Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

==== 2.1 Introduction to Hikvision IP issues ====

When you get a good camera, it usually uses DHCP to connect to your network. This means when you hook it up, you’ll be able to see it in the ARP table on your '''pfSense''' router. It’ll grab an IP address that your router provides, and boom, it’s on the network.

…I said a GOOD camera. These are (likely grey market) Hikvisions set up into god knows what configuration being sold by a business liquidator.

Cheaper cameras might not do this. They often come with some weird static IP like <code>192.0.0.64</code>, and you have no idea what it’s trying to connect to. Hikvision cameras can be like this sometimes.

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