Any way to find IP of my camera on my network?
My router does not allow me to see IP addresses of connected devices. Is there any way to get the IP address of an Amcrest cam connected via Wifi?
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https://support.amcrest.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004527171-Amcrest-IP-Config-Tool-Download
On mobile? Apple and Android app stores have all kinds of LAN scanners. They will show the MAC address of every IP on your network. The MAC address should be printed on the camera, so after the scan you'll know which IP is attached to that Mac address
If you want to do this with kindergarten-level network magic rather than software, you can try this:
High level:
Write a script (bash or windows batch file, whatever you use as your client PC) to ping every address in your network range once. This will make your PC look up the MAC address of every device in that range.
Then list all the devices that have an Amcrest network interface.
Windows batch file for pinging all the IPs: (Fill in the missing lines. This is assuming your local network is 192.168.1.x. Substitute the first 3 digits of your own ip address if required.)
The look for Amcrest devices in the ARP cache:
Windows command:
Linux can do this in two commands:
then:
This should list the IPs of all the cameras.
Why this works:
As your PC reaches out to each address it will keep a track of the MAC address of each device it finds. These addresses are stored in your PC's the ARP cache. (ARP = Address Resolution Protocol)
A typical entry in your ARP cache might look like this under windows: (similar under linux)
The first 3 bytes of the MAC address ("9c", "8e" & "cd" the above example) are specific to the maker of the network interface. It's called the OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) Amcrest has it's own OUI, which is, 9c-8e-cd.
Do you know of a way to get it to stop randomizing the MAC address? It’s very bad security practice and when you start adding firewalls and vlan segmentation it causes major headaches. Like I have 200 duplicate devices in my Firewalla quarantine because it started changing mac addresses like mad
Please see my other post as it give more information on what I have and the problem I’m expirencing. I have a deep understanding of layer 2 and 3 and have everything else in my network running beatufally. Just these doorbells and I have 2, that both act this way. I’m hoping if I remove them from the app and then readd them using the new SSID vlan now that things have changed. It will pick back up and start working correctly. Dams problem is I can’t find the box and it’s too nasty out to stand outside with a screwdriver and mess with it.
And this is happened during an upgrade from a flat 1 vlan network with prosumer Netgear equipment to a campus class Aruba 3 tier collapsed core network running a Firewalla gold>Aruba Class 4 1930(Distribution)>Aruba 2920 gigabit(access)>cisco 3650e PoE(access)
For wireless off of the 1930 class 4 I have 2 Aruba IAP-335s and an Outdoor IAP-275 running is a self healing controlled cluster.
So this is all high end gear that can do layer 3 at each hop and has GVRP enabled for easy distribution of the VLANs
Amcrest GPS Pro
I most soho routers I've used have a menu showing network map, or connected devices. Some even ID the manufacture using the MAC.
I ended up using an IP scanner.
Advance Ip Scanner is what I use for scanning subnets.
Amcrest had a free download that will scan the network and display any cameras that it finds along with other information about them. It’s basic, easy to use and does its job well.
What is the download software for that ?