Base Station Connectivity Information

Idrive Base Station Connection security information

Security, Connectivity and open 802.11/G only WiFi access to the idrive Access Point and Base Station software:

• The idrive Base Station utilizes dual Ethernet NICs
  • One for internet connectivity either via you LAN or separate Internet router
  • The other NIC is used for the proprietary "G" only idrive Wireless Access Point
  • The dual NICs are not bridged and maintain NO connectivity between them
  • Both networks are treated as "Public" networks using Windows 7 and file sharing is turned off
    1. Some of our clients open the sharing on the LAN NIC to perform Active Directory (Log-in AD user and password) to perform

Back-Ups and storage

• • 1. The dual NICs are not bridged and maintain NO connectivity between them
    2. The idrive Wireless NIC only accepts connections from our product having the hard coded port of 4660 (to any other device this is a dead end)
• The idrive Wireless Access Point uses a fixed scope IP address 192.168.0.1 having a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0
  • Any other network would not have such a wide subnet mask as 255.255.0.0
  • This allows our devices to communicate to the Base Station having a hard coded IP address in that range
  • We hide the SSID on the Access Point
  • Our devices only look for this Specific SSID nothing else
  • The access Point has a gateway address of only itself (192.168.0.1) so it does not have internet access or access to other networks
  • No DNS is provided by the Access Point, communications from the Cameras via WiFi is only to the Base Station software
  • NO DHCP is provided from the Access Point, the specified scope above is all that is permitted through to the Control Center software
• We use a Omni-directional outdoor rated Access Point
  • Optional equipment is available for quoting to provide a directional Access Point further limiting areas available to WiFi device access
    1. This might be a solution when many client WiFi networks are competing for the same air space and channels, maintaining integrity of all networks
    2. Some of our clients install their Access Point inside a garage facility, once again limiting outdoor WiFi access and controlling the environment
• The idrive Base Station utilizes a proprietary software called idrive Control Center
• The Control Center uses port 3306 for MySQL on the Internet NIC
• Connections to the idrive Global Center (cloud) are every 3 minutes with an alive signal
• Every 6 hours the Sync service runs to upload to the idrive Global Center (this allows you to view your events from the Base Station at http://globalcenter.idrive.pro)
  • This transfer requires FTP port 21 to be open using passive mode and random ports from 30,000-35,000 (up to 4 at a time) to transfer the video and data events
• Additionally we utilize a software by the name of Team Viewer to remotely connect and administer the system (they can be found at teamviewer.com)
  • We use this to perform manual Updates to the idrive Software
  • Client training and troubleshooting

Finally if you choose, you may provide a separate internet Connection outside of your LAN so the idrive Base Station will perform its functions autonomously from your corporate LAN and internet connectivity.