System Requirements • Internet Explorer 5.x or above • CPU: Pentium III, 500 MHz or above (Required for use with IP Surveillance software) • Memory Size: 64 MB (128 MB recommended) • VGA card resolution: 800x600 or above Hardware Installation Connect the Ethernet Cable If you will be using the DCS-2100+ in a wired network, connect an Ethernet cable to the network cable connector...
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Hardware Installation (continued) Attach the External Power Supply Attach the external power supply to the DC power input connector located on the Internet Camera’s back panel (labeled DC 12V) and connect it to an AC power outlet. When you have a proper connection, the LED (Light Emitting Diode) on the front of the camera will turn from red to green.
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Configuring your camera with IP Installer (continued) Insert the DCS-2100+ CD into the CD-ROM drive. Click on IP Installer This is the first screen that will appear.
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Configuring your camera with IP Installer (continued) The IP Installer will now show a MAC address of the DCS-2100+ and an IP Address (which may or may not be correct depending on what you have your DCS-2100+ connected to.) If you have a DHCP* server on your network, there will be a valid IP Address displayed here.
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Configuring your camera with IP Installer (continued) Click Next If you have a DHCP server on your network, you will already have a valid IP Address in these fields. If you do not have a DHCP server on your network fill out your IP Address, Subnet mask, Gateway and at least 1 DNS IP Address respectively on this page.
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Installer (continued) Setting up your wireless configuration for the DCS-2100+ The DCS-2100+is shipped with the ability to connect to any D-Link wireless routers and adapters by default. If the settings are changed on the other devices, then the DCS-2100+ will need to be configured to match those settings also.
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Configuring your camera with IP Installer (continued) If you need to change your network settings at this point click Back. To accept the settings, click Restart. Click OK The DCS-2100+ will reboot to accept the settings.
Viewing Your Internet Camera This page will now show the IP Address assigned to the MAC address of the DCS-2100+ Click Link After you click on the Link button, IP Installer will automatically open your Internet browser to the IP Address of the DCS-2100+, in this example it is: http://192.168.0.146 Your DCS-2100+ may have a...
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Viewing Your Internet Camera At this point we highly recommend that you click on Tools and then Administrator and put in a password for security purposes. Enter the administrative password. Click Save then “X” at the top right-hand corner of your browser to close the page.
Technical Support You can find software updates and user documentation on the D-Link website. D-Link provides free technical support for customers within the United States and within Canada for the duration of the warranty period on this product. U.S. and Canadian customers can contact D-Link Technical Support through our website, or by phone.
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