Ok, so I am aware that officially Reolink says third party cameras aren't supported with their NVRs.
My question is, is that really the case? I connected my Amcrest camera to my network and it shows up in the "IP Camera" list but I cant get a picture even after setting username/password/port.
Anybody have any luck with a workaround this limitation? I've pretty much tried everything- plugging directly into NVR ports, router ports, changing port numbers, I tried placing the Amcrest on the same subnet (172.16.25.xx)...etc.
It seems odd to me that Reolink cameras are ONVIF compliant as well as my Amcrest, but cant work with each other on the NVR. The fact that it shows up on the camera list gives me hope that with a little workaround it may work....any ideas?
I'm starting to think the Reolink NVR looks at the MAC address of the camera and rejects it if it is not one of theirs, even if everything else is kosher.
Thanks.
My question is, is that really the case? I connected my Amcrest camera to my network and it shows up in the "IP Camera" list but I cant get a picture even after setting username/password/port.
Anybody have any luck with a workaround this limitation? I've pretty much tried everything- plugging directly into NVR ports, router ports, changing port numbers, I tried placing the Amcrest on the same subnet (172.16.25.xx)...etc.
It seems odd to me that Reolink cameras are ONVIF compliant as well as my Amcrest, but cant work with each other on the NVR. The fact that it shows up on the camera list gives me hope that with a little workaround it may work....any ideas?
I'm starting to think the Reolink NVR looks at the MAC address of the camera and rejects it if it is not one of theirs, even if everything else is kosher.
Thanks.