Vodafone Modem Huawei DN8245X6-10 not showing my CCTV's IP address in LAN.

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#311464 17-Jan-2024 19:52

I just got this new Vodafone modem today. it's a Huawei DN8245. I need to use it to do port forwarding for my old CCTV camera. but my CCTV is not showing up in the modem's web interface, so it doesn't allow me to do port forwarding, because my CCTV is not showing up at all in the LAN menu, just cant find it there; every device shows up, just not my CCTV. but everything was working fine on my old modem, just the port forwarding crashes every 3 days on my old modem, that's all.

besides, I changed the IP address of my printer to 192.168.1.202, but it's still showing 192.168.1.8 on the interface, and it never updates. I restarted the new modem a few times, still not work. my CCTV doesn't even show up at all on the web interface.

what can I do now? is there a low level admin login?

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#3183232 17-Jan-2024 19:54

why are you port forwarding a CCTV camera?

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#3183234 17-Jan-2024 19:55

Don't port forward to a CCTV camera. Especially not an old one. I'm not going to repeat the many many threads on here detailing why as it's easy enough to find.

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#3183235 17-Jan-2024 19:59

then what am I gonna do with my old CCTV cameras then? is there any other secure way to connect to those camera remotely ??

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#3183236 17-Jan-2024 20:00

Tailscale, Zerotier, wireguard, openvpn and other ways.

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#3183238 17-Jan-2024 20:04

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Tailscale, Zerotier, wireguard, openvpn and other ways.

I have openvpn server, but how can I use it with my old CCTV camera connected to the modem?? is there any information I can find on the web? thanks

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#3183241 17-Jan-2024 20:10

the CCTV has an option to do DDNS. is it better than port forwarding?

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#3183242 17-Jan-2024 20:12

Start here https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-and-configure-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-20-04

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#3183243 17-Jan-2024 20:13

harrylin:

the CCTV has an option to do DDNS. is it better than port forwarding?

Camera is behind a NAT router and therefore not directly accessible. DDNS does not solve the accessibility bit of problem.

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#3183246 17-Jan-2024 20:20

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Start here https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-and-configure-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-20-04

I could set up quite a few openvpn servers a few months ago, but now I forgot. but how can I connect the CCTV to the openvpn then? it doesn't seem possible.

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#3183249 17-Jan-2024 20:31

ovpn server could run on your network and route connected clients to other devices on your local network, including your camera. Alternatively you could run the server in the cloud and use a client to connect your network to the cloud.

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#3183286 17-Jan-2024 23:19

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ovpn server could run on your network and route connected clients to other devices on your local network, including your camera. Alternatively you could run the server in the cloud and use a client to connect your network to the cloud.

Too bad my CCTV doesn’t even have web interface. I need to use a remote control for the interface on tv, which is very very old. I just add my Xiaomi cloud cam to my shop then. It’s easier.

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#3183322 18-Jan-2024 08:30

Cloud cameras typically communicate to any app via outbound traffic to a cloud service so require no port forward for public access.