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Proxy to Access web interface for cameras on remote LAN

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An excellent addition to the new in client web browser would something like a SOCKS 5 proxy to tunnel through a connection to the remote server and the LAN it is sitting on so you can access the camera web pages on the remote LAN without requiring any VPN connection or port forwarding.

So i am thinking heres me sitting in my office and the customer rings up and says he needs the camera ip address altering for some reason. normally because this is something you have to do with web browser or manufacturers ip tool i have to visit the site. But with this tunneling I can open the camera settings, click on the link to address in the settings which instead of opening my machine browser opens the inclient browser, tunnels the connection through to the remote LAN to the cameras Web port. I change the IP address, reboot the camera and hey presto! Job is done!

Of course this means that the camera to NX integration doesnt have to be so extensive to access all the settings.

There is a good article from digital ocean on the basics of it. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-route-web-traffic-securely-without-a-vpn-using-a-socks-tunnel 

Axis cameras also do something similar too i believe.

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    Norman
    • Network Optix team

    Hi @..., Fredrik Ahlsen, and Steve Canning,

    I realize this is an old question - but such feature will be part of Nx Witness 4.1 which we plan to release this summer. 
    In the meantime you can download the Beta version through my.networkoptix.com/#/download tab Beta. 

  • Fredrik Ahlsen
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    I like the idea.

    Here you got 2 alternative ways of doing something similar:

    1. Install teamviewer on the machine running NX

    2. Put a raspberry with domotz on the network. Then you will have complete network monitoring with a built in proxy.
    https://www.domotz.com/

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  • Permanently deleted user
    Edited

    True on that. However I find that few issues exist with those products.

    1. Teamviewer is somewhat resource hogging option and on some networks like NX1's completely out of the question.

    2. Domotz is a neat product but when you have a bunch of systems running multi site you start to need multiple pi's and quite a lot licenses.Depends on the customers IT budget. Plus why add another system if one can do everything?

    3. Nx has already got the device info, usernames and passwords loaded in! and on a multi-site system you can access cameras and devices on multiple site with having to change connections or settings. :)

    4. Systems integration - you could be using the browser feature to bring systems together like allowing access to Access Control Web interface or other such systems on local LAN without exposing them to the internet. Now thats making NX like the Wordpress of VMS's

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  • Tony Luce

    Hey guys - something we're already in the process of working on.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Well! Look at that! sounds great. and while your at it what about a better server management panel like they do at ajenti? see http://ajenti.org/ 

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  • Steve Canning

    Glad to see you are looking into this.

    Been asked a few times for this feature. Currently supported on some manufactures but not all

    Thanks

    Steve 

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