moose66

I have a lorex NVR system. If I plug the cameras into the NVR directly all is good. But if I plug the cameras into the switch cameras do not show up on the monitor. If I go into camera registration on my system the cameras(4) all show up as showing they are live Status is good etc. but nothing on the monitor. So I know the switch is patching each individual camera through. Lorex tech support says that I have to use one of there switches otherwise they cant help. I thought I saw something on the internet somewhere about having to change the cameras IP address's but Im not sure and I cant find it again. I find it hard to believe that you can only use a lorex POE switch and make it work.. I am using a mokerlink POE-F042F poe switch with a Lorex N843A8 NVR. I hope someone can pleas help me with this issue. I really cant afford to spend $300 on a switch.

It was wrong for the person on tech support to lie to me though and say it wouldnt work without using there POE switch. Maybe they get a commision on a sale put threw that way but not good buisness.

It was definately an address problem. I pinged my system and came up with addresses I wanted to use but lorex wouldnt help me put those in. I kept calling back and eventually got someone who remotely changed my ip addresses and evreything was good. The IP addresses that came up when they did it were the exact same ones I wanted to use. Why they wouldnt show me how to do it it I dont know. All is ok now

I think I posted in the wrong spot. reposted in Networking computers

I have a lorex NVR system. If I plug the cameras into the NVR directly all is good. But if I plug the cameras into the switch cameras do not show up on the monitor. If I go into camera registration on my system the cameras(4) all show up as showing they are live Status is good etc. but nothing on the monitor. So I know the switch is patching each individual camera through. Lorex tech support says that I have to use one of there switches otherwise they cant help. I find it hard to believe that you can only use a lorex POE switch and make it work.. I am using a mokerlink POE-F042F poe switch with a Lorex N843A8 NVR. I am not trying to run this through my router but as a stand alone system. I did set it up through the router to see if it made a diffreence but no luck. I hope someone can pleas help me with this issue. I really cant afford to spend $300 on a switch.