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Nice post for newbies, but if your laptop is in the network and your viewing your NVR already, than you won't need to go into ipv4 properties and static your laptop. Just to add to your post, it's a good idea to go into each IP camera's settings as you install them, adjust the color settings, and give them a static IP. If your POE reboots for any reason, than the camera will power down and possibly pick up a new IP and your NVR won't see it anymore unless you search for it.

I only use netgear n150 and have a 50/50 success using the ddns while on wifi. I think it has more to do with the ISP rather than the router. If the ddns doesn't work on wifi, I usually create 2 devices in idmss, one titled áway' and the other titled 'wifi'. Kawboy, what do you mean? If your phone is on wifi, it's using wifi. If you have the ddns programmed in idmss, than it's using the external while on wifi. If your phone says 3g/4g/lte, than it's using the cell service. Pretty cut and dry there.

that looks like one of this ------------digital video recorders----------------- try admin, 1234, 4321, password, 000000, 12345, 123456, 12345678, or blank

Does anyone know what the max bit rate for the 16 channel is? The 3216 is 32mb which is only 2kbps bit rate per channel, meanwhile the cameras can send 8100kpbs if the nvr is capable of it.

What guage wire did you use and did you meter the voltage at the camera while the camera was plugged in?

Good to know, I run into these now and than.

Try to power the camera locally, meaning find the nearest outlet to the camera, and plug it in there. Than, leave the video going back to the DVR. If that doesn't work, than the video cable is too far or is damaged. Check your connectors on each end of the video cable, or if you have a voltmeter, power it up with the long cable, meter the on the cable by the camera, if it has 12-14vdc, than plug in the camera and see what it reads with the camera plugged in. It will drop some, but if it's over 12vdc, than your trouble shooting the wrong thing.

Gopro HD?

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It seems to me that Vector18 was more than helpful. He provided a ton of useful info on this camera. It did not seem like he jumped down your throat as you mentioned. If it was me, I would thank him for taking the time and finding all of that info about that camera for you and posting it. Just so you know, if it's 600tvl's, chances are, it's not an IP camera.