Will IP address of CCTV camera change?
Discussion
I have just set up a CCTV camera and currently don’t have the internet fully. I set up the install with the internet on - not sure if that had any bearing. The camera - plugged straight from the computer was assigned an IP address and now that the internet is off and the computer has been off and on, the camera is still accessible on the same IP address.
Will it continue to work or will the IP address change?
Will it continue to work or will the IP address change?
The camera was assigned an IP address by DHCP but since then i’ve not made any connection to internet and turned pc off a couple of times and is still working.
That set up was done using an EE Brightbox router that came with my broadband.
The camera set up will be installed tomorrow at a clients property where there no internet for 4 weeks. As a back up I am taking a TP Link TL-WR841N router - would it be better to connect into this router but with no internet connection as it will assign (and keep) the ip addresses?
Thanks
That set up was done using an EE Brightbox router that came with my broadband.
The camera set up will be installed tomorrow at a clients property where there no internet for 4 weeks. As a back up I am taking a TP Link TL-WR841N router - would it be better to connect into this router but with no internet connection as it will assign (and keep) the ip addresses?
Thanks
It’s frustrating because I am due to install tomorrow, currently in a hotel and when I tested the camera it wouldn’t connect on the previous IP address.
The pc hadn’t connected to the internet but it had discovered an available wireless network. Not sure if this would affect it?
I have done the same thing now - found the new IP address using DHCP and turned off my WiFi - despite turning pc on and off a few times this is still finding the camera with the same IP address.
I don’t understand why, if the pc doesn’t connect to the internet, it ever has a need to change that IP address??? I’m concerned that I’ll set it up tomorrow, leave, and in a day or two it’ll stop working.
I’ve read up on Static IP addresses and I’m sure that this is the way forward but it is currently too complicated for me to do. I would like to think that I could connect the camera directly to the PC with no Internet or router and therefore not have to worry about the IP address changing. Is there an easy and simple way to achieve this?
Thanks
The pc hadn’t connected to the internet but it had discovered an available wireless network. Not sure if this would affect it?
I have done the same thing now - found the new IP address using DHCP and turned off my WiFi - despite turning pc on and off a few times this is still finding the camera with the same IP address.
I don’t understand why, if the pc doesn’t connect to the internet, it ever has a need to change that IP address??? I’m concerned that I’ll set it up tomorrow, leave, and in a day or two it’ll stop working.
I’ve read up on Static IP addresses and I’m sure that this is the way forward but it is currently too complicated for me to do. I would like to think that I could connect the camera directly to the PC with no Internet or router and therefore not have to worry about the IP address changing. Is there an easy and simple way to achieve this?
Thanks
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