manually set up IP address for Hikvision NVR

[tung256]

in the Configuration for Network, there is Enable DHCP, so i checked it and it auto received all my network settings and got an ip address of 192.168.1.6.
i also noticed at the bottom there is an Internal NIC IPv4 Address. can it be filled in with anything? because when i ping the internal nic address, it doesnt exist.

basically, i dont want random IP assigned to the NVR. i need it to have an ip address of 192.168.1.200.
so when disabled dhcp, and assigned it to 192.168.1.200, it gave me an error with internal NIC. very strange! how to set up my own ip address?
please help

 

[alastairstevenson]

i also noticed at the bottom there is an Internal NIC IPv4 Address.

If the (unspecified) NVR has PoE ports - that's the IP address of the PoE interface, with a default value of 192.168.254.1
Best not to change that or you will (and have done already) orphan the cameras and get network errors.

The IP address to fix is the LAN NIC, not the internal NIC.

 

[tung256]

If the (unspecified) NVR has PoE ports - that's the IP address of the PoE interface, with a default value of 192.168.254.1
Best not to change that or you will (and have done already) orphan the cameras and get network errors.

The IP address to fix is the LAN NIC, not the internal NIC.

ok...so what should be settings be if i want to log in from a browser to view the NVR, model DS-7604NI-E1/4P?
instead of http://192.168.1.6 i would like http://192.168.1.200

here is the video i made with the issue
and here's a picture of it:

 

[alastairstevenson]

It looks like you've customised the internal NIC to an invalid value, it should not be on the LAN range.
Didn't that break all the camera connections?
You need to put it back where it was, presumably 192.168.254.1

Then you can set the LAN NIC (the IPv4 address) to your 192.168.1.200 value.

 

[tung256]

It looks like you've customised the internal NIC to an invalid value, it should not be on the LAN range.
Didn't that break all the camera connections?
You need to put it back where it was, presumably 192.168.254.1

Then you can set the LAN NIC (the IPv4 address) to your 192.168.1.200 value.

oh i did not know it cannot be similar as LAN range
so i tried your 192.168.254.1. still same error. then i tried 192.0.1.65. and for whatever eason,,,,that worked!
now im able to set the NVR to a static LAN ip of 192.168.1.200 without any errors. just confirmed i am able to view on a web browser in same local network.
really appreciate your help!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Well done for getting there!
But strange that the 192.168.254.1 value was not accepted - that's the default, as delivered.
And your cameras are still OK? Possibly the Plug&Play capability is tracking all the changes and tagging along ...

oh i did not know it cannot be similar as LAN range

2 different interfaces on the same device, with kernel IP_forward enabled (if Virtual Host is active) = networking / routing confusion.

 

[woosydiver]

Instead of setting a static IP address on the NVR, another and possibly better option [if available] is to configure the router to always assign the same, specified IP address to the NVR. This is an option in many domestic routers and means that you can leave the NVR at DHCP, but it will still always have the same/correct/specific IP address.

 

[Silas]

Your NVR uses POE for the cameras, this requires them to be on a different subnet to the main network, normally the IP range for the bottom address is in the 172 range.

Ensure the third octet is different to your main network

Main network 192.168.1.n

POE network 192.168.0.n

If you then want to be able to talk to the POE cameras direct through a web browser say, then enable the virtual hosts option and they will have the same ip as the NVR but appear on different ports 65001/2/etc