[scorpion]

With out being there on site I really cannot tell what is going wrong.

I would say that when you brought your DVR in from out of the garage, and you hooked it up directly to your computer then I would tell you that you cannot use a regulare internet cord. It has to be a cross over cable. This can be bought at any computer store. If you are a technical person and you have the tool to crimp on RJ45 connectors to cat 5 then it is just a matter of having "line 2" or pins 3, and 6 of one end go to "line 3", or Pins 1, and 2. What this does is it connect the "transmitter of the computer" to the "receiver of the DVR", and vice versa.

I would say that if you hooked it up to a router (the hub should not make a difference) then you need to check that the portforward has been set up for the port that the DVR is set to. In your case you need to port forward

Start 80
End 80
192.168.1.11
enable

Also check your security tab, and uncheck "block anonymous internet request" (Linksys)

You can go to portforward dot com and you can select router by guides, and it will walk you through the port forward procedure.

You can select Gadspot IP Camera as that is the closest to the set up of an AVTech DVR.

If this does not work then your router may want to assign your DVR a specific IP address, and you have a conflict with .11 .

You can put the DVR in to DHCP mode, and it should show you what the router wants to assign to the DVR. Write this down, and then put the DVR back in to static mode, and it may remember the assigned IP address, or you may have to manually punch in the assigned IP address.

There are some routers that want your DVR to be .102, or 103, or 104.

I have seen where there is trouble, and the DVR has 192.168. "0".11 instead of ."1".11. You are savy about this DVR, and I know you do not have this issue, but I put this in this post for others who come here looking for help.

If the moderator would like I can make a sticky of the complete procedure top to bottom on networking an AVTech DVR.