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Amcrest cam question..... is this MAC fishy?
January 9, 2021 at
07:00 PM
I have several ip cams, my most recent batch is Amcrest and I am happy with them.
We got a new dog and I saw an ASH21 can in HD so I thought I would grab it as a dog cam. realize that these cams are designed to be more consumerish, that is setup is all done via an app and there is no native web server BUT it does support RTSP so word is it works with NVR like Blue Iris and the like.
OK. So I set it up in the app, video works great. Then I login to my router to check the IP of the cam (DHCP) and can't find the IP that matches what the Amcrest app tells me. Huh. then I think..... ok I'll look for the MAC in the current clients list. Can't find that either.
So then I open the Amcrest ipconfig tool, and it pulls up a different IP than what the cam software tells me. But even stranger, it pulls up a different MAC than the app AND what is printed on the sticker on the bottom of the cam.
I also can't get RTSP to work, but that could be a different issue. I am wondering if the different MAC could mean the unit was purchased and returned?
We got a new dog and I saw an ASH21 can in HD so I thought I would grab it as a dog cam. realize that these cams are designed to be more consumerish, that is setup is all done via an app and there is no native web server BUT it does support RTSP so word is it works with NVR like Blue Iris and the like.
OK. So I set it up in the app, video works great. Then I login to my router to check the IP of the cam (DHCP) and can't find the IP that matches what the Amcrest app tells me. Huh. then I think..... ok I'll look for the MAC in the current clients list. Can't find that either.
So then I open the Amcrest ipconfig tool, and it pulls up a different IP than what the cam software tells me. But even stranger, it pulls up a different MAC than the app AND what is printed on the sticker on the bottom of the cam.
I also can't get RTSP to work, but that could be a different issue. I am wondering if the different MAC could mean the unit was purchased and returned?
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Not sure if that will help you or not but it's something that I wrestled with for a while as I'm always looking at the IP and MAC addresses of things connected to my network.
I have even had phantom devices respond to pings at work.
I have even had phantom devices respond to pings at work.
I still can't get anything but the app to talk to it. On that note where does RTSP code go in TinyCam?
Some of the lower cost amcrest / dahua products that are intended for certain market segments may not have an rtsp stream or web interface at all.
https://support.amcrest