After installing the hard drive, monitor, mouse, and monitor, we are going to explain a bit how to setup the IP cameras in the most effective way.
When installing a NVR with two Ethernet connections, one should be used for the local network and the second for the IP camera network.
IP camera and network setup
Cabling
So that we can see in the image below is that the Red patch cable is connected to the Router or any other switch in the network.
The blue cable should run to the PoE switch into the uplink port, then the cable to the IP cameras.
Note: Do not connect a Switch to one of the PoE when using a PoE NVR.
Activating and set IP addresses
When the cables are connected and the wizard steps are done, the cameras that are connected to the switch needs to be activated and sign an IP address.
There are two ways how to do this
1. Connect the LAN from the Laptop to one of the Uplinks from the PoE switch.
2. Or use a router like the RG-EW1200 (when installing this one you have the advantage to create a tunnel later on for service Article coming soon) and connect the RG-EW1200 to the uplink of the PoE switch and the PC to one of the LAN port of the RG-EW1200, and set the second LAN also on DHCP.
Note: Make sure that the RG-EW1200 router does not have the same IP range as the first LAN.
1. Using the PoE Switch RG-ES210GC-LP
When all the cameras and the PC with the Ether net cable to the recorder, open the IPC Manager Tool software on the PC and activate the camera
Now check the Ethernet IP address from LAN2 (feel free to change the IP address)
Note: Make sure that the IP address range is not the same ass ETH port 1
By default, the IP address from port 2 is 192.168.3.200, just for this article we create the sample with the IP range 10.10.10.xxx Just to keep it clean.
The NVR will get 10.10.10.10 and the cameras starting from 10.10.10.11
Now the IP camera needs to get the IP address from the range 10.10.10.11 till 10.10.10.xxx
Select the cameras in the IPC Manager Tool that need to be connected to the PoE switch on LAN 2
When all the camera is connected, it makes it easier to select all the cameras for that switch.
For this project we start with 10.10.10.11 and Note that the Subnet mask needs to have 255.255.255.0 in this case.
Now that the IP addresses are set, it should be possible to add them in the NVR.
Now the IP addresses from the camera needs to be manually added to the NVR or do a quick add.
The cameras should show online.
2. Using the RG-EW1200
When all the cables are connected.
- Set the Ethernet Port 2 on DHCP
Open the IPC Manager Tool software on the PC and activate the camera
Set the camera to DHCP
Check the IP address from the camera
Then go to Add Camera and the Tab Quickly Add, click on Refresh
Select the cameras to add