EasyN FS-613A-M136 IP cam not connecting/showing up

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Quick post from my previous thread, http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=37188&p=228173#p228173

 

Whether or not the camera actually gets detected after I boot my computer up has been a roll of the dice since I got it. I constantly have to unplug the camera and plug it back in just to get it to work, and even that's not a sure thing. Lately I've just given up if the camera doesn't get picked up on my network on startup. I only got it working tonight by sheer luck, I was watching a movie and I got an IP address conflict popup, so I figured I'd check and see if it picked up...and it did. Who knows how. I went into the camera's Search IP Address software and changed its IP to 192.168.2.7 instead of its default 192.168.2.2. Hopefully that'll solve the conflict problem and let it get picked up on the network without fail. Time will tell.

 

This camera has been a pain in my backside since I've gotten it. When it works, it's great. I just can't seem to get this thing to consistently work.

 

I booted my computer up this morning and wouldn't you know, it's not being detected by my recording software, OR the software that came with it. Running a program called IP scanner from range 192.168.2.1 to 192.168.2.9 reveals 3 live hosts:

 

192.168.2.1 is my router

192.168.2.4 is my OBi110 phone hardware

192.168.2.6 is my PC

 

From what I set last night, the IP camera should be lighting up 192.168.2.7, but it isn't. I'm wondering if the default IP reset back to whatever it was before, or if it's something else. I don't know. I tried unplugging the ethernet cable and plugging it back in, the same to the power, and then to both.

 

I'm fresh out of ideas.

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I haven't tried this with cameras, but it worked with some industrial RGA controllers that I support at work.

 

Take a laptop or PC that's not connected to a network and has Wireshark installed. Connect the camera to it, either directly with a 12V supply, or through a POE switch.

 

Start Wireshark

Select the wired network card under the Start icon

Click Start

There should be no network activity in the windows if there’s no outside network connection

Power cycle the camera

Wireshark should show a variety of messages, and one will be similar to one of these. The XXX address is the camera's current address:

“Gratuitous ARP for XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX”.

“Who has XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX? Tell 0.0.0.0”.