New camera, unable to access

XtremeAaron

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Hello,
I bought an additional camera, the HDW4433. I downloaded the toolbox and initialized the camera, however i cannot access the camera in any way, not even the admin panel. The only thing i can come up with is the gateway is different (192.168.0 vs 192.168.1) . Upon trying the modify ip function, it returns this.

Attempting to ping (default ip 192.168.1.108 returns no result.

This is wracking my brain, any help or appreciated!
 

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use the modify IP button at the bottom of the page in ipconfig.

You can not directly access a local IP address on a different subnet, unless you configure your PC.
 

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Or change the network settings on your PC to the same subnet temporarily (e.g. 192.168.1.5) so you can access the camera that way and then change the camera to your desired networking configuration.
 

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What would be the safest way to do this? I read a guide on it but I'm unsure whether using the blue iris pc is a safe bet. I'd hate to screw up what i already have running.
 

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Looking at my old threads on this forum, i ran across this reply from Philip Gonzalez which worked for me last time:

You may be able to change the IP address of these cams with the Dahua Config Tool, but I haven't had much luck or patience trying that method.

The easiest way for me to change the IP addresses of the cams is set a windows computer to match the IP range of the cameras that you want to change. This will allow you to log into the camera via web browser, change it's IP address to the desired range. repeat for all cameras needing this and then change your computer back to DHCP or Static IP address.

Here are the steps you will need to do.

1. Find a windows computer that is connected to your router either via Wifi or Hardwired.

2. Change the computers IP address to a static one in the range of 192.168.1.X. For example use 192.168.1.50 for the for IP address field and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask. Gateway and DNS IP address will not matter as you only need to communicate with the IP cams at 192.168.1.x. I linked some instructions below just in case. Scroll down to "Set a Static IP Address in Windows 7, 8, or 10". Make sure you select the adapter that currently has internet, so either hardwired or wifi adapter.

How to Assign a Static IP Address in Windows 7, 8, 10, XP, or Vista

3. Connect to cameras from any web brower (chrome, IE, Etc) at http://192.168.1.109:8530 and http://192.168.1.110:8531. and log in using admin credentials.

4. Navigate to Settings>Network>TCP/IP and change the IP address fields to 192.168.0.109 and 192.168.0.110 for each cam, change the Default Gateway to 192.168.0.1. Not sure what you have for DNS setting but if it starts with 192.168 then change it to 192.168.0.1 if not leave the DNS value alone. At this point your Cams will be on the same subnet (network) as your router.

5. Change the IP address of your network adapter of the computer back to DHCP (Or if it was static already change it back to what it was before starting these steps). Same steps in the instructions excep instead of typing in an IP address select "Obtain an IP address automatically".

How to Assign a Static IP Address in Windows 7, 8, 10, XP, or Vista

6. Log into blue iris server and right click on the camera(s) and go to properties>Video tab>Configure. Change the IP address to 192.168.0.109 and 192.168.0.110. Hit "OK" a couple of times to get out of the config boxes for blue iris and then the cam should load.
 

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Got to the login screen, but admin admin does not work. Also tried 0000, 1234, 1111 to no avail. Never ends.
 

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I got to the login screen for the camera but the default. Username (admin) and password (admin) do not work. I sent a message to the seller and may just return it if i can't get into the camera .
 

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Have you tried a manual reset?
 

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Nope. Tried 0000, 1111, 1234 as well. Bought from Amazon, could have been a return, didn't look like it though looks brand new.
 

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Great note for next time. I never used the config tool with my other dahuas so I had no clue what I was doing other than initializing the camera.

I resetted via @biggen recommendation and now it's all good.

Thank you all.
 
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