Noob cannot locate camera on network

[spudman99]

I hope I am not too stupid for asking this and not bothering the more knowledgeable folks herein

I purchased the IPC -T2231T-ZS from Andy couple weeks ago. Took an existing Dell i5-6400 2.7gh with 12gb memory and stripped it down and reloaded a clean windows 10 install. Purchased a Netgear 8 switch POE GS108LP. Cables for now are all Cat5e professional, not patch ones I made from my cat6 lines

I connected the switch to the puter, cabled to the camera and ran an internet connection to the switch which is unmanaged. For whatever reason I cannot access the camera from the Blue Iris software I downloaded, the Dahau PSS software, nor directly from an internet browser using the 192.168.1.108 address. (quick photo of my testing layout)



I am sure I am making a mistake here, but can someone guide me as to how I can locate or identify the camera on the network? Thanks in advance for your time and efforts.

 

[alastairstevenson]

I connected the switch to the puter, cabled to the camera and ran an internet connection to the switch which is unmanaged. For whatever reason I cannot access the camera from the Blue Iris software I downloaded, the Dahau PSS software, nor directly from an internet browser using the 192.168.1.108 address. (quick photo of my testing layout)

Hook up a port on the switch to your router / gateway.
I'm guessing the PC is using DHCP so in the absence of access to the DHCP server in the router it's using a 'self-administered IP address' which is in a different range from the fixed address of the camera.

edit
Missed this :
"ran an internet connection to the switch"

 

[hikky_b]

As above, it's to do with different IP ranges.

As an alternative to hooking up your router to the switch, you could manually assign an IP in the 192.168.1.x/24 (e.g. 192.168.1.100) on your pc.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Another alternative is to use the Dahua Config Tool. That will work without changing the IP of your PC.

 

[bigredfish]

Uhmmm shouldnt there be 3 cables connected to the switch? only see 2

PC
Camera
Router (Internet connection)

Then, assuming your router is using DHCP range 192.168.1.x , both your PC and camera will be on the same network and you'll be able to reach it at 192.168.1.108

 

[SouthernYankee]

what is the local IP of your router ?
What is the local IP for your BI PC ?

you need three cables.
1) switch to the router
2) switch to the computer
3) switch to the camera

System design note: The local video traffic should never pass through the router
======================================
Private ip addresses. Local IP addresses. These addresses are NOT used by the internet. They are for your local home/business network.
10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255

Note there is no reason to redact local ip addresses when posting.

 

[spudman99]

Sorry for the late reply, and many thanks for your responses.

I used the Dahau config tool and that worked in identifying and activating my camera. I did not realize that the three steps are 1: initialize the camera, 2: establish password, 3: establish or maintain the proper ip setting.

All is well and again I appreciate your help. Andy will be getting several camera order soon as a fill out my system.