Connecting To A Camera Via The Internet - LevelOne WCS-0010 User Manual

Connecting to a Camera via the Internet

You can NOT connect to a camera via the Internet unless the camera
Administrator has configured both the camera and the Internet Gateway/Router
used by the camera.
See Making Video available from the Internet in Chapter 4 - Advanced Viewing
Setup for details of the required configuration.
Also, you need a broadband Internet connection to view video effectively. Dial-up
connections are NOT supported.
To establish a connection from your PC to the FCS-0010/WCS-0010 Network Camera
via the Internet:
1. Obtain the following information from the Administrator of the camera you wish to
connect to:
•
Internet IP Address or Domain Name of the camera.
•
Port number for HTTP connections.
•
Login (username, password) if required.
2. Start Internet Explorer.
3. In the Address box, enter the following:
HTTP://Internet_Address:port_number
Where Internet_Address is the Internet IP address or Domain Name of the camera,
and port_number is the port number used for HTTP (Web) connections to the
camera.
Examples using an IP address:
HTTP://203.70.212.52:1024
Where the Internet IP address is 203.70.212.52 and the HTTP port number is
1024.
Example using a Domain Name:
HTTP://mycamera.dyndns.tv:1024
Where the Domain name (using DDNS in this example) is mycamera.dyndns.tv
and the HTTP port number is 1024.
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