Why would a Security Camera DVR not turn on when the HD is plugged in?

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Nicolas

I have a security camera DVR with a Western Digital 500GB HD. It won't turn on when the HD is plugged in, but when I unplug the Hd it works perfectly.

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Maybe your camera DVR is only SD.

Security camera dvr private ip address always changes?

Dr. Jake

I have a security camera dvr that is being port forward on a static ip address, so the public ip address never changes, however, the private ip address (example: 192.168.1.4) always changes. So when I try to view remotely, it does not work, and I have to go back to the dvr and change my ports to the new ip address. This is very annoying, what is the fix to this?

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What is assigning the camera a dynamic IP? Can't the camera be forced to have a static IP (either at the firmware level or through a utility) and if not, can't whatever is assigning the IP (the DNS server, for example) be set to *not* assign an IP from the pool?

I've worked for two security companies that both used IP cameras in their CCTV systems. We almost always used Panasonic cameras and they had a static IP by default, but you could also access the settings through a browser to set a static IP as well.

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