Samir

Some good advice, but I wouldn't go with anything too cheap as that stepped sine wave can cause issues of the life of the system. Our businesses come with APC BackUPS models that are sine-wave. They're not he cheapest, but there's got to be a reason why they chose them for $40k management systems.

That looks like a serial cable, so that should be right. Which dvr/nvr are you using?

Typical camera blur during night/dark is due to the shutter speed slowing down to increase the amount of light going to the camera sensor. Sensors that have superior sensitivity will have superior night performance, but at a superior cost.

Some great advice! I'd also add that if you're fearing your safety, you need to have a security system with door/windows/glass sensors installed with monitoring.

I know this will be opposite of the consensus in this thread, but I have found that non-pc based systems, while they do have less security updates, have far better security because the underlying operating system isn't constantly under attack. YMMV, but we've replaced two PC based systems with non-pc at two different businesses.

Yes, no foil was needed.

Using a service like canyouseeme.org or grc should be fine since those servers actually try to connect to the external ip from across the Internet just like a real remote viewer would.

The same is true of this model. There is no native remote logon capability. Sounds like you don't have much of an option except to get that netgear again. At least you know it will work.

Yeah, it's only those models of dlinks that are customized for ISPs which I've found strange. I actually worked with one that didn't have any type of remote management option at all.

ugh. Any way to get another netgear like you had?

Can you upgrade/downgrade the router firmware? It sounds like it could be a bug in the router firmware. Just for kicks, put the router in bridge mode and connect the dvr directly and see what happens.

I've actually used a similar router, and it is a bit quirky. Here's what I'd do. First, setup a dhcp reservation for the dvr. Next, setup a dmz for that IP. Then try canyouseeme.org again or https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2.

Very strange. Either you're not doing it right or the ISP is blocking any incoming traffic.

Agreed. The OP doesn't have a usability issue with Milestone, but there is a reliability issue. The reliability issue may or may not be pc related, like you said, but eliminate the pc and it will more than likely be much more stable, albeit more limited in certain ways. However, I don't think it will be limited in the way the OP wants to use it with email alerts. All electronics fail--the only question is when and how. The right set up will work properly and reliably for years without any major issue, but it really depends on who is setting it up and how complicated the setup is. An nvr is generally geared towards ease of setup vs a pc-based system and is a bit on the 'k.i.s.s.' side of the spectrum in terms of what is available out there.

Does Samsung not have an official app for windows?

Because if they're not going to learn how to maintain and service milestone, they will be relying in their vendor. Even though they could use another vendor, they would still be tied to a vendor. Most small businesses don't want their hands tied like this unless necessary. Yes, using an NVR does have limitations, but businesses don't tinker all day with their nvr's or security systems like toys. They set them up, expect them to work, and then go run their business.

Usually you'd just port forward to your nvr, which in turn would allow you to see the cameras. It makes sense that the nvr is only on port 80. That should make it easy for you to set up the port forwarding from the router--all you have to do is forward port 80. But double-check the manual to be sure. And if you don't want to mess with port forwarding, you can always just put the nvr in the router's dmz.

Not sure, never used such software. But there are a lot of options for enterprise level packages like this. I'd keep searching and check them all out before making a decision.

If you want to skip all the port forwarding hassles, jut put the dvr in your routers dmz. Then you can use your public IP address to access your system. Then you can add a dynamic dns service if you want a name instead of an ip address.

My friends cats would be stoned and hyper after some catnip! They'd roam around and bump into things, chase their tails, and do all sorts of random crap. He didn't let them hit the nip too often.

Very good point. In fact, if you know your public IP address, try using that directly and see if that changes anything (although I don't think it will because your browser/system will already have the IP address after the dns lookup).

Record it if you want, legal or not, because if you're the only one seeing it, it won't matter.

Not my website, but this was the result in a quick search on how to defeat wireless security ssytems.

Pretty strange? Check both locally and remotely to see if it's using http or https. Also, try putting your dvr in your router's dmz and see if that works any differently.

Can your camera and web account be set up for FTP? I should also point out that unless you have a some serious upstream speed on you internet connection you will not be able to upstream real time footage of any quality. Have you considered hiding / locking away your NVR. There's several was to try to do this, but like SyconsciousAu pointed out, you will need some serious Ethernet wire-speed upload bandwidth to make this work well. If you have upload of 100Mbps+, you can simply upload to an ftp server at a web host. It's going to be a lot of data, and I think you'll quickly find out that most 'unlimited' plans do actually have a limit when you use them this way.