Setting Up Ddns Function - EverFocus EPN5230 User Manual

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Setting up DDNS Function

If you set up your IP Camera with DHCP network, the IP address of your IP Camera may change at
different times for different reasons, particularly after a power failure. The changing IP address of the
IP Camera may cause you difficulties accessing the IP Camera. To solve this problem, you can set up the
DDNS function to your IP Camera, and access your IP Camera with a fixed host name whenever the IP
address of your IP Camera changes.
DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) is a service used to map a domain name to the dynamic IP
address of a network device. It assigns a domain name (URL) to the IP Camera, so that the user does
not need to go through the trouble of checking if the IP address assigned by DHCP Server has changed.
Once the IP is changed, the IP Camera will automatically update the information to the DDNS to ensure
it is always available for remote access.
To set up DDNS for your IP Camera, you have to 1) enable the DMZ or Port Forwarding function of your
router 2) configure the network setting of your IP Camera 3) configure the DDNS setting of your IP
Camera. Please follow the steps below.
To enable the DDNS function:
1. In order to access the IP camera from outside of the local network, enable either the Port
Forwarding or DMZ function of your router. Please refer to the manual of your router for more
details.
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