I'm using a Netgear WNCE2001 to connect a NAS drive to my wireless network (Netgear R7000). Everything appeared to be working fine - I can access the drives contents on windows/network explorer and I can access the NAS's control page. However, I want to use the drive to store video from my security cameras. This requires the comera to connect with the NAS' IP address. However, the only IP address I have is that of the WNCE2001. Any way to access the IP address of the drive itself so that the cameras can connect to it?

If you can access the NAS's control page, then look around on the NAS and see if there's a page that shows its IP address.

OK, thanks. I just tried that. The WNCE2001 IP address is 192.168.1.37 and the NAS's internal IP address is 192.1681.14. When I direct the cameras to 192.1681.14, they just say NAS access failed (same as when I direct them to 192.168.1.34). I don't think this is going to work but if there are any other ideas out there, I'm all ears.

What method is being used by the cameras to access the NAS? SMB (aka Windows file sharing)? FTP? Something else? Is that method of access enabled on your NAS?

Unfortunately, Lorex provide no information whatsoever on how their systems work (L-View software) and their technical support/customer service is non-existant. The cameras are LNC-200 series (LNC-204 and LNC-216). NAS recording can only be done over a local network (the network the cameras are on) and not on a remote NAS. I don't know if this provides any useful clues. :(

The LNC-200 series manual is here. The LNC-216 manual is here. I could only find details about recording to a NAS for the LNC-216 (page 174). It appears that you have to set up Windows folder sharing on the NAS. You would, then, enter the name of the folder into the camera settings along with the IP address, username and password to access the NAS. As to the LNC-200, it doesn't look like it can record directly to a NAS. What you could do, however, is run the L-View software on a PC/Mac. Then have the PC/Mac record to the NAS as a network-mapped Windows drive.

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TheEther
Guru
Mar 02, 2017
If you can access the NAS's control page, then look around on the NAS and see if there's a page that shows its IP address.
- sktn77a
  Virtuoso
  Mar 02, 2017
  OK, thanks. I just tried that. The WNCE2001 IP address is 192.168.1.37 and the NAS's internal IP address is 192.1681.14. When I direct the cameras to 192.1681.14, they just say NAS access failed (same as when I direct them to 192.168.1.34). I don't think this is going to work but if there are any other ideas out there, I'm all ears.
  - TheEther
    Guru
    Mar 02, 2017
    What method is being used by the cameras to access the NAS? SMB (aka Windows file sharing)? FTP? Something else?
    
    Is that method of access enabled on your NAS?

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