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Hi All, Sorry if this has been asked before, I tried to search some, but could not find the answer. I have ditched my old analog setup and went digital, the way of Dahua. I have the NVR4216_P8, I am wanting to connect directly to my camears instead of the NVR to look at their configs. For some reason I cant connect. Below is what I have going on. Home Network is 192.168.1.0/24 Switch on NVR is 10.1.11/24 NVR IP is 192.168.1.108 I have logged into my router and added a static route as follows, 10.1.1.1/24 Nexthop IP address 192.168.1.108 metric 1. I am still not able to ping or connect to camera. So then I tried adding the same static route on the windows box I would be accessing from and still cant connect or ping. I also went in the NVR settings and added 192.168.1.0/24 as a trusted network. Ideas? I just want to connect to the cameras directly with out having to manage them from the NVR.

Garage / Dahua IPC-HDW4431C-A Back Doors / Dahua IPC-HDW4431C-A Front Door / Dahua IPC-HDW4431C-A Back Yard / Dahua IPC-HFW4431R-Z Watching my boat and shed / Dahua IPC-HFW4431R-Z Side Yard / Dahua IPC-HFW4431R-Z Front Yard / Dahua IPC-HFW4431R-Z Patio / Dahua IPC-HFW1000S (got it off amazon on the cheap, I think its a knock off, hope it lasts, picture is good) Front of Garage PTZ / Dahua SD29204T-GN Front Yard PTZ / Dahua SD22204T-GN DVR / POE (Dahua 4216 NVR and Linksys POE switch) I probably could have been a bit tidier in my cabling, but, the NVR is hidden behind my second fridge in my utility room. I bolted both the NVR and the POE swtich to the wall. Should be hard to find, hoping a potential thief would think the fan is the fridge running. Regardless, I installed SD cards in all the cams that would take them. Finished product... this was my second CCTV install. At my previous home, I was foolish and went cheap analog. I learned from my mistakes, and hopefully corrected them. It was fun project. What do yall think?

Very happy with them. Image quality is great, and nice to be able to zoom without having to go out and physically adjust the camera. Other than my PTZs, they are my favorites. The other dome cameras I ordered I did a bit hastily, they have the chinese firmware that cant be upgraded. The IPC-HFW4431R-Zs have the firmware you can upgrade.

It looks normal at the console. It looked ****ed when the camera was 100% upright.

Yup, ended up with 2 extra holes I have to fill and paint

I agree, wifi is never good for security cameras. I would also reccomend spending a bit more and getting Dahua or Hikvision online, New Egg sells both. My first security camera system was from a big box retailer and it was crap.

I got a shiny new Dahua PTZ to watch over my garage and driveway. Is it a bad practice to leave it on "tour" 24/7? Will it burn the motor out? Would I be better off setting an alarm to have it tour? Thanks.

You need to isolate if the camera is in fact getting IP address from your router assuming that it is using DHCP. I would start by connecting only one computer and the camera to the router, and seeing if you have two devices connecting. I would also take note of the camera's MAC address, it is likely stickered on it. This may aid in troubleshooting it.

Then there is your solution. Yup, got it thanks. I got 5 cameras up, waiting on 3 more to get here from China.

I was able to access the cameras though the DVR interface, there is an IE link in the camera settings page. I understand now that the NVR is trying to segregate the cameras and probably has some sort of of protection preventing 192.x network from the 10x network, however, because two computers are on different subnets does not mean they can not talk. All that would normally be required is a static route.

Did you already buy it? I have the Defender 8 channel system. The DVR is OK at best and the cameras are not that great. I had to RMA one withing 2 weeks of having the system. Also, I learned that it would have been better to go with an IP system, rather than an analog system. I have only had my cameras down to about 20F and did not have any problems.

Most poeple seem pleased with it, just search "Swann" in the search box, lots of threads on it.

I have this same HDMI splitter I use in my man cave to duplicate displays. output of my media reciver feeds into it, it then mirrors the display on two monitors. I still do not understand why you could not just use a web application that is configured on your internal network to view the server? If is it going to be windows2008, why not just RDP to it? RDP would be laggy, but you could at least see the cameras. If you want real time video you are going to have to run a video cable.

No truer words have ever been spoken. I bought cheap first go round, still saving for round 2, and round 2 is not going to be cheap.

Would'nt it be more helpful to just post a "how to"? Or are you trying to solicit a service?

What is the purpose of the cameras? If you intend to use the cameras to be able to identify people, than a cheap system like this simply will not do. If you already have CAT5, you are much better off getting an IP camera. Most Dahuas and Hikvisions come with software that can run on your computer for up to 2 cameras. I can say from personal experience that these cheap systems do not do much good, I have one myself. It was only after installing it I realized that they were not going to cut it. I say start with one IP cam, and save until you can get more IP cams and an NVR.

I suppose this could be achieved in multiple ways. First, rather than spend $400 on a good video card, why not just spend $400 on a good NVR? That way you could easily get like branded cameras with good motion detection. As far as getting the view to multiple rooms, you have a couple of options. You could get a VGA or HDMI splitter and run cables to the TVs or Monitors in other rooms. A better option would be just to use a device to view the cameras remotely such as a smart phone or a web browser on a computer. I am not sure I completely understand your requirement. You are going to get more clarity from having good cameras than anything else. Even a cheap Acer 24" should be more than enough to do the job in your safe room. Hope it helps a little.

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that your ISP does not allocate you a public IP? If that is the case, I would search for a new ISP. If the issue is that your router is getting a public IP on it's WAN and then giving private IPs to your other devices, then you will need to do some port forwarding. The router should have some sort of listing for it's WAN address. Check to see what it is, and if it is RFC 1918 compliant. (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1918). If the WAN IP does not fall into any of the ranges in RFC 1918, then you just need to forward ports. If you do not want to read and understand RFC1918, just look for the WAN IP in the router, and then google "what is my ip" If they match, you should be good, proceed to forward ports in your router. If your ISP is in fact giving you a private RFC 1918 address, then you will need to contact your ISP and request that they forward the appropriate ports on their end.

I was happier when I thought this thread died. Tomcctv already covered the limitation of reviewing images on these NVRs before they are done writing to disks. The image provided by the original poster show that there is obviously something wrong with the lighting on the problematic camera. This was furthermore compounded by the OP having their camera upside down and doing nothing to correct it. Swann is not to blame, paranoia and stupidity are to blame. Lets just let this die and move on, do not give her more ammo to leech on to. OP needs to take the advise given by many members, check your config and stop blaming people.

difficulty of setup is subjective. again, Tom and Boogieman have also made good recommendations. It really depends on how much functionality you need, detail, etc. If object of the exercise is just to protect your liability of the pool from neighborhood kids jumping in and drowning themselves, any will do the job, but then again so would a drop cam, or a 700tvl system. If you are wanting to detect faces, I think you would need more than one camera with a tighter viewing angle. Just my opinion though, I am strictly an ameture, Boogie and Tom prolly know better than me.

a 40ftx70ft space is going to be really difficult to cover with a single camera. Although you would be able to capture the entire area with a single camera, your odds of getting a face with a lens that wide would be pretty small. If you just want to be able to monitor the activity of the area, then one camera might do the job. I could not view your attachment, however, it would still depend on the mounting point in relationship to the pool. Hikvision and Dahua are popular IP brands on this forum. If you do not need good motion detection a possible solution would be as follows. http://www.amazon.com/Dahua-IPC-HFW4300S-Eco-Savvy-Weatherproof-Security/dp/B00H2VSTG2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422821180&sr=8-1&keywords=dahua http://www.amazon.com/IntelliSecu-Camera-Recorder-Surveillance-E-SATA/dp/B00HN632F4/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1422821220&sr=8-7&keywords=mini+nvr http://www.amazon.com/MiniPro-External-eSATA-Portable-Drive/dp/B003MRI398/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1422821285&sr=8-9&keywords=esata+hard+drive The above solution may or may not do the job again depending on mount location. It has a pretty wide lens (3.6mm), but, keep in mind, a wider lens will give you a greater field of view, but, you sacrifice detail.

I still have yet to order my NVR, even though I am pretty sure I am going to get the Dahua 4216, I am still open to suggestions. I would really like a DVR that I can easily access from my Linux computers with out having to install a Windows VM just to support ActiveX. Do either Hikvision or Dahua NVRs rely on activeX to access their webUIs? Thanks

Ok, but in the future, please do not use our board to air your dirty laundry, this forum is dedicated to helping resolve issues about CCTV, not to resolve neighbor affairs, maybe use the Jerry Springer forum for that.

What does this have to do with CCTV? I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul. Did you ever flip that camera around? Did you ever try to learn your NVR interface better? Did you call Swann? One thing is for sure, you have not made nice with your neighbor.

There are a lot of solutions you could use for a one camera system, but still not too clear on your needs. What is the purpose of the camera for your pool? Do you require motion detection and alerts? How big is the pool? Do you need to be able to recognize a face in the entire area? You said something about a 1TB hard drive. Do you intend to record 24/7? Do you need the camera to be discreet? Why are you opposed to having more than one camera? It really depends on your needs. You could do anything from getting a single camera without a NVR/DVR and set your laptop to record, to having a dedicated NVR with a PTZ camera.