Oh great, made my day. I’ll talk to them, maybe there will be a way I can hook a Mini to it and not access the video's from the ADT unit rather from the Mini?
I’ll sure pursue this, thank you for your help. John > On Apr 6, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Eugene Wiser (ConAgra Foods) > <[email protected]> wrote: > > John this stuff gets messy between the ADT and Internet providers systems. > Mostly likely the issue is with the internet providers port blocking. > Which is a “Securtiy” issue. J > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of John > Robinson > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 9:44 AM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Port Settings > > I wish I knew Ed. I feel it’s the alarm company’s router however it is fed > from the Airport Extreme so when they return with the guy that supposedly > knows I wanted to be knowledgeable enough to get into the ports on my > equipment, and I didn’t want to open a port that might be dangerous. > > I found the ports on my equipment by going into Airport Utility, finding the > iPv4 address, then typing that into the Network Utility and doing a Port > Scan. At home on the MacPro I stopped it after a long time with only two > ports listed. I am doing it now at the office with the MacMini and so far it > has listed 6 ports like what’s below. It’s still looking. I don’t know what > this means, are these ports in use with the items liste > > > Ed, I am not sure what they are looking for. There is an ethernet cable from > the back of the Airport Extreme that goes directly to the ADT Pulse system, > which then goes to the ADT DVR. The DVR is attached to the cameras so as > events are triggered it’s recorded on the DVR. > > When the tech Friday said it was a port problem I felt I should discover how > to find my ports and which ones are open, which ones are dangerous to mess > with. > > I used the Airport Utility to find my IP address, put that into Network > Utility and started a Port Scan. On the MacPro at home it found two, but I > don’t think I let it run long enough. > > At the office on a Mini it has been running a good while and has found 6 open > ports, I have listed two below. > > It may well be that the port they will mess with will be on the Pulse box, > but should they say they need to use a certain port on the Mac and it’s not > one of the listed open ports how does that work…and am I not really doing > this the correct way? > > Thanks for your help Ed. > > John > > > > > <image001.png> > > > > > > > > On Apr 6, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Eugene Wiser (ConAgra Foods) > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > John is this the your internet providers router? They can block all kinds of > access. I had to adjust my AT&T router so I could get my power line Ethernet > connection to work for my TiVo and TV. They still bit shape my connection > thou. > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of John > Robinson > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:04 PM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: [MacGroup] Port Settings > > Before the technicians return I want to be sure I don’t do something I > shouldn’t. > > ADT has installed their Pulse system, really cool compared to the last system > I had with them. I can now check every window, door, lamp module, etc. etc. > I can control the system from the iPhone or iPad, I can set up codes that are > assigned to those allowed in the home and then a text is sent to me when they > enter. I could install their door system so I could lock and unlock, same > with thermostats, garage doors, etc. etc. I am not going that route yet as I > want to wait and see what Apple is going to do with it’s home control system. > > A text is sent when an event is triggered, I can view all the cameras from > the phone and it stores all events for 30 days, or I can save an event to my > computer if it’s important. They also are changing the cameras to ones with > night vision as the older models didn’t have this featue. > > The problem is with their DVR. It’s on THEIR network. A direct Ethernet > feed is coming out of one of the ports on an Apple Airport Extreme, goes > directly to their router and from there to the DVR. > > Their DVR cannot be accessed via my Mac, my iPad, nor the last technicians > Windows machine. He worked for hours and finally at 10:30 p.m. he gave up. > > The tech that came today also didn’t want to touch it and he will return with > another guy next week that knows how to get the thing working..he say’s it’s > a PORT problem. > > So, do you think they are talking about a port that the Airport sets? How on > a Mac do you get to where the ports are opened or closed? I have looked in > the Airport Utility, I have looked in the Network settings in Preferences and > I can’t find where ports are controlled. > > I could search this but I also wanted to ask an even more important question > of you. What should I be leery of by opening certain ports? I for sure don’t > want to cause myself a security problem. > > Thanks for your input. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > <http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup>
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