Forwarding Ports in Your Router for SVAT Sentinel1

You might need to forward some ports in your router when you use a SVAT Sentinel1 DVR. A port forward allows incoming connection requests from the internet to go straight to a SVAT Sentinel1 DVR.

Routers generally do not allow incoming connection requests from the internet. By forwarding a port you can overcome this limitation.

You need to know the following things before you can forward a port:

• The IP address of your router.
• The IP address of your DVR.
• Each of the TCP and UDP ports that you need to forward.

Use a VPN Instead

Have you considered using a VPN instead of forwarding a port? For most users, a VPN is a much simpler and more secure choice than forwarding a port.

We use and recommend NordVPN because not only is it the fastest VPN, it includes a new feature called Meshnet that makes forwarding a port no longer necessary for most applications. With NordVPN Meshnet, you can connect to your devices from anywhere in the world, completely secure, over a highly encrypted VPN tunnel.

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• Your VPN provider should have a no-logs policy. This means that they do not keep any logs of any kind.
• Make sure that your VPN provider has lots of exit nodes all around the world.
• Check that your VPN will not affect your speed.
• Verify that your VPN provider uses WireGuard as the underlying protocol.
• Many people prefer a VPN provider that is not based in the United States.

This is the list of requirements that we used when we were shopping around for a VPN provider. There are lots of free, shady VPN providers out there that we looked at and dismissed.

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Once you've set up your NordVPN account on multiple computers and enabled Meshnet, you can seamlessly access all of your devices as if they were on the same network. You don't even have to log in to your router. It's very simple.

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You can run our free Router Detector software to locate your router's IP address. It is part of our Network Utilities suite of tools and is free for you to use it.

We have a guide you can follow Find Your Router IP Address if you don't want to run the software.

A smart way to forward your ports is to use Network Utilities. Network Utilities lets you manage port forwards by putting them in when you need them and also removing the ones that you no longer need which maximized network security.

Another option is to go through the process of forwarding ports one step at a time. The step-by-step process for forwarding a port is:

• Log in to your router.
• Locate the section in your router that deals with port forwarding.
• Type the IP address of your DVR into the correct box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports that you are forwarding for a SVAT Sentinel1 DVR in the correct boxes in your router.

You probably will need to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

You can choose your router from our list to see exactly how to forward ports for a SVAT Sentinel1 DVR:

List of Routers - Customized for SVAT Sentinel1

The ports that need to be forwarded for a SVAT Sentinel1 DVR are listed here:

SVAT Sentinel1 - PC

• TCP: 50000
• UDP: 50000

That's all it takes to forward your ports for a SVAT Sentinel1 DVR.

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