I changed the IP address of one of my cameras. Before I got around to fixing it in BI, BI had changed it by itself and the camera was back running at its new IP address. How does BI know to do that?
Automatic IP address change?
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looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
As found in the help fil.e
5.6.2 - September 23, 2022
The Camera Discovery window now finds MAC addresses along with IP addresses. You also
have the option of using the previous ONVIF discovery, or the new full LAN IP and port
scan. With this, it should no longer be necessary to use the external website service
Advanced Port Scanner to search your network.
LAN cameras now automatically pull MAC addresses and they are displayed on the Status/
Cameras page.
If a camera’s MAC was previously determined and the camera experiences connectivity
issues, the software with automatically scan the LAN in order to detect an IP address
change. If a new address is found, it will be adopted and posted to Status/Log. This
provides protection against IP address changes when DHCP is left active on a camera.
5.6.2 - September 23, 2022
The Camera Discovery window now finds MAC addresses along with IP addresses. You also
have the option of using the previous ONVIF discovery, or the new full LAN IP and port
scan. With this, it should no longer be necessary to use the external website service
Advanced Port Scanner to search your network.
LAN cameras now automatically pull MAC addresses and they are displayed on the Status/
Cameras page.
If a camera’s MAC was previously determined and the camera experiences connectivity
issues, the software with automatically scan the LAN in order to detect an IP address
change. If a new address is found, it will be adopted and posted to Status/Log. This
provides protection against IP address changes when DHCP is left active on a camera.
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Mike A.
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To keep it from changing things:
Camera settings > Video > Configure > check the box for Skip initial MAC, etc., reachability tests.
Camera settings > Video > Configure > check the box for Skip initial MAC, etc., reachability tests.
In this case I was pleasantly surprised at what BI did by itself. Unlike in the newer cars where I'm often fighting the automatic crap.
Finally we see someone that benefitted from this feature!
Usually it is someone coming here that the feature changed their IPs and they lost all the cameras.
Usually it is someone coming here that the feature changed their IPs and they lost all the cameras.