{"id":20469,"date":"2020-09-30T14:41:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/?p=20469"},"modified":"2020-09-30T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T19:45:00","slug":"recover-hikvision-camera-using-tftp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/recover-hikvision-camera-using-tftp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover a Hikvision camera using TFTP (reflash the firmware)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, I show how to recover a Hikvision camera<\/strong> using the TFTP <\/strong>method.<\/p>\n

If you can’t access the camera anymore because it’s not responding, you need to use this procedure to recover it from a corrupted firmware. <\/p>\n

This procedure is also known as “reflash the firmware”<\/em><\/strong> because it erases the memory and installs a new piece of software via simple computer commands.<\/p>\n

How the reflash firmware procedure works<\/h2>\n

The Hikvision IP camera uses the default IP address 192.0.0.64<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>and has internal instructions to look for a TFTP server with the IP address 192.0.0.128<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To reflash the firmware<\/strong> on a Hikvision camera, you need to have both devices (camera and computer running the TFPT service) using those IP addresses.<\/p>\n

The diagram below illustrated the concept.<\/p>\n

\"Hikvision<\/span><\/p>\n

Hikvision TFTP Server running on a local network<\/p>\n

To recover your Hikvision IP camera<\/strong>, you need to install the TFTP server on the computer and change its IP to 198.0.0.128, so the camera can find it.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look on the how to do that.<\/p>\n

How to reflash the firmware on a Hikvision camera (via TFTP server)<\/h2>\n

Here’s the step-by-step to reflash the firmware on a Hikvision camera.<\/p>\n