Can't Reassign IP Address from Guest Network to Regular Network

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antinode wrote:

> [...] when I log into the router, it still has [...]

 

   "it" means the camera?

 

"It" means that the ROUTER shows the camera as assigned to the guest network.

 

> [...] the IP address of the camera assigned to the guest network.

 

   That could be because there is no separate "guest network", only some
firewall-like rules to limit communication with "guest" devices.  All
the devices on your LAN, whether wired, wireless non-guest, wireless
guest, or whatever, share the same IP-address subnet.

 

Amcrest says that the device must be set up via a 2.4g network.  

 

> [...] it always shows up as part of the guest network.

 

   How did you decide that it's "part of the guest network"?

 

I didn't "decide."  When I log into the router, the router lists the camera as part of the guest network rathter than the non-quest 2.4 network.

 

   If you reserved a LAN IP address for the camera, then it should get
that address from the router whether the camera connected wirelessly
using one of the normal SSIDs or one of the "guest" SSIDs.  (If you did
not reserve an address for it, then plain-old inertia could account for
it getting the same IP address repeatedly.)

> [...] it worked. [...]

 

   So why go looking for (nonexistent) trouble?

 

The trouble is not "nonexistent."  The problem is that I can't get the camera to connect to Synology Surveillance Station.  That is the end-game to this post.  Have any other users experienced this?

 

> How do I reassign the IP address of my cams from the guest 2.4ghz
> network to the regular 2.4ghz network? [...]

 

   You can't.  There's no difference between the addresses for "guest"
devices and normal devices.

 

> [...] Any suggestions?

 

   Don't worry, be happy?

   If the camera also has an Ethernet interface, then I'd expect that
interface to have a different MAC address, hence you could reserve a
different IP address for it.  If you wanted to.

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