Hi all, I finally managed with the help of this forum and the great users, and the support of hikvision to setup my DS-7608NI-E2/8P/A and DS-2CD2142FWD-IS cameras and got the NVR to send email alerts.
However the images the NVR send are such poor quality, if the nvr was stolen i would be left with emailed images that look like screen shots from minecraft lol.
What i am trying to achieve now is for the current setup to continue working but to have the cameras individually configured to send email alerts, as they can be setup to send better quality images (why the NVR doesn't have this option i have no idea).
My issue is that after enabling virtual host i can login to the cameras direct and configure the email settings (the same as the NVR) but had an error "The network gateway is not configured, and this may cause the failure of email sending". I then found there was no ipv4 default gateway in network settings of the camera so put this in 192.168.0.1 but now the email test still fails.
I have read some other threads which seem slightly related but struggled to understand some of the instructions. from what i understood this is an issue with the cameras working on the nvr and not being connected direct on the lan and they need to be configured some how using ip forwarding? to be honest i just dont know where to begin.
If any one can help it would be great or if any further information is required to be able to provide the help please let me know.
However the images the NVR send are such poor quality, if the nvr was stolen i would be left with emailed images that look like screen shots from minecraft lol.
What i am trying to achieve now is for the current setup to continue working but to have the cameras individually configured to send email alerts, as they can be setup to send better quality images (why the NVR doesn't have this option i have no idea).
My issue is that after enabling virtual host i can login to the cameras direct and configure the email settings (the same as the NVR) but had an error "The network gateway is not configured, and this may cause the failure of email sending". I then found there was no ipv4 default gateway in network settings of the camera so put this in 192.168.0.1 but now the email test still fails.
I have read some other threads which seem slightly related but struggled to understand some of the instructions. from what i understood this is an issue with the cameras working on the nvr and not being connected direct on the lan and they need to be configured some how using ip forwarding? to be honest i just dont know where to begin.
If any one can help it would be great or if any further information is required to be able to provide the help please let me know.