the DVR is 192.168.1.117 when it leaves the factory, there is no need to modify it here. Note that the IP address should be set according to your network IP segment. Modify the gateway to '192.168.1.1' and confirm. Modify the 'subnet mask to' 255.255.255.0 'and then confirm.
How to monitor the camera remotely: check whether the hard disk video recorder can be accessed
Monitor the camera to check whether the hard disk video recorder can be accessed in the local area network and whether the browsing is normal. First, open the IE browsing interface. Select to enter 'tools', and then you can see' Internet Options & hellip; & hellip; ',' security ',' custom level (c) & hellip; & hellip; ', etc. select' enable 'for all 7 options under' ActiveX controls and plug-ins', and then click 'confirm' to exit.
Then enter '192.168.1.117' in the IE address field and press enter. Wait a moment. The computer will prompt you to download and install the plug-in. Click 'install'. If you have firewall and other shielding software installed, please shut down temporarily and open it after the plug-in installation is completed. After installing the plug-in, the connection dialog box will pop up. Select the default user name and password, and click 'OK'.
Then you can see the monitoring screen. However, it should be noted that if there is no prompt to install the plug-in or access it, it can prove that there is a problem with the network connection, please check. If after the network is connected, the displayed screen will show a horizontal pattern, please select 'option', check 'enable overlay' and then click 'OK' before clicking 'OK', then the normal monitoring screen will be displayed.
How to monitor the camera remotely: enter the router remote monitoring settings
The monitoring camera enters the router's remote monitoring settings. At present, it can use the computer to access the Internet and has seen the monitoring screen in the local area network, which proves that our network connection is normal. Now you can access the router's remote monitoring settings. Enter '192.168.1.1' in the IE address field to enter the router.
Click 'forwarding rules', then input the corresponding content according to the prompt and save it. Then click 'DMZ host', fill in the IP address as' 192.168.1.117 ', check' enable 'and save. Click 'dynamic DNS', fill in the applied dynamic domain name, user name and password, check' enable DDNS', and click 'Login' after saving.