RLN8-410 no DHCP server on camera POE ports

[kenneth wallace_514520500895996]

Hi. We've got an RLN8-410 NVR and going to be using it with RLC-511WA cameras. Is there a reason there is no DHCP service on the POE network? I checked and nothing responds to DHCP requests on the POE ports. There's just nothing there. Settings show nothing for setting up the internal network either. I can't even change it from the default 172.16.x.x addressing scheme if I wanted to.

I have to manually assign IP addresses to the cameras or attach a DHCP server to the POE ports along with cameras if I want them assigned IP addresses dynamically. Am I just expecting too much from this particular NVR? Other smaller, cheaper NVRs I've used have all had a DHCP server on the internal POE network.

[Reolink Fiona]

@kenneth-wallace_514520500895996
In the network setting, you can find the DHCP settings.

[kenneth wallace_514520500895996]

@reolink-fiona Hi, thanks for replying. The cameras have a DHCP client setting that works fine. But the problem is the NVR does not have a DHCP service running on it to give out those addresses. I checked the NVR's POE network and none of the DHCP requests are being answered. Is there supposed to be a DHCP service running on the NVR's POE ports? It doesn't look like it because the NVR's network setup only has it's own DHCP client setting or a static IP setting. But no options to adjust a DHCP SERVER setting, such as IP address range, etc.

Instead of just plugging a camera into the POE ports and it receiving an address and being added to the NVR's camera list automatically, I am having to connect to the camera first, assign it a static IP address, then attach it to the NVR. My other option is to attach an extra device to the POE network solely to run as a DHCP server.

I just want to know is the lack of a DHCP service on the NVR's POE network by design or do I have a faulty NVR?

[Reolink Fiona]

@kenneth-wallace_514520500895996
Have you enabled the auto-add button on the channel list? For the DHCP setting, you can find it at Network settings>>General/Advanced. Please set the network access to DHCP. If you can't find the setting, you can give me a picture of what your setting shows.

[kriskonway_706818356281549]

@reolink-fiona

I also have the same rnl8-410 - if I plug in a poe camera to it, it doesn't show up. onvif or otherwise.
The nvr only seems to find cameras plugged into my router.
This nvr appears to have it's own private subnet class b 172.16.25.x
if this is the case, why don't cameras get that ip when plugged in?