Security camera DVR is killing my AC 1750 router
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Security camera DVR is killing my AC 1750 router
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I have a Q-See QC814 security camera system that consists of 4 IP cameras connected to a DVR, which is connected to my router with a CAT6 cable. That allows me to monitor cameras from my mobile devices around the house or outside the network. This has worked flawlessly for nearly 3 years but recently (with an older 802.11n TP-Link router) I started have internet connectivity issues that only got fixed by rebooting the router. These reboots were needed more and more frequently that I figured it was dying. So I bought a new TP-Link Archer C7 router and all seemed fine for about a month when it started happening again.
Then by chance I noticed the problem instantly went away by unplugging the CAT6 wire going to the camera DVR. I thought that maybe the DVR's UPnP features were screwed up but I disabled those and I'm still getting the router lockups. When this happens, all internet connectivity stops on my desktop PC (hard wired to the router) and all mobile devices connected via WiFi. Accessing the router's admin page sometimes works, sometimes doesn't or is very sluggish. Unplugging the CAT6 cable to the DVR fixes it immediately. Rebooting the DVR and/or router will usually fix things for awhile but that only lasts maybe a 1 day now.
So, what could this DVR be doing that would bring the router to its knees at random times? Is there some kind of diagnostics I can run? Is there a setting I can make in the router setup to prevent this?
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
I have a Q-See QC814 security camera system that consists of 4 IP cameras connected to a DVR, which is connected to my router with a CAT6 cable. That allows me to monitor cameras from my mobile devices around the house or outside the network. This has worked flawlessly for nearly 3 years but recently (with an older 802.11n TP-Link router) I started have internet connectivity issues that only got fixed by rebooting the router. These reboots were needed more and more frequently that I figured it was dying. So I bought a new TP-Link Archer C7 router and all seemed fine for about a month when it started happening again.
Then by chance I noticed the problem instantly went away by unplugging the CAT6 wire going to the camera DVR. I thought that maybe the DVR's UPnP features were screwed up but I disabled those and I'm still getting the router lockups. When this happens, all internet connectivity stops on my desktop PC (hard wired to the router) and all mobile devices connected via WiFi. Accessing the router's admin page sometimes works, sometimes doesn't or is very sluggish. Unplugging the CAT6 cable to the DVR fixes it immediately. Rebooting the DVR and/or router will usually fix things for awhile but that only lasts maybe a 1 day now.
So, what could this DVR be doing that would bring the router to its knees at random times? Is there some kind of diagnostics I can run? Is there a setting I can make in the router setup to prevent this?
