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QT4 and QT52X series Port Forwarding steps:

DVR and PC need to be connected to the same Router.

Things you need to know :

1. Router make and model

2.If customer changed the default router login, then need to know router login (user name and password)

3. need to know IP of dvr and ports of dvr.

STEP 1: FIND THE IP ADDRESS OF THE DVR.

To find out the IP of DVR for QT4 or QT52X series DVR do the following:

Right Click the Mouse to display the menu bar

This will bring up the Main Menu, click on System

Click on the menu icon in the lower left corner.

In the System menu , click on Network

Put a checkmark in the box after Obtain an IP address

automatically. Click TEST button, if you get OK message at

the bottom. Click Apply and Exit.

After the router has assigned the DVR an IP address

Then return to the Network setup screen and enter this information into

Go back to the Main Menu and click on the

the table in the configuration screen (shown below) and remove

the IP address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway

Next click on the Apply button to save the addresses

assigned by the router

So the router does not change them.

The default ports are 80 and 6036.

NOTE: some routers, such as 2wire, will not let you use a static IP

address. In this case skip this step and stick with the DHCP address

STEP 2: DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF ROUTERS ON THE NETWORK

To Find out the Router information on your network, please download the router detection program from this link:

http://www.pcwintech.com/shanes-toolbox

and click on Detect Multiple Routers

Download the program and unzip it, you will get the detect_routers application. Click to run

Click on CHECK NOW to detect how many Routers are in the network.

Information Icon then Network Icon and write down checkmark from the th Obtain IP address box

If there is only one router in the network, then you just need to do STEP 3.

But if it finds 2 Routers, and the connection looks like this:

Then you need to complete two steps.

First you want to proceed to STEP 3 to forward the ports to the IP address of Router 1.

And then you need to enable DMZ For Router 2. So the connection will pass through this router

STEP 3: DOWNLOAD SIMPLE PORT FORWARDING PROGRAM

Download Simple Port Forwarding program from the link below:

http://www.simpleportforwarding.com/download

Click on Download on Mirror 7, Download and install this program

Once the program is installed, go to Start - Programs and look for Simple Port Forwarding and click it.

and go to the router the DVR is attached to. Follow the instructions in STEP 4.