Residential NVR Suggestions

Are you looking for an all-in-one appliance (PoE switch built in)? What is your typical budget for NVR hardware?

EDIT:

We have tested a few VMSes that offer remote connectivity without port forwarding (OpenEye, EagleEye, Network Optix), but they cover a big range in costs and hardware capabilities.

Network Optix is software only, Eagle Eye is a VSaaS solution that relies on the cloud for the majority of the system storage, OpenEye has end-to-end hardware offerings.

These may all be solutions that are outside of your typical residential customer's budget.

I suggest you look at IDIS.

Axis Companion has good cloud / remote access, not as inexpensive as Chinese though.

I have been testing Verkada with cellular connections and have been happy.  This works for us because we manufacture a modular control housing, so aren't limited in terms of deployment requirements.  No port forwarding is required, access can be easily manged and shared amongst any number of users as needed.

Thanks!

Chris Anderson

Dahua's P2P set up is very easy. Just check the enable XX ( I forgot what they call it) and use the SN and credentials to get in on your other device.

If you can get past all the other issues...

I'd venture to guess you can't get rid of port forwarding. If you don't set port forwarding yourself, then you are relying on a zeroconf protocol like P2P, which sacrifices security for ease of configuration. If you research P2P, you'd get the impression that it's a secure method to use, but the security implications are horribly underrepresented and they are likely not well understood, even by security researchers as each vendor may implement it differently. P2P was and is a bad idea.

Another perspective which may not be as relevant as we are talking about residential networks, but P2P would likely never be allowed on any network of importance. P2P is designed to "punch-a-hole" through firewalls with what is effectively a reverse-shell. Port forwarding is considered the "front door" of a network and P2P effectively offers an attacker a route to access the network without even going through the firewall, so no.

With all of that said, I am unaware of a product that would help you get away from the challenges you stated without going against what we do in the first place.

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