Hi.
I have an amcrest DVR with 8 x yellow ports on the back and 8 x grey ones.
I have some extra cameras so I got an 8 port PPPOE hub. But, whereveer I plug it in, it does not detect the cmaeras.
DO I have to manually configure the ip address and gateway, or is there some other trick. Also do I need to connect the main cable from PPPOE hub into my DVR or is it better to plus into my router?
Thanks in advance
How to add a PPPOE hub to NVR
Re: How to add a PPPOE hub to NVR
Hello and Welcome to the Forum..
So on a my 4216E-AI NVR I have 8green and 8 grey. Then my 5232E-16P has all the same color. Difference between the 2 models besides my 52xx series is older one of the highest quality NVR they had at the time it was released. Has options even my newer AI NVR don't but again the AI has features the older higher one.. Anyway one of the things with the 5232E-16P, This NVR has the ability to work in Bridge Mode. This means that the NVR Switch will not hand out IPs and instead all devices connected will work using the Routers IP pool. This makes it so all devices are on 1 IP range and IP cameras accessible from normal network. Not always how someone wants things to work. I use it in the same mode as all my other NVRs work. 2 different IP ranges 1 for normal single network port and the POE run on the NVRs Switch range...
So if your system is a 16ch NVR then best to use only the 16ch on the back. However if a 16ch POE switch on a 24 or 32ch NVR then the POE switch that you have connected would normally connect to the Router and the cameras to the Switch. So in the case of one of my systems.. 10.0.0.218 is the IP for the normal Ethernet port, All cameras that connect to the 10.0.0.xxx range can connect to that port, Then the NVR I change all IP cameras to different range in this case it is 10.2.18.1 as the NVRs Switch IP, Then all Ips that are connected to the POE port starts with 10.2.18.65 and so on. Normally the NVRs switch are setup for 10.1.1.1 and again would start out with 10.1.1.65 for first connected camera on port 1 of NVR..
So 1 cable from Ethernet Port of the NVR to the Switch, Switch connects to the Router and then the cameras connect to the Switch or could even use Wifi cameras like Doorbell or Spotlight camera and add them as well over the normal IP range of your router..
So on a my 4216E-AI NVR I have 8green and 8 grey. Then my 5232E-16P has all the same color. Difference between the 2 models besides my 52xx series is older one of the highest quality NVR they had at the time it was released. Has options even my newer AI NVR don't but again the AI has features the older higher one.. Anyway one of the things with the 5232E-16P, This NVR has the ability to work in Bridge Mode. This means that the NVR Switch will not hand out IPs and instead all devices connected will work using the Routers IP pool. This makes it so all devices are on 1 IP range and IP cameras accessible from normal network. Not always how someone wants things to work. I use it in the same mode as all my other NVRs work. 2 different IP ranges 1 for normal single network port and the POE run on the NVRs Switch range...
So if your system is a 16ch NVR then best to use only the 16ch on the back. However if a 16ch POE switch on a 24 or 32ch NVR then the POE switch that you have connected would normally connect to the Router and the cameras to the Switch. So in the case of one of my systems.. 10.0.0.218 is the IP for the normal Ethernet port, All cameras that connect to the 10.0.0.xxx range can connect to that port, Then the NVR I change all IP cameras to different range in this case it is 10.2.18.1 as the NVRs Switch IP, Then all Ips that are connected to the POE port starts with 10.2.18.65 and so on. Normally the NVRs switch are setup for 10.1.1.1 and again would start out with 10.1.1.65 for first connected camera on port 1 of NVR..
So 1 cable from Ethernet Port of the NVR to the Switch, Switch connects to the Router and then the cameras connect to the Switch or could even use Wifi cameras like Doorbell or Spotlight camera and add them as well over the normal IP range of your router..
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