#Wifi dvr player how to#
If you'd like to learn more about how to do this and see the equipment that I used in my testing, please visit If you can run a wire, I highly recommend that you do so. If you absolutely cannot run wire for an internet connection to your DVR, then use this. I would say that using this method and implementing a wireless bridge for a security camera DVR is a last resort option. That's why these DVRs come with only a wired connection because that's really how they're meant to be set up. Wireless is never as reliable as a hardwired network connection. There's interference from other wireless devices. These are things that tend to happen with wireless. You can't have a network connection going up and down and speed varying. Video streaming uses a lot of bandwidth and relies on reliability. Now that I explained how to set up your DVR with a wireless access point, let's go over the downside to that. Now, as long as port forwarding is configured properly on my router, I can access my security cameras from remotely over the internet. This can be any type of internet connection, such as DSL, cable, or a direct fiber connection. My Linksys router is connected to the internet. It is the type that is typically used in residential and small business networks. I am using a Linksys Cisco router for my access point and router in this case. The wireless bridge is configured to connect to my wireless access point. I have mine configured as a wireless bridge for this application. I am using anĪP-3500 for my Wi-Fi bridge, which is a multipurpose wireless device. The DVR is hardwired to my wireless bridge using a Cat5e cable. The black lines represent the RG59 coax cable that is used to wire my security cameras to the DVR. Starting in the upper right, I have two security cameras wired to my surveillance DVR. I am putting my DVR at a location where I don't have a hardwired LAN connection, so what do I do? I can use a wireless bridge to solve this problem. There's no built-in WiFi built into almost all of these devices on the market.
Most of the CCTV DVRs on the market only have a wired LAN port.
Basically, if you're not familiar with that, it’s a DVR that the cameras get hardwired back to the recorder using coax cable. This is the problem that we're solving in this video. Security camera DVR to a wireless router or access point. For the best viewing experience, start playing the video, then select the highest video quality setting by clicking on the video settings button on the bottom of the video player.
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