My EmpireTech cameras do not support NTP server setting via DHCP option 42, do other brands allow this?

[MikeMakesWhiskey]

Just a bit frustrated that I cannot set DHCP option 42 in my DHCP server and have it look at the default router for NTP, since I do not allow my cameras to talk to the internet directly, even for ntp. Using AI, i see that Verkada and AXIS do this, but that is a big price jump for one small feature.

 

[wittaj]

What about hosting a NTP on your computer? That is what most of us do.

 

[MikeMakesWhiskey]

What about hosting a NTP on your computer? That is what most of us do.

I have NTP server it on my router, the computer can do it also, but you have to point the camera to yoru PC, correct?, What I want to avoid is any hard-coded network settings in the cameras. I use reserved DHCP IP addressing for the cameras in case I ever need to move one to a different network so I do not have to access it first to manually change the IP

 

[TonyR]

I use reserved DHCP IP addressing for the cameras in case I ever need to move one to a different network so I do not have to access it first to manually change the IP

Just curious....how often do you find yourself moving a camera to a "different network" ?