Yes, initially I did plug them in the NVR's built in POE switch then moved them over to the BV-Tech POE switch.
Changing the ip on a plug and Dahua PTZ ?
- Thread starter tubac
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Yes they were initially powered by the NVR, and then I moved them into the garage to the BV-Tech Poe/POE+ switch.
Unfortunately, so am I
!That will be my next step. To assign static ip's to the cams. I've learned a lot from this thread.
Thanks
@tubac, you're getting plenty of good help from others, but let me try to answer that question:
The router has a range of IP addresses it will assign to devices that are set to DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) mode, meaning they can change and are NOT static. That range of addresses is generally called the "DHCP Pool". When you decide to assign a static IP to any device that operates in the same subnet as the router's LAN you should use only IP addresses that are OUTSIDE of that DHCP pool range.
Being that your router is probably 192.168.0.1 on the LAN, then if the router's DHCP pool is 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254 as you stated above, then there is NO IP outside that pool for YOU to use as static IP's.
I would log into the router at 192.168.0.1 and change that pool like from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.99; that leaves 98 IP's for the router to use and 154 (192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.254) for you to use as static IP's for cam's printers, etc.
Flintstone61
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Do you recall where you saw that?
It's not correct.
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I think BIGREDFISH says that about connecting New cams to NVR's. Because they will assign a 10.10.10.xxx address I believe.
It's not correct.
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I think BIGREDFISH says that about connecting New cams to NVR's. Because they will assign a 10.10.10.xxx address I believe.
If you're replying to me, then I was speaking general network terms when it comes to a router, DHCP, static, etc. and answering tubacs statement about his router...none of that changes what bigredfish stated about an NVR.
Clear and concise, thanks!
So all of my cams are in the 10.xxx scheme except two which are in the 192.xxx scheme. I have 13 cams in all. How would limiting the DHCP server scheme affect my setup?
Flintstone61
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Yeah Tony, i think the OP felt as if he’d heard not to mess with static/dhcp but, he may be mixing info from NVR posts ….yes not applicable to network topology but more toward which type of Machine is recording the cams.
sebastiantombs
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All you need to do is limit the IP range in DHCP, say from192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.99. Then use the Dahua config tool to change the cameras to any address in the 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.24 range. There is no need to have 255 addresses available for DHCP on a home LAN.
