IP Cameras from ANDY setup PLEASE HELP

[cwilson1996]

I went to change the IP address in the cameras to my LAN range on my router, but it keeps telling me that the IP does not match the gateway. Do you guys have any idea what I need to do? These are Dahua IP cameras.

 

[Old Timer]

You need to set up a computer on the 192.168.1.x network and log into the camera, then change the settings to what ever subnet you want.
There is a Dahua setup program that works well to initialize them.

I have a separate vlan that uses the 1.x subnet because I set up all my cameras for everywhere here, Then take them and install them.

 

[sebastiantombs]

First only plug one camera in at a time. All Dahua cameras come with a hard set IP address of 192.168.1.108. There are two ways to get to the camera to change the IP.

1 - Change the IP of your PC to 192.168.1.xx, anything but .108. Then plug the camera and the PC into a PoE switch, bring up Internet Explorer and type 192.168.1.108 in to the address bar. That will open the GUI of the camera and let you initialize it and sett all parameters including the network IP address. To get to Internet Explorer in Win10 just type "Explorer" in the search box on the tool bar.

2 - Use the Dahua config tool to access the camera directly, without changing your PC IP address. You will need to download that tool and when you run it be sure to set the IP range for the search to 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.200. That will let you change the IP address to match your local IP scheme.

Do not connect to video cameras through a router. ISP/consumer routers do not have the bandwidth capability required for constant, multiple, video streams. All cameras and the PC used for monitoring them, or your NVR as the case may be, need to be on the same switch. That switch can connect back to your router so you can access the internet from the PC or monitor remotely from other PCs. All cameras should have fixed IP addresses and not use DHCP.

 

[Rob2020]

As mentioned, change your pc to 192.168.1.xx, anything but .108 , this is done in Windows under Network, and then adapter options.

It is not hard, you just need to understand the sequence and what you are doing.

It might help to first read up on IP Addresses and Subnets.

 

[cwilson1996]

When changing my computer's IP Address, what should I get putting for my preferred DNS server?

 

[Rob2020]

When changing my computer's IP Address, what should I get putting for my preferred DNS server?

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

This should work.

 

[cwilson1996]

Now, I have 3 cameras, what am I to change these to? I realize im a noob. Trying to learn here.

 

[wittaj]

Now, I have 3 cameras, what am I to change these to? I realize im a noob. Trying to learn here.

The first 3 sets of number need to be on the IP address range of your system. The last set of numbers just need to be unique for each camera and not a number already assigned to another device on your system.

Do not plug in more than one new camera at a time or they will all IP conflict with each other.

 

[cwilson1996]

So far I changed my PC to:

ip- 192.168.1.x
Subnet mask- 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway- 192.168.1.1

 

[Rob2020]

Now, I have 3 cameras, what am I to change these to? I realize im a noob. Trying to learn here.

Personally, I would do them one at a time, get comfortable with one, then move on, but it needs to not conflict with other devices you might already have (such as a ROKU box).

192.168.1.xx

So, maybe;

192.168.1.35

192.168.1.45

192.168.1.55

 

[cwilson1996]

Okay, done. When I try to bring the first camera up on BI I get an error: 8000007a. Do I need to change this camera anywhere else now?

 

[wittaj]

How is your network topology set up?

Dual NIC or VLAN or running all through the router?

Regardless, you need to add camera and then type in the IP address, user, password and then select Find/Inspect.

 

[Rob2020]

Okay, done. When I try to bring the first camera up on BI I get an error: 8000007a. Do I need to change this camera anywhere else now?

You need to bring up the camera in Chrome or I.E. (Edge) first, in the camera GUI;

Assuming it is hooked up, type in the address, 192.etc, into the web browser and if you did everything right you should see the camera gui which is done PRIOR to BI.

 

[cwilson1996]

I have the camera running off a 24 port PoE unifi swith, connected to a UDMPro. I already went through the browser setup for the camera and changed the Ip address there. Saw that it found the correct camera on BI and no feed.

 

[wittaj]

I would suggest setting these up in Explorer to ensure the settings stick. Some may get lucky with Chrome or Edge, but these cameras were designed around Explorer.

 

[cwilson1996]

okay, I never actually typed the password into BI.

 

[cwilson1996]

The feed has now come through.

 

[wittaj]

Awesome!

 

[Rob2020]

The feed has now come through.

One year ago I was right where you are, read, read, read, learn about networking as much as you can.

 

[cwilson1996]

Thanks for all the help guys! Your patience was impressive. Any resources you guys want to send me I'd appreciate it.