Your information was very helpful!
Using 10-13-2015 information from shorttimer and fenderman, I have remote viewing working:
https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/6051-Problem-with-remote-viewing-Hik-NVR-port-forwarding-issue-I%E2%80%99m-sure?highlight=remote+viewing+NVR
Laptop connected to one of the 8 192.168.254.n ports, SADP shows 001 ... Active, 192.1.0.64, port 8000, IPv4 gateway 0.0.0.0 and http port 80.
Clearly I am missing out on some knowledge. Browser can't access it, and I can't ping it. What is it? Do I care?
I have fixed IP for the NVR...
The scenero got me all the way to downloading USSCWebComponents, closed MSIE (Windows-7), ran webcomponents and good completion. Start MSIE and I have logged in to my NVR but no image in the panel. Back to work now.
Hikvision NVR DS-7608NI-I2,
How I used my computer to access the 192.166.254.n POE cameras in order to use browser log into camera, and/or SADP co configure the camera.
Configure/change POE cameras on 254 POE network, How I did it.
Unplug ethernet cable from computer.
Change computer to...
I don't have a PTZ, but the NVR came with a well featured remote control for PTZ.
My source was on the web, hdsecuritystore.com in NY. They have personal tech support that has impressed me two times in two years.
I also had a warranty claim that they promptly handled.
DS-7600 Series NVR User’s Manual
Chapter-8, System COnfiguration,
Configuring Alarms and Exceptions, P95.
The audio alarms/event are respective of camera. I have no audio cameras, and nothing related is enable with a check box.
The icon/thumb or whatever, has 4 spots, quite close to the left...
This started today. I have been learning about and setting alarm feature to control recording based on motion detection. I have no cameras with audio.
The floating muted speaker image keeps floating up and down the left side of the screen, no matter what screens are displayed.
Motion detected...
That works! great! Thank you.
I found a useful post by you Oct 2014, https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/1604-Hikvision-POE-LAN-segment-access-to-cameras-without-virtual-host-or-extra-wiring?highlight=ip_forward
and trying to use router to define 'Static Route" as per description. I...
When I set Virtual Host check-box, I get window: "port", has 65001. Is that ok? Camera uses port 8000.
The check-box has empty space above, labeled Multicast IP. What is the significance?
So far, Ping, and SADP, and net scanner does not see the PoE port.
I notice the NVR has a "internal NIC" of 192.168.254.1. I think that
is how the PoE ports are made private. (?) explain?
MY NVR is DHCP and has IP from my router 192.168.1.1, and gateway of 192.198.1.1
All is well with the 254.n cameras.
If I attempt to change internal NIC to 192.168.1.1, I...
The solution was the password of the NVR! (sheepish grin).
I tell the grand kids, never be afraid to try things. Life is trial and error, mostly error. That's how we learn.