As the title says I just got my Dahua camera (DH-IPC-HDW5231R-ZE) + NVR(NVR4208-8P) and just wanted to get things straight before I power them on, mostly network stuff. I'm not really internet swavy so I need a bit of help understanding it all but I think I get the gist of it. I read the clcliffnotes and it mentions I need to make sure I keep the cameras from accessing the internet until I set them up right so but one thing though
Probably a silly question but what or how do you remove the Gateway IP address? Would I be find just turning off or disconnecting my PC/MAC's wifi? Since I'll be using a laptop running windows 7 with an ethernet port and both camera and NVR supports PoE, I was planing on connecting to the camera's specific web page through the NVR while the camera is in.Disable The Internet Connection On the Computer
Take note of your internet adapter settings so you can revert back after the camera is set up. Disable the internet connection on your PC/Mac by removing the Gateway IP address. If the PC/Mac is on a different subnet than 192.168.1.x, you need to change the IP address to 192.168.1.100, and the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 as detailed here.