vlan tagging at the camera

[Panda Jerk]

Does anybody know of a way to set vlan tags at the camera? The switchport interfaces are trunk ports expecting tagged not native vlan frames. I cannot find a GUI option to set this.

I'm using multiple Hik DS-2CD2042WD-I 4MP all running v5.4.1 build 160525

Thanks.

 

[alastairstevenson]

I cannot find a GUI option to set this.

To the best of my knowledge the firmware for that camera series is not VLAN aware.
Are you using an authentication scheme for the tags?

 

[Bink]

Why would you connect a video camera to a trunk port?

 

[Mr_D]

On my Ubiquiti switches, you can set the Port VLAN ID on each interface. It will add a VLAN tag to the packets coming in from that interface which is useful when the client doesn't understand VLANs or you want to force an interface onto a specific VLAN.

 

[alastairstevenson]

which is useful when the client doesn't understand VLANs or you want to force an interface onto a specific VLAN.

Presumably then you need to associate a subset of other switch ports with that same VLAN.
Therefore does that mean that these are essentially configured as untagged ports on that VLAN?

 

[Mr_D]

Presumably then you need to associate a subset of other switch ports with that same VLAN.
Therefore does that mean that these are essentially configured as untagged ports on that VLAN?

They're tagged as far as I know. For example, switch port 23 has PVID set to 140, putting it on VLAN140, and participates in VLAN140 only. That's where my POE switch with the cameras connects in. Then switch port 24 uplinks to the router. Port 24 is tagged for VLAN140. The router has a VLAN140 on the interface linking to switchport 24. Everything on the POE switch connected to port 23 lives on VLAN140's subnet.

 

[alastairstevenson]

That sounds like a port-based (untagged) VLAN.
Which is perfectly fine, given physical security of the cables.

 

[Tolting Colt Acres]

No Hikvision camera I have ever seen supports VLAN tagging.

Maybe their higher-end commercial stuff.