How to connect a CCTV DVR to a wireless network

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    Mike Haldas
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    CCTV Camera Pros recently had a customer ask the following question regarding how to connect a CCTV DVR to a wireless network (assuming that the DVR does not have built in WIFI).

    I purchased an H.264 DVR about a month ago, and it works great. Because of the location of my CCTV cameras, I must keep it at one end of my house, whereas I have my network router at the other end with the fiber optics internet connection. Is it possible to connect the DVR to a 2nd router set up as a bridge in order to connect to the network and over the internet, or must the DVR be directly connected to the main router?

    CCTV Camera Pros made the following recommendation:

    Although we always recommend hard wiring surveillance DVRs via CAT5 for network connectivity, we realize that this is not always feasible. In cases where hard wiring a DVR is not possible, you can connect the DVR to a wireless network bridge. Please see the below network diagram.

    CCTV DVR Wireless Network Diagram

    The WIFI-AP3500 wireless access point can be configured in wireless bridge mode which allows it to connect to a WIFI access point. The WIFI bridge is connected to the network port on the security camera DVR via CAT5. The AP3500 bridge is configured to connect over WIFI to a Cisco LinkSys router.

    How to connect a surveillance DVR to a Wireless Router

    The above video shows how to use a wireless access point to connect a security camera DVR to a wireless router. You can read the full blog post by clicking on that link.

    You may also be interested in this article: How-to Connect Security Cameras on Multiple Buildings to DVR via WIFI.

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    #33270
    Mike Haldas
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    H.264 CCTV DVR
    This wireless DVR setup also works great with our new iDVR-PRO CCTV /HD security camera DVRs. The latest iDVR-PROs work with analog CCTV, AHD, and HD-TVI cameras. Users can use an iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Windows PCs for remote viewing and video playback.
    You can learn more and watch a bunch of video demos here.
    H.264 CCTV Security DVR

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