NVR5216-16P-4KS2. About 2 years old.
I've been messing with this thing for a week now. Tried everything, in every combination, I can think of. Unplugged all cameras, plugged all cameras in, plugged NVR into different switch, removed NVR from any network, tried multiple computers, etc... I'm starting to think it's some weird hardware related issue???
1) I noticed when I added new networking equipment (Unifi smart switches & APs), if the NVR was also attached to network when Unifi equipments boots, Unifi equipment would get bad IP addresses outside my DHCP range (192.168.0.XXX instead of 192.168.1.XXX). described here --> Dahua NVR messing with IP assignments on main network
2) No matter what I try (from console, SmartPSS - Mac & Win7, or ConfigTool - Mac & Win7) I can not upgrade the firmware. Nor can I do a factory reset.
3) I can't connect via webpage - Mac nor Window, with IE, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. It is "touching" the NVR, because it immediately rejects a bad user id or password. But with good user id/password, it just "hangs".
4) If I make a new user id/password, if I reboot, that new user disappears.
5) Rebooting makes NVR forget the individual camera's user ids/passwords.
Anyone have ideas before I cleanse this thing with fire?
Many thinks!
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I've been messing with this thing for a week now. Tried everything, in every combination, I can think of. Unplugged all cameras, plugged all cameras in, plugged NVR into different switch, removed NVR from any network, tried multiple computers, etc... I'm starting to think it's some weird hardware related issue???
1) I noticed when I added new networking equipment (Unifi smart switches & APs), if the NVR was also attached to network when Unifi equipments boots, Unifi equipment would get bad IP addresses outside my DHCP range (192.168.0.XXX instead of 192.168.1.XXX). described here --> Dahua NVR messing with IP assignments on main network
2) No matter what I try (from console, SmartPSS - Mac & Win7, or ConfigTool - Mac & Win7) I can not upgrade the firmware. Nor can I do a factory reset.
3) I can't connect via webpage - Mac nor Window, with IE, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. It is "touching" the NVR, because it immediately rejects a bad user id or password. But with good user id/password, it just "hangs".
4) If I make a new user id/password, if I reboot, that new user disappears.
5) Rebooting makes NVR forget the individual camera's user ids/passwords.
Anyone have ideas before I cleanse this thing with fire?
Many thinks!
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