Ipc-hfw2300r-z

[mkkoskin]

As far as i know, security business and ip cameras are not meant to be installed by your average end user with no knowledge about cameras, ip addresses or networks.

I work with static IPs rather than cameras with DHCP enabled. Most of the times when you take a camera out of the package, you're already installing it on a customer, on a isolated network with no dhcp servers around.

If an end-user that doesn't know anything about IP cameras plugs one in, DHCP and config/search tool is the easy way to go, but without search tool the end-user has no clue which ip did the router/modem DHCP assign to the camera, thus making it very hard to access it.

Some manufacturers (i've come up with one) do it correctly by having static IP and DHCP enabled at the same time as factory default setting. If the camera does not get IP from DHCP, static ip works, if it does, DHCP one works.

 

[primalsmoke]

Static IP's from the factory also run the risk of "stepping" on a leased address.
Factory DHCP with failover Static is the way to go. Ubiquiti does this.

Something to consider for a toolbag:
-CrossOver Cable


An alternate to using proprietary tools = nmap.

nmap is very useful for other things plus it is mutli-platform, works on OSX, Linux and Windows.


If you have different brands of cameras it will let you know where and what they are.
You can pipe output to a file.
It will tell you what clients you have on a particular segment.
You can get a limited view by looking at DHCP tables, but that is assuming you can access server and all clients are running DHCP

The following command:
sudo nmap -T5 -F 10.10.10.0/24

Gave data along the line of:
(Note MAC address 00:00:62 is another one of Foscam's OEMs)
(My Dahua cameras were branded Q-See, but nmap told me different)


Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.86
Host is up (0.00053s latency).
Not shown: 96 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
23/tcp open telnet
554/tcp open rtsp
5000/tcp open upnp
49152/tcp open unknown
MAC Address: 90:02:A9:5C:C7:9A (Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.)


Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.102
Host is up (0.00065s latency).
Not shown: 99 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
MAC Address: 00:0D:C58:A7:22 (EchoStar Global B.V.)


Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.103
Host is up (0.00069s latency).
Not shown: 99 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
MAC Address: 00:0C:5DC:F4:B9 (Chic Technology (china))


Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.121
Host is up (0.0010s latency).
Not shown: 99 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
MAC Address: 00:62:6E:4C:31:C2 (Unknown)


Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.141
Host is up (0.00072s latency).
Not shown: 99 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
MAC Address: 00:62:6E:44:1B:6C (Unknown)


Nmap scan report for 10.10.10.211
Host is up (0.059s latency).
Not shown: 96 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
23/tcp open telnet
554/tcp open rtsp
5000/tcp open upnp
49152/tcp open unknown
MAC Address: 90:02:A9:5C:73:9A (Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.)