Router config won't save nothing.
A friend of mine want me to set up his IP cam over your network (i've been honest with him that is probably the worst idea to use Fizz network for security purpose and he actually already had Virgin installation set up since i told him the chance he will get answer/fix on the next 3-4 are none, but let's try it anyway), and actually this already starting to happens on the very first step on adding it to your network.
So; the router config won't save the DHCP reservation and the port i forward. Don't ask stupid question, I know what i'm doing, the problem is the router GUI which is vendor modified version (your).
I restarted router many times.
Factory reset isn't an option.
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Well I will ask the stupid question :) After entering all the info, did you "SAVE" the settings. Had a friend of mine doing the same and kept forgetting to "save" the settings and then complaining that he kept losing everything :)
Anyhow. Honestly if you want something more than basic, I personally don't like all these All-in-one boxes. I have converted my modem into Bridged mode (so it is just a modem), and using my own router/firewall (miniPC running OPNsense, and a few Wireless access points). I have 4 IP cams, a few NAS servers, media boxes, servers, PCs, IoT devices, and VoIP ATA, and all are on reserved IPs, and everything works like a charm without caring on what is used for my WAN connection (fizz or otherwise). Prior to using this MiniPC as a router, I was using a ubiquiti Edgerouter Lite and before that a standard commercial ASUS RT-AC3200 router and it worked perfectly also with same config. I used my switch to Fizz as an opportunity to change my router. But at least having your own router, you are not dependant on the equipment of an ISP as long as they can feed a DHCP routable address to your WAN connection.
But like you said also. Putting these cameras directly accessible to the outside world is NOT the smartest or most secure option. To access my network, I have set up a VPN server on my router, and then use OPENVPN from my phone (or laptop) to connect to my VPN when I am not home, and then can access everything as if I am local once connected. On an ASUS router, setting up a VPN server is super simple also (A little more involved on my OPNsense box - but still the best option). This way, the only port that is open on my network is my custom VPN port.
Anyhow, good luck with that.
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Hey man, thanks alot for all these usefull informations.
i never had the chance to use network bridging as i never had so much problem as i have with Fizz but this is something i will look into. But for this case, this was only for a rapid fix since my friend will disconnect Fizz next week.
As i said (or not), i currently use DMZ which are definitively the worst idea even what appear on camera are nothing personal since it stream outside of my home. But i never I never thought about VPN which is a brilliant idea. I actually rented a 32 GB RAM from OVH (i know 🙄) this month which i install Proxmox and splited into a bunch of VPS for personal purposes for testing and discover these crazy IoT open source 🙃 and i was actually looking on how P2P Cloud really work. It seems that it kind of working like a VPN. Do you have some info about that, as i remember that already used OpenVPN and having to deal with high delay, so in a streaming context, it should be laggy isn't?
Thanks
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Yes, DMZ is far from ideal :)
ISP all-in-one units (including Bell's Homehub junk) are fine for small place and simple setups. But once you get to something a little more involved, they are quickly a bottleneck. Nowadays with my setup, everything from router inwards, remains the same no matter what ISP I use. Only thing that changes is the ISP modem (and I was glad to hear that at least the Fizz box could be put into Bridge mode). Some of the newer Bell HH 4000 units can't be put into bridge mode. Best you can do is PPPoE passthru with that :(
True than OpenVPN is in theory laggy and slower, but so far has been fine for my usage. When I connect, I am typically just streaming my cameras (so bandwidth is not too bad - 1 camera is a 4K, the other 3 are 2K - and I've configured down the bitrate a little for remote streaming), and sometimes I'll transfer a few files. I don't tend to stream media when I'm on the road. Even when I go on a trip, I'll typically just copy a few movies or TV series to one of my devices (tablet, phone, or laptop) and just stream directly off those. I used openVPN simply because on the old ASUS router it was the obvious choice and super simple to setup. Now with my OPNsense router/firewall I just carried over the same. I could in theory set it up with WireGuard which is supposed to have less overhead and quicker. Haven't had much time to play with that. Maybe over the holidays. Last thing I want to do, is bring down my network during these times, since kids are often in class on Zoom, and my days are filled with meetings all day on Microsoft teams.
I'll probably keep openVPN and try wireguard at the same time, since they can coexist on the box. OpenVPN for me is also used to bypass the firewall at the office. I have managed to find a few ports they have open for some specific tasks, so I "piggy back" onto those port and have my openvpn at home configured for those ports. That way, while in the office, I can use the corporate WiFi on my phone, VPN to my home and bypass corporate restrictions (like the use of messaging apps) :)
Proxmox is also another thing on my list of "want to try". I have a spare server with dual XEON 24 cores and 64GB of RAM just sitting around waiting for something to do, so I was going to try it. For VMs, I've used VMware, Microsoft Hypervisor and VirtualBox on Linux boxes. But I've never tried Proxmox. When I was testing OPNsense, there were many articles on how to install it on Proxmox, but decided to go the easier way, and just install it on the miniPC I already had with and AtomX5 CPU in it, especially since it was my target machine to use anyhow.
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The firware on the built-in router is garbage and keeps needing a factory reset. I had the exact same problem. Do yourself a favor and get a third-party router (if it supports OpenWRT it's even better :).
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