Lorex L224 Series User manual

L224 Series -
Configuring DDNS for Remote
Network Use
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Setting Up Your DDNS Account
Setting Up Your DDNS Account
Lorex offers a free DDNS server for use with your System. A DDNS account allows you to set up
a web site address that points back to your Local Network. The following outlines how to set up
your free DNS account.
3. Complete the Account Information fields with your personal information
4. Complete the System Information fields as follows:
1. Navigate to http://DDNS.strategicvista.net
2. Select the Create Account option from the list on the left
side of the screen.
• Product License: Select your product model from the Product
License drop down menu
• <Product Code> - <MAC Address>: Locate the MAC address
of your (recorded while loading the System)
• URL Request: Choose a URL for your DDNS connection (i.e.
your name, your company or business name, or anything of
your choice.)
NOTE: The URL request must not exceed 8 CHARACTERS

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Setting Up Your DDNS Account
1. Click the Create New Account link at the bottom of the form to submit your request.
2. Your Account information will be sent to you at the E-mail Address you used in Step 3.
You will need this information for remote access to your System. Record YOUR information
below:
User Name: _________________________________________________
Password: __________________________________________________
Domain Name: _______________________________________________
DDNS:
User Name
Password
Domain name:
System Name:
Enable
tomsmith1
password
tomsmith.strategicvista.net
LOREX
NOTE: The information sent to you in E-mail is CASE SENSITIVE. It is important
when setting up your DDNS information on your DVR.

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Router Port Forwarding
Router Port Forwarding
How do I enable Port Forwarding on my Router?
You will need to enable port forwarding on your Router to allow for external communications with
your DVR.
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.
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
216.13.154.34:5000 to DVR Internal IP 192.168.0.3:5000).
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
Computer
Internal IP
192.168.0.2
DVR
Internal IP
192.168.0.3
Router
Internal IP
192.168.0.1
Router
External IP
216.13.154.34
NETWORK EXAMPLE
Internet Internal Network

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