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CCTV not connecting via Wifi
I have just replaced my old router with the R7000 and cant get my CCTV to connect on the wifi.
It will connect via cable but once the cable is disconnected I cant see the camera on the Connected Devices list.
With the previous router, to connect a camera I just pluggedit in via a cat5 cable, it detected the camera and I got the video feed and then just disconnected the cable and it would transition to wifi.
What I also noticed on the old router is that it could see both MAC addresses for wifi and cable and when the cable was disconnected the IP address would flick across to the wifi MAC.
My Nighhawk cant even see the camera's wifi and wont see the camera unless its plugged in.
CCTV are cheapo Szsinocam 1MP and on the PC I am running iSpy.
Am I missing something? Any assistance would be much appreciated.
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> I have just replaced my old router with the R7000 [...]
Did you configure the R7000 with the same wireless-network
credentials (SSID, passphrase) as your (unspecified) "my old router"?
(For the 2.4GHz band, I'll guess?)> CCTV are cheapo Szsinocam 1MP [...]
Thanks for that detailed description. Even most cheap-Chinese junk
has a model number.> Am I missing something? [...]
Configuring the cameras' wireless-network credentials to agree with
those of the R7000? (Or vice versa.)
Have you any other wireless devices which work or don't?Yes same SSID and passphrase. Everything else in the house connected automatically.
Model of the Szsinocam is 1.0 MP IP Camera, SN IPC 5033SW AU
Just strange everything else works but these two cameras.
Struktv wrote:
Yes same SSID and passphrase. Everything else in the house connected automatically.
Did you try a reset of the cameras and building the connection from scratch?
