Conditions required to be able to install the camera domain name for free:
- The device must be connected to the Internet, please check if the connection works properly.
- Please confirm that the Internet access port is open and that the default port to open is usually: 80.37777 (Default gateway for cameras DAHUA and OEM brands from DAHUA). Check the port is opened using the Port Check here
- You are keeping the login information to the installation device. The default is admin:admin
- You already know the LAN IP address of the device, usually by default: 192.168.1.108.
- Website Free Dynamic DNS: FASTDDNS.NET.
Step by Step Instructions
This article is manipulated on a device that is NVR DAHUA.
Step 1: Create hostname. See the instructions in the article: Instructions to create a free dynamic DNS hostname.
Step 2: Get hostname installation information.
Step 3: Input your device's IP address into Internet Explorer, and login.
The default address is: http://192.168.1.108.
If you've changed ip and port 80, go to the IP address you've changed.
Step 4: Go to Settings -> Network -> TCP/IP, Change 2 existing DNS addresses to:
- Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8
- Secondary DNS: 8.8.4.4
Step 5: Go to Settings -> Network -> DDNS
- Choose Enable DDNS.
- Choose typeDDNS: DynDNS or No-ip.
- Server IP address: default is (members.dyndns.org or dynupdate.no-ip.com) Please delete and change to: dyn.fastddns.net
- In the Domain Name, Account and Password fields, you fill in the information provided in Step 1.
- Save.
Once you're done installing, go back to the Fastddns.net domain name manager page and check if the domain has been updated (it usually takes between 30 seconds and 5 minutes to get a new IP address update).
Good luck with your installation.