Find The Device On The Network; Access The Device; How To Access The Product From The Internet; Secure Passwords - Axis A1601 User Manual

AXIS A1601 Network Door Controller

Find the device on the network

Find the device on the network
To find Axis devices on the network and assign them IP addresses in Windows®, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager. Both
applications are free and can be downloaded from axis.com/support.
For more information about how to find and assign IP addresses, see the document How to assign an IP address and access your
device on the device page at axis.com.

Access the device

1. Open a browser and enter the IP address or host name of the Axis device.
If you do not know the IP address, use AXIS IP Utility or AXIS Device Manager to find the device on the network. If you
have a Mac computer (OS X), go to Safari, click Bonjour and select the device from the drop-down list.
2. Enter the username and password. If you access the device for the first time, you must set the root password. See .
3. The device's webpage opens in your browser. The start page is called the Overview page.

How to access the product from the internet

A network router allows products on a private network (LAN) to share a single connection to the internet. This is done by forwarding
network traffic from the private network to the internet.
Most routers are pre-configured to stop attempts to access the private network (LAN) from the public network (internet).
If the Axis product is located on an intranet (LAN) and you want to make it available from the other (WAN) side of a NAT (Network
Address Translator) router, turn on NAT traversal. With NAT traversal properly configured, all HTTP traffic to an external HTTP port
in the NAT router is forwarded to the product.
How to turn on the NAT-traversal feature
• Go to Setup > Additional Controller Configuration > System Options > Network > TCP/IP > Advanced.
• Click Enable.
• Manually configure your NAT router to allow access from the internet.
Note
• In this context, a "router" refers to any network routing device such as a NAT router, network router, internet gateway,
broadband router, broadband sharing device, or a software such as a firewall.
• For NAT traversal to work, NAT traversal must be supported by the router. The router must also support UPnP

Secure passwords

Important
Axis devices send the initially set password in clear text over the network. To protect your device after the first login, set
up a secure and encrypted HTTPS connection and then change the password.
The device password is the primary protection for your data and services. Axis devices do not impose a password policy as they
may be used in various types of installations.
To protect your data we strongly recommend that you:
• Use a password with at least 8 characters, preferably created by a password generator.
• Don't expose the password.
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