Below is my setup. After plugging in my cameras with plug and play turned on, I noticed that all my cameras are on a different subnet(?) than my network. My network is 192.168.2.x, mask 255.255.255.0 All the cameras are on 192.168.254.x, same mask. I can get into the camera guis okay by either using their IP or by using the correct port going through the NVRs virtual host.
I thought the NVR was basically just a switch and that my routers would assign them an IP on my subnet, but it seems to me that the NVR is assigning the IP to the camera? Which seems odd to me since I changed its IP(static) to my network subnet instead of something like 192.168.254.x. The router's DHCP is enabled. That's about all I can think of that is relevant. I'm sorry if my terminology is off... obviously my networking knowledge is elementary.
I would like to change the camera IPs to be on the 192.168.2 subnet, same as my router, if possible. I've tried going through the camera gui and changing the IP there, but when it asks if I want to reboot the camera, it always reverts back to its old IP.
This all came up because I was trying to add the cameras to ISpy. My cameras are on the camera wizard so I expected setup to be simple, but the only devices the wizard sees is the NVR. Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to change the IP on the camera if it's plugged into the NVR?
I thought the NVR was basically just a switch and that my routers would assign them an IP on my subnet, but it seems to me that the NVR is assigning the IP to the camera? Which seems odd to me since I changed its IP(static) to my network subnet instead of something like 192.168.254.x. The router's DHCP is enabled. That's about all I can think of that is relevant. I'm sorry if my terminology is off... obviously my networking knowledge is elementary.
I would like to change the camera IPs to be on the 192.168.2 subnet, same as my router, if possible. I've tried going through the camera gui and changing the IP there, but when it asks if I want to reboot the camera, it always reverts back to its old IP.
This all came up because I was trying to add the cameras to ISpy. My cameras are on the camera wizard so I expected setup to be simple, but the only devices the wizard sees is the NVR. Am I doing something wrong or is it not possible to change the IP on the camera if it's plugged into the NVR?