I tried changing the channel of the router to 1,6,and 9 with no luck. It actually seems to be dependent on the location of the laptop running the monitoring software. I might also try reducing the frame rate.
Axis 207W keeps going offline
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I tried changing the channel of the router to 1,6,and 9 with no luck. It actually seems to be dependent on the location of the laptop running the monitoring software. I might also try reducing the frame rate.
Upon further inspection/experimentation it appears that when the camera goes offline the camera changes it's IP from 192.x.x.x to 169.x.x.x for a few seconds (according to Axis Camera Station). The IP then changes from 169.x.x.x to 192.x.x.x and thats when the camera goes back online. Any idea how to fix this?
fcwilt
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Are you using a DHCP server? Normally you wouldn't see such a change because the lease is good for a fairly long period (my DHCP server defaults to 1440 minutes). You should be able to set the camera to a static IP address. Try that and see what happens to your connection.
You problem is that the camera is momentarily using an autoconfigure IP address. This is normally used when there is no DHCP present.
Is probably 169.254.XX.YY
The XX is the 3rd and 4th from last digit in the cameras MAC address converted from HEX to Decimal and the YY is the last 2 digits in the MAC address converted from HEX to decimal
Is probably 169.254.XX.YY
The XX is the 3rd and 4th from last digit in the cameras MAC address converted from HEX to Decimal and the YY is the last 2 digits in the MAC address converted from HEX to decimal
I called my ISP and they don't offer static IP for residental customers. Any other ideas?
fcwilt
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You just need to give the camera a static IP. Right now it's probably getting it's IP address from your router. Routers typically have a DHCP server function. Your router gets it's WAN IP address from your ISP but that has nothing to do with the addresses on your LAN. Your LAN IP addresses are most likely 192.168.x.x which means you could have addresses from 192.168.x.2 to 192.168.x.254 for computers and such on your LAN (the x.1 address would typically be for the router). The router's DHCP server may be serving up a subset of the entire .2 to .254 range. If so pick any address outside of the range the router is serving up and assign this IP address to your camera. By giving your camera a static IP address we are bypassing any problems that may be associated with the router's DHCP server function.
Hope that clears things up.
