Base Station Connectivity Information

Idrive Base Station Connection and 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
  • Both networks are treated as "Public" networks using Windows 7 and file sharing is turned off. Some of our clients open the sharing on the LAN NIC to perform Active Directory (Log-in AD user and password) to performBack-Ups and storage
  • The dual NICs are not bridged and maintain NO connectivity between each other.

• One NIC is for internet connectivity either via your LAN or dedicated Internet connection. This is required for connection to the Idrive Global Center.
  • The idrive Base Station utilizes a proprietary software called idrive Control Center
  • The Control Center uses port 3306 for MySQL on the Internet NIC and connects 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

• The second NIC supports the idrive wireless network which consists of one or more Wireless Access points for communication with the cameras.
  • The REQUIRED settings the second NIC are: IP Address 192.168.0.10, Network Mask of 255.255.0.0, No Default Gateway, No DNS, No DHCP.
  • The Wireless Access Point typical settings are IP Address 192.168.0.1, Network Mask of 255.255.0.0, Default Gateway 192.168.0.1, DNS 192.168.0.1, No DHCP.
  • The REQUIRED Wireless setting for the access point are: 802.11G only,
  • 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)

• • 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

• 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.