Failure to find camera

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Tacoman

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Hi
I am adding a new Dahua Hfw4433m-I2 to my network. I tried using ConfigTool to find them cameras and do some initial set up. It failed to find the new camera. As a test, I replaced a known good camera (a HFW4431m-I2) with the new one and ConfigTool failed to find it. The search used the admin/admin (user/password) but I am pretty sure that doesn't matter. Also tried to find it using Blue Iris, no luck. The router does a slow blink on this camera rather the the rapid flicker for the good ones. I am beginning to think it is just dead. Anyone have any ideas? Am I missing a step? The camera came with absolutely no documentation.
Thanks for any ideas.
 
Not sure about that model. But dahua usually has IP address 192.168.1.108. make sure nothing else on your network has that address. If your normal sub net is not 192.168.1.xxx then your firewall may be blocking that subnet.
 
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I purchased two USB LAN dongles just for this purpose; it also makes it easier to manage cameras individually when it comes to firmware updates and other maintenance.

SouthernYankee said:
Not sure about that model. But dahua usually has IP address 192.168.1.108. make sure nothing else on your network has that address. If your normal sub net is not 192.168.1.xxx then your firewall may be blocking that subnet.
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I had another camera at 192.168.1.108. I took it off and ConfigTool still can't find the new camera.
 
Did you initialize them, when you first plugged them in? If not you may have to do as what is shown in the cliff notes.
1. Manually put in IP on a laptop of 192.168.1.20 then plug in the camera directly with lan wire.
2. Then surf to 192.168.1.108 on laptop browser using internet explorer.
4. Setup login and password.
3. Download plugin when prompted in live view".
4. Configure settings and enjoy.
 
1) Power down and reboot everything, PC, Router, switch .... Your router is confused , it has reserved the other camera IP / MAC address.
2) can you ping 192.168.1.108 and get a response from the camera after a power cycle.

NEVER use 192.168.1.108 for anything other than setting up a camera. Then change the cameras address.
 
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