UNBRICK NC*** CAMERA SOLVED
HOW TO UNBRICK NC250,260, 450 CAMERA...
Im writing this now as I always forget how to do it and and have just fixed another 2x260 from random death without the firmware update recently
Having a NC220, 250, 2x260s and a 450, at some time all these have failed me and give me the no light, some times a light. I mean, they boot up fine and appear to work but no connection in Andriod app, cant be found on pc app, they just dont work. I could always ping them and even see the ip address and services of them from my router. BUT NO GUI ACCESS or the abilty to master reset them in any way, completly fuc****** useless. TPLINK surport was no use the first time it happened and after i fixed it a year back i remembered i emailed them the solution. My personal email address is ntidy79@gmail.com if you have problems with this method...
TIME IS CRUCIAL IN THIS OPERATION YOU HAVE ONLY 30 SECONDS TO PREFORM THIS OR BEGIN AGAIN ( it took me 5 attempts on the first 260 and 2 on the second)
First up, the computer setup. (basic stuff but email is there if you need help)
I preformed this on my desktop with out any wireless cards, its all done via ethernet so i recommend removing WIFI dongles or cards or just disable them,
1. disconnect all connections from your computer no cables or dongles bluetooth, so its internetless and lonely
change your ethernet car settings to the following
and apply
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next step (TEST) ... this is before the 30 second RUSH SEQUENCE and is not time critial
power up you camera
plug in ethernet cable to camera
and the ethernet to the computer directly, by passing all internet, rotuers etc.... PC-----ethernet----NC260*********
wait for the power up sequence
open CMD and " PING 192.168.0.10
CONFIRM PING ( if theres no return just wait and try again )
This confims the camera is actually alive and not dead, but as i said i preform so many ping tests services etc before this so i knew it was working, just no GUI access to firmware update or master sofetware reset, if this does not work, double check the settings, if not maybe it really is DEAD. if you get this far be can get your camera running in about 5 minutes with a few practice runs.
Here we go (NC260 SO bootimes may be slightly different)
in advance
open EDGE, chrome was to slow on my machine and prepare 192.168.0.10 in the adress bar but dont press go, enter etc
in CMD prepare cmd ping 192.168.0.10
disconnect ehternet and power to camera and wait 1 minute
zzz
return power and ethernet into the camera at the same time and 1 second after hit that ueless reset button on it for 5 seconds, the front flashed red and the back flashed green, after 10 seconds the front should go green (or even vanish), straight away goto CMD prompt and use the ping cmd, the first 2 should 3rd one pings back maybe yoy may need another ping, just hit the up arrow to and enter for quick repeat
over to EDGE and bash that enter key with the 192.168.0.10 adress in
if you done it in time, your have you login screen if not start again from 1 minute cam shutdown,,,,,,if you have your login dont spare time the camera will shut down services so bash your login details
default admin
admin
i have mine as my email address and a long password which did not help
the minute you login, go straight for SYSTEM-MANAGEMANT-RESET-COMFIRM
Now watch the reset bar, if you do it right it will count to 100, if it gets to say 70 and stays, just start again..just faster, it takes practice, but i swear this works
Nathan --- NTIDY79@gmail.com, if confused email me im writing this super quick while its still fresh in my head