4G and 5G PTZ Cameras with Built-In WireGuard VPN: Full Remote Control, Zero Open Ports

A fixed camera shows you one view. A PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) camera patrols a whole site from one pole — sweep the yard, zoom 30x onto a number plate, follow movement across a compound. The catch has always been the remote part: to control a camera over the internet, most installs end up port-forwarding a router or trusting a manufacturer's cloud. The first is how CCTV ends up on Shodan; the second is a subscription and a leap of faith. We've written before about why remote CCTV should never mean open ports — and the ASP-R series builds the answer into the camera itself. Last updated: July 2026. WireGuard in the camera — what that actually means WireGuard is the modern VPN protocol — the one now built into the Linux kernel, praised for a tiny code footprint and state-of-the-art encryption. The ASP-R cameras run a WireGuard VPN client on board: the camera dials out through 4G or 5G into your private tunnel, and you view and control it from inside that tunnel. No port forwarding, nothing exposed — the camera makes an outbound connection only; there is no login page on the public internet to attack. No static IP or special SIM needed — outbound tunnels work on ordinary CGNAT mobile SIMs, which is exactly what 4G/5G cameras use. Direct, low-latency control — PTZ steering over your own tunnel, not relayed through a third-party cloud in another country. Multi-site, one network — every camera joins the same WireGuard network, so a farm, three yards and a compound behave like one private CCTV estate. They also speak RTMP for streaming into your own platforms, and run efficient H.265 compression to keep 4G data use sensible. The 4G range ASP-200R — 5MP 4G PTZ, 5x zoom (£149) — the entry point: full pan-tilt with enough zoom for yards and gateways. ASP-202R — 5MP 4G PTZ, 20x optical (£205) — the all-rounder for compounds and car parks. ASP-30R — 5MP 4G PTZ, 30x optical (£289) — long-range: read a plate or identify a person hundreds of metres out. ASP-204R — 5MP 4G/Wi-Fi with AI human detection (£159) — on-board AI cuts false alerts from animals and weather. ASP-35R — 4MP 4G with AI fire detection (£159) — watches for smoke and flame as well as people. The 5G range Where multiple high-resolution streams or instant PTZ response matter, the 5G models step up: ASP-204R-5G in 5MP (£215), 8MP (£235) and 12MP (£308) — AI human detection with 5G bandwidth behind it. ASP-32R-5G — 4K 8MP, 20x zoom (£320) — 4K detail with 150m IR night vision. ASP-31 — dual thermal + visible multi-sensor (£2,090) — the specialist option: thermal detection that works in total darkness and fog, with a wiper for the lens. Pair any of them with the right 4G or 5G router — or run them standalone on their own SIMs inside the tunnel. Who this fits Anyone who has been told "just port-forward it" should read that as "just leave a door open": farms and estates monitoring gates and fields from the kitchen table, construction firms steering a site camera from head office, councils and security companies running multi-site estates who need every feed inside one private network, and integrators building platforms who want RTMP streams they control end to end. Tell us the site and the viewing setup you want and we'll spec cameras, SIMs and the WireGuard side of it: talk to our UK team. Free UK delivery on orders over £75; trade pricing for installers and security companies.