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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...
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DarrenM
Hi DarrenM, First I want to say thanks for the help. I checked the manual and did what I believe to be correct but it doesn't seem to work. I created an address reservation for the mac address of the camera. It also asked for the IP address which on this form starts with a "10.". I filled everything in including the "10" IP address. The camera comes up wirelessly as it should. However when I unplug the camera the ip address of the camera which starts with a "168" changes each time I unplug it. I checked to see if the Reserve table was still there and it is. I doesn't save the camera IP address that starts with 168. Each time I unplug the camera it assigns a new "168" ip address. This did not happen with the Verizon wireless. Is there anything else I can do? Thanks,
tydmeter
I have Amcrest cameras that work without issues on the Orbi system. Must just be a setting. I suggest you try to use the Amcrest IP config tool. You can reserve IP adresses for the cameras, but it was not necessary for me.
Hello Guytech and thanks for responding. I'm not having any luck with the Amcrest cameras. I used the Amcrest config tool to set up the cameras and I had a decent Amcrest tech on the phone with me for an hour. In the end, he gave up and told me that the Orbi won't work with the cameras because it changes the IP address (the 192 address) every time the camera is powered off. The camera worked until I unplugged it to reinstall it and the the IP address changed and it stopped working. I tried reserving an IP address but it doesn't seem to work. Perhaps I've done it wrong although the reserve table is there. Not sure what to do next. Pretty frustating....
Tydmeter
Not sure which Amcrest camera you have but I suspect they are probably pretty similar. I setup the static IP on the camera. It is a bit confusing the first timeand you have to save things in the corect order. Not sure if you are using them as wired or wireless, but it does not matter. On your camera go to the Network configuration The first field is either wired or wireless. Select which one you are using. Next line down select static.
Then put in your Ip address, your local gateway/router and your local dns, which can normally just be your router/gateway. Go down to the bottom and save this first. You will then need to go up to the top and verify that it still shows wired or wireless (whichever you are using). Be sure to click on "Save as Default" to the right of this or it will revert back to wired. To verify this, get out of the screen and then come back in to make sure it saved your settings. You should also setup your wifi here.