Plugging in the cameras
Use Ethernet network cables to connect the cameras to the same switch as FortiRecorder, as shown in Deployment topology.
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If you connected the cameras too soon, before a DHCP server was available, then they are using a default IP address.The default address will not work with your network. To fix this, unplug the cameras and then plug them in again. This reboots the cameras and requests a correct IP address from the DHCP server. |
If you cannot plug cameras into the same switch (for example, if you later add cameras at a branch office):
- Verify that a DHCP server is available on the remote network.
- Plug in cameras at the remote network, as shown in Remote from FortiRecorder.
- Trigger a discovery scan of the DHCP IP address range on the remote network so that FortiRecorder can find the remote cameras. See Discovering cameras in remote networks.