Hello everyone,
I have a couple dozen Amcrest IPM-721S IP cameras placed throughout a factory for security. These are normally being monitored through third-party monitoring software (Blue Iris 4.0), and connect to the rest of our network via Wi-Fi. A second network was set up parallel to the first, strictly for Wi-Fi-based access to the Internet only (the first network can access corporate servers as well as the Internet) due to a large number of network-connected devices (supervisors cell phones, etc., in addition to regular computers). My superiors would like to have these cameras set up on the second network in order to conserve available network addresses on the first. However, a problem has arisen. If a camera is initially configured for the first network, then assigned an address on the second network, computers connected to the first network can no longer connect to the camera. This becomes a problem as these cameras are normally monitored by management, whose computers are only connected to the first network. The two networks both can connect to the Internet through the same firewall appliance, with access to the second network controlled by port forwarding and a separate network interface (one goes to the original network and a third goes to our ISP). From instructions I’ve seen for the camera, the camera and computer used for setup have to be on the same network. My boss set these cameras up, and I think that most of the cameras were set up through my boss’s laptop (tying in the plug-in network connection to the second network and leaving the Wi-Fi interface on the first). Access to the cameras is not needed outside of our corporate network (although I don’t know if it would be needed in the future).
My question is how to make these devices visible across both networks? I don’t think it’s necessarily a Blue Iris issue, because I can search for cameras using the Amcrest IP Config software and monitoring software and only see the cameras connected to the first network there.
Thanks in advance.
Michael
Accessing IPM-721S on one network from another network
Re: Accessing IPM-721S on one network from another network
Hello mbrayc,
The Ipconfig tool will only search for cameras on the same network. So if the cameras are connected to Network2 and the computers on Network1, it will not work. A work around would be to set up port forwarding for each camera connected on Network2 with unique HTTP and TCP port numbers. Thus the cameras can be accessed from Network1 using the WAN IP of Network 2 and the HTTP port number of the cameras from a computer.
The Ipconfig tool will only search for cameras on the same network. So if the cameras are connected to Network2 and the computers on Network1, it will not work. A work around would be to set up port forwarding for each camera connected on Network2 with unique HTTP and TCP port numbers. Thus the cameras can be accessed from Network1 using the WAN IP of Network 2 and the HTTP port number of the cameras from a computer.
