LOREX Technology IPSC2260 manual Which Ports do I need to forward on my Router?, Network Example

FAQ Guide Overview

1. Which Ports do I need to forward on my Router?

I am trying to connect to my device, and need to know what Ports to Forward - how do I do this?

You will need to enable port forwarding on your Router to allow for external communications with your Video Network Server. The following ports will need to be forwarded for remote connection:

•TCP port 80

•UDP port 9001

Computers, DVRs, and other devices inside your network can only communicate directly with each other within the internal network. Computers and systems outside your network cannot directly communicate with these devices. When a system on the internal network needs to send or receive information from a system outside the network (i.e. from the Internet), the information is sent to the Router.

NETWORK EXAMPLE
Router	Router	Computer
External IP	Internal IP	Internal IP
216.13.154.34	192.168.0.1	192.168.0.2

DVR Internal IP 192.168.0.150

Internet

Internal Network

When a computer on the Internet needs to send data to your internal network, it sends this data to the external IP address of the Router. The Router then needs to decide where this data is to be sent to. This is where setting up Port Forwarding becomes important.

Port Forwarding tells the router which device on the internal network to send the data to. When you set up port forwarding on your Router, it takes the data from the external IP address:port number and sends that data to an internal IP address:port number (i.e Router External IP 216.13.154.34:9001 to Video Network Server Internal IP 192.168.0.150:9001).

The instructions found online in the Router Configuration Guide will assist you in the port forwarding configurations for a selection of different router models.Visit our Consumer Guides Support website at http://www.lorexcctv.com for more details

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