Port Forwarding using a Linksys Router - Configuring the DVR

Configuring the DVR to pick up an IP address
1. Right Click and select Main Menu 

2. Select  Setting

3. Select Network

4. Check the box next to DHCP and click Save

5.  Select Shutdown

 6.  Set to Restart system and click OK

 7. Right Click and select Main Menu (Now we are Identifying the IP address) Then Select Settings, Then Select Network.

 8. Uncheck the box next to DHCP, write down the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway, and click Save

To setup port forwarding on this router your computer needs to have a static ip address.
Or you can take alook at our Static IP Address guide to setup a static ip address. When you are finished setting up a static ip address, please come back to this page and enter the ip address you setup in the Static IP Address box below.

Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser.

In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the internal IP address of your router. By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.1.1. 

You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now. By default the username is admin, and the password is admin. Click the Ok button to log in to your router.

 

Click the Applications & Gaming link near the top of the page. 

You should now see a new menu. In this new menu, click Port Range Forwarding.

We will list a series of lines here that will show you exactly how to forward the ports you need to forward. Some DVR requires you to forward the following ports: 80,37777,37778. Go ahead and enter the settings shown above into the Port Range Forwarding menu. 

When you're finished, click Save Settings near the bottom of the screen to save your changes. 

 
And that's it! You're done!