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tydmeter
Apr 25, 2017Guide
Orbi AC3000 and Amcrest wireless camera
I have a couple of Amcrest outdoor wireless cameras that didn't work well because of the wifi range of my Verizon router. I purchased ther Orbi system because I thought it would solve the dropout pro...
DarrenM
Apr 25, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello tydmeter
Are the cameras dropping all the time if so have you tired to disable beamforming and mumimo in the router settings? Or do the cameras not connect to the network at all?
DarrenM
tydmeter
Apr 25, 2017Guide
HI and thanks for responding. Currently, the cameras won't connect wirelessly because every time I plug in a camera to configure it the IP addess changes. This never happened with the Verizon wireless and it doesn't happen with the camera connected to the router directly. For example, when I configure a camera while connected directly to the router and then switch it's configuration to wireless the ip address changes. Amcrest techs are telling me that it's the Orbi. I tried configuring a camera while plugged into the router and then turned on the Verizon wireless and switched the camera to wireless and the ip address stayed the same. I was then able to use the camera wirelessly. When connected to Orbi, the ip address seems to change every time the camera is powered down and reconnected wirelessly.
- DarrenMApr 25, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello tydmeter
You can reserve the IP address for every camera so that does not happen under Advanced-Setup-Lan setup in there you can reserve the IP address based on mac address of the device.DarrenM
- tydmeterApr 25, 2017Guide
Hello DarrenM,
Can you be a bit more specific? I went into Advanced Settings and see only VLAN/Bridge settings. Not sure where to go from there. I'm not particularly adept at this and on top of that I'm 80 and slowing down. Where do I put in the mac addresses? Really appreciate your help...
tydmeter
- DarrenMApr 25, 2017Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
check out page 72
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK50/Orbi_UM_EN.pdf?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
DarrenM
- Boomer_1Mar 15, 2018Apprentice
I have 8 of these Amcrest cameras working with my Orbi. You will want to set them up with a static IP address for a number of reasons, including reliability as well as the ability to port forward for remote access.