ManisonSecurity 0 Posted January 23, 2009 Hello! I'm having abit of a problem with my GV IP NVR. My system setup is following: Geovision NVR with dongle for up to 10 cameras 10 ip cameras, IQeye 511 Netgear switch FS116P D-link switch DS-1008P All the cameras are spread out on diffrent locations, therefor I'm having one switch with 8 cameras and the other switch for the remaining 2 cameras. The two switches are linked up to eachother and then connected to the GV server. When I run the system with only 2 cameras it's working fine, BUT when I connect 3,4 or all the cameras to the system it's starting to randomly losing connection on and off! When I call my distributer in Sweden he gives me the usual "support talk bull****". When I browse my cameras in Internet Explorer there is no problems what so ever. But as soon as I connect 3 or more cameras to the GV server it loses connection or the cameras freez on all or some cameras in completly random order. Anyone had ANY similar problems like this? Please get back to me in this forumthread ASAP! Cincerly, Manison Security AB Sweden! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 24, 2009 Hi or Hei! A few frågor for you: 1. Does it mather which switch you use or does 2 cameras work no matter which swich is used. 2. Have you tried too take away 1 switch and run only the one with 8 cameras connected, any hcange? 3. What is the FPS, resoltuon and codec settings on your cameras/GV NVR? 4. Have you made any observations on your bandwith and CPU/Memory usage when running the 2 cameras and then 3,4 and so on? What is the LAN Speed on the switch'es and NIC in PC also if 1Gbit are you using Cat6 cables on all cables also short patch cables? Regards JD - Nordbaggar Hello! I'm having abit of a problem with my GV IP NVR.My system setup is following: Geovision NVR with dongle for up to 10 cameras 10 ip cameras, IQeye 511 Netgear switch FS116P D-link switch DS-1008P All the cameras are spread out on diffrent locations, therefor I'm having one switch with 8 cameras and the other switch for the remaining 2 cameras. The two switches are linked up to eachother and then connected to the GV server. When I run the system with only 2 cameras it's working fine, BUT when I connect 3,4 or all the cameras to the system it's starting to randomly losing connection on and off! When I call my distributer in Sweden he gives me the usual "support talk bull****". When I browse my cameras in Internet Explorer there is no problems what so ever. But as soon as I connect 3 or more cameras to the GV server it loses connection or the cameras freez on all or some cameras in completly random order. Anyone had ANY similar problems like this? Please get back to me in this forumthread ASAP! Cincerly, Manison Security AB Sweden! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cglaeser 0 Posted January 24, 2009 Just a very quick stab at this, but what are the IP addresses of all 10 cameras? Did you manually set the IP address of each camera, or is each IP address assigned via DHCP? If two or more cameras have the same IP, that could cause problems. Best, Christopher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ted 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Same subnet/gateway on both switches? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sawbones 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Wonder what kind of bandwidth all those cameras are sucking up... IIRC, those cameras can do 1.3MP at 15 frames per second. Now, assuming MJPEG and just spitballing the numbers, aren't you pushing 10Mb+ per camera with those settings? Put enough of those on a 100Mb switch, account for protocol overhead, and you're going to run out of pipe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michelangelo 0 Posted January 27, 2009 Most likely a bandwith problem. Those switches will probably be to weak to stream megapixel cameras with a high framerate. Try to switch one of those into a gigabit switch and see what happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ManisonSecurity 0 Posted February 2, 2009 I have now changed both switches to DES-1228p, D-link 1gbit instead. Still not working. Ã Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michelangelo 0 Posted February 2, 2009 What type of cable do you have between the switches? How much data can the Geovision unit receive at the same time in Mbit? Have you tested by starting with 2 cameras, then 3,4,5 etc. ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monitor Your Assets 0 Posted February 2, 2009 My system setup is following: Geovision NVR with dongle for up to 10 cameras 10 ip cameras, IQeye 511 Netgear switch FS116P D-link switch DS-1008P All the cameras are spread out on diffrent locations, therefor I'm having one switch with 8 cameras and the other switch for the remaining 2 cameras. The two switches are linked up to eachother and then connected to the GV server. When I run the system with only 2 cameras it's working fine, BUT when I connect 3,4 or all the cameras to the system it's starting to randomly losing connection on and off! Can you provide us with the following information? - camera 1 IP: - camera 2 IP: - camera 3 IP: - camera 4 IP: - camera 5 IP: - camera 6 IP: - camera 7 IP: - camera 8 IP: - switch 1 IP: (please include full IP config inc. subnet mask, gateway...) - switch 2 IP: (please include full IP config inc. subnet mask, gateway...) - Which ports do you use to link the two switches? GBIC or twisted pair? - Does the LED on the panel indicate that you are connecting at 1000Mbps between switches? - Which cameras are on switch 1? - Which cameras are on switch 2? - Which switch is the NVR plugged into and which port is used? If it's streaming from 8 IP cameras, you'll likely need 1000Mbps for this link too. - What FPS is each camera configured for? - Is it possible to run additional CAT6 lines between switches? The model you chose supports "link aggregation" - combine bandwidth of up to 8 ports instead of running fiber. - Were any other switch features changed from factory default, such as "spanning tree"? - Anything interesting in the logs? Does "monitoring/statistics" report any errors? Dropped packets? If so, which port(s)? I agree with Sawbones - smells like a bandwidth issue, but you need to help us help you by providing the details above so that we can identify the bottleneck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted February 2, 2009 Also you should be able to see the bandwidth usage per port on the switch and use the Task Manager on your NVR to see the Network Utilization on your server. The cameras will use the 10/100 ports on the switches and the server and the Link between the switches should be gigabyte. I would also test all of your cat5/cat6 runs with a network certifier to rule out any wiring problems. I would test the wire runs first. Then check the settings in the switches. Then the settings in the server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
