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Good news, thanks to the help given here! I was able to configure our new Swann cameras to have the IP addresses compatible with our system: Use our old Windows laptop running Internet Explorer (!!!) Configure ethernet port to match DVR internet subnet (i.e.172.16.1.xx) Plug laptop into open...

As a thrift store, we have lots of used routers that we can use for a reason like this (without disturbing our real one being used to connect to the Internet). However, I am unsure if we have a proper POE injector (12v) to augment the connection of the camera(s) to the router (seeing as the...

Thanks again! The configuration screens on the Swann NVR certainly appear to be capable of adjusting/fixing the parameters of the new cameras (including the IP address), which would make this a lot easier. But (as I outlined) despite my best efforts, I cannot do so. Do you think I am doing...

Thanks for the advise! First question: is this 'normal' i.e. do new cameras need to be configured this way, and not automatically configured merely by connection to an existing NVR camera network? I cannot imagine a typical amateur such as myself doing this -- so maybe that explains why...

UPDATE: No matter what approaches I take, I am unable to alter the IP addresses of the new cameras to avoid collisions with existing ones -- just as I am unable to alter the IP addresses of the existing cameras to make room for the new ones. If I unplug existing cameras at an IP address to make...

Good suggestion! What I had already tried was testing a change to the IP address of an existing/working camera (to a new unused value) but the NVR lost contact with it -- until I changed it back. This puzzles me -- shouldn't I have the right/ability to do this? Its almost as if the camera...

[New guy here...not sure which forum to post this question...] I volunteer at a non-profit thrift store. We recently added three Swann SWNHD-887MSFB cameras to our Swann NVR-8580 system, but we have been unable to configure them to work with the other cameras i.e. it appears as though the...