This is actually an issue that I've been having for some time but the first time another person has posted any confirmation of the same issue. I have 3 cameras, one on the original 2.622, the other two upgraded to the 2.8 firmware series. All the cameras ran flawlessly on the original 2.622. Once I updated to the 2.8 series firmware, the bitrate of the cameras are much higher than anything I set. I have been messing with this for months. Absolutely nothing else in my system was messed with except moving to the 2.8 series firmware. I tried other POE switches, tried other certified cables, changing camera settings, iframe, VBR/CBR. Nothing I have tried gets the actual camera bitrate to match the setting in the camera. I put my system back with all the original equipment just like it was when I had all the cameras on the 2.622 firmware, because none of the new equipment I tried made any difference. I tried disconnecting certain cameras to see if it had any effect on the other cameras, it didn't. I followed all the steps and rules, factory default the cameras, even pulled then down off the house to do a hard reset using the button inside the camera, that had no effect. Regardless of anything else in my system, all I want was the cameras to run at the bitrate I set them to. I was hoping someone either could think of something I haven't tried, or confirmed the same issue, where enough people would reply and it would grab the attention of someone who could do something in a future firmware update.