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But the whole time, from the very start, I've set a fixed IP for the camera using the DHCP controller with the camera set to receive that DHCP issued IP. The camera is using that issued IP but looking at the DHCP controller logs the camera keeps requesting an old IP address.

Why is it better to set Static IPs rather than set a fixed IP from the DHCP controller? Actually, a more confusing question to me, why pick a fixed IP outside of the DHCP controllers range?

I tried that, but once I changed it back to DHCP it kept requesting the wrong IP again.

I've got a pair of IPC-HDW5231R-ZE I got years ago from Andy and they have been working great until I had to rebuild my network recently. Both are set to use DHCP but since the network rebuild one of the cameras keeps requesting an IP address from the network controller. Some background - I...

I've noticed my firewall reporting... Threat Management Alert 2: Attempted Information Leak. Signature ET EXPLOIT AVTECH Authenticated Command Injection in CloudSetup.cgi. From: 167.88.161.157:45506, to: 192.168.9.230:554, protocol: TCP That target IP address is my Synology NAS running...

Thank you for the info @Matt200. I'll do some more reading.

Hello everyone, Excellent forum that I'm so glad I found. I've read the Cliff Notes and had a good look in the wiki, and hope I've got the basics covered. I'm at the start of my project and already know that planning and research before spending my money is going to be the key to success...