Hikvision 77XX NVR Direct Camera Access via POE - Easy Super Upgrade

[icustom]

This allows you to USE an old DDWRT router as a POE WIFI access point (AP) to directly connect to cameras for setup and tweaking. Just connect the DDWRT router (or your own AP) to your computer and configure the network to mesh with the POE network settings. Then connect the LAN port of the AP to a POE port on the HIKVISION NVR. Leave the camera setup in PLUG N PLAY mode.

Finally connect to your AP

enter the settings for your computer to mesh with the POE network
this is what I used
IP 192.168.254.195
Sub 255.255.0.0
Gateway 192.168.254.1





Long Version

Here's how to create a Wireless Access Point using dd-wrt v24. Please pay special attention to the Review section of this article, especially if you are using an older version.

1. Hard reset or 30/30/30 the router to dd-wrt default settings
2. Connect to the router @ http://192.168.1.1 may be different if your using some other brand
   • Note: If this router is wired to another router, there may be conflicts (both routers could have the same IP address). For the time being, disconnect this router from the main one.
3. Open the Setup -> Basic Setup tab
   • WAN Connection Type : Disabled
   • Local IP Address: 192.168.254.200
   • Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (i.e. same as primary router)
   • Gateway 192.168.254.1
   • DHCP Server: Disable (also uncheck DNSmasq options)
   • (Recommended) Gateway/Local DNS: IP address of primary router (many things will fail without this as your router will not be able to access the internet or another network without it)
   • (Optional) Assign WAN Port to Switch (visible only with WAN Connection Type set to disabled): Enable this if you want to use WAN port as a switch port
   • (Optional) NTP Client: Enable/Disable (if Enabled, specify Gateway/Local DNS above) Help
   • Save
4. Open the Setup -> Advanced Routing tab
   • (Optional) Change operating mode to: Router
   • Save
5. Open the Wireless -> Basic Settings tab
   • Wireless Network Name (SSID): YourNetworkNameHere (I Used Service AP)
   • (Optional) Sensitivity Range: The max distance (in meters) to clients x2
   • Save
6. Open the Wireless -> Wireless Security tab
   • Note: Security is optional, but recommended! Clients must support whatever mode you select here.
   • (Recommended) Security Mode: WPA2
   • (Recommended) WPA Algorithm: AES
   • (Recommended) WPA Shared Key: >8 characters
   • Save
7. Open the Services -> Services tab
   • (Optional) DNSMasq: Disable (enable if you use additional DNSMasq settings)
   • (Optional) ttraff Daemon: Disable
   • Save
8. Open the Security -> Firewall tab
   • Uncheck all boxes except Filter Multicast
   • Save
   • Disable SPI firewall
   • Save
9. Open the Administration -> Management tab
   • (Recommended) Info Site Password Protection: Enable
   • (Recommended) Routing: Disabled (enable if you need to route between interfaces)
   • Apply Settings and connect Ethernet cable to main router via LAN-to-LAN uplink*
   • Reboot router to be sure all settings have been applied.
   • You may have to reboot your own PC or do "ipconfig /release" + "ipconfig /renew" from the Windows command line.

 

[badmop]

I'm assuming you'd need to do something like this for a Dahua NVR also?
I have my old ddwrt router, and my NVR coming soon

 

[whoslooking]

Good post.

 

[icustom]

yeah maybe different POE network settings for Dahua