Cannot initialize IPC-T2431T-AS

Herondas

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When I try to initialize a IPC-T2431T-AS camera with the ConfigTool (downloaded today) it fails and says 'network error, maybe timeout'.
My network setup: Netgear Router [192.168.0.1] <--> Ethernet Switch <--> PoE+ Switch
ConfigTool is run on a laptop [192.168.0.120] cabled to the Ethernet Switch.
The camera is cabled to the PoE+ switch.
The ConfigTool immediately sees the uninitialized camera at 192.168.1.108
I try to initialize the camera and get the error.
Any suggestions?
 

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Here is how most of us get the camera into the IP address of our system:

The default IP address of the camera is 192.168.1.108, which may or may not be the IP address range of your system.

Unhook a computer or laptop from the internet and go into ethernet settings and using the IPv4 settings manually change the IP address to 192.168.1.100


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Then power up your camera and wait a few minutes.

Then go to INTERNET EXPLORER (needs to be Explorer and not Edge or Chrome with IE tab) and type in 192.168.1.108 (default IP address of Dahua cameras) and you will then access the camera.

Tell it your country and give it a user and password.

Then go to the camera Network settings and change the camera IP address to the range of your system and hit save.

You will then lose the camera connection.

Then reverse the process to put your computer back on your network IP address range.

Next open up INTERNET EXPLORER and type in the new IP address that you just gave the camera to access it.

OR use the IPconfig Tool, but most of us prefer the above as it is one less program needed and one less chance for the cameras to phone home.
 
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So what's going to be the preferred browser since IE is going to be dropped on a support side in the next month or two? Or, do you just use it until it literally dies?
 

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Yep use IE till it is no longer.

Most of us have disabled updates and/or have a spare computer laying around without internet access.
 
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