Chapter 7. Accessing The Camera Over The Internet; Overview Of Internet Access To The Camera; Using An External Static Ip Address Or Pppoe Connection; Using An External Static Ip Address - Beward N120 Installation & User Manual

Chapter 7. Accessing the Camera over the Internet

7.1. Overview of Internet Access to the Camera

When installing an IP camera in apartments, a cottage, or an office, most users want to be
able to access the camera and view the images over a local network as well as over the Internet.
This requires a router to provide your camera, your computer and other devices with
Internet access and make them work together. Besides, your router must support wireless
connectivity in order to use Wi-Fi.
There are three most common ways to connect this IP camera to the Internet:
 There is an external static IP address or PPPoE connection. Such an IP address (or
PPPoE connection) can be used to connect only one camera to view the images over
the Internet. This type of networking does not allow sharing a single IP address among
several devices.
 There is an external static IP address that is used to connect a LAN to the Internet and
assigned to one or several cameras to view the images over the Internet. This type of
networking requires the use of a router. Therefore, the number of connected cameras
depends on how many ports are on the router.
 There is a temporary dynamic IP address, which can change during a session. This type
of networking allows connecting multiple cameras to view the images over the Internet
regardless of the IP address they are assigned and requires the use of dynamic DNS
services.
The possible ways of accessing the camera over the Internet are considered below.

7.2. Using an External Static IP Address or PPPoE Connection

7.2.1. Using an External Static IP Address

To connect your IP camera to the Internet, change the network settings of the IP camera
according to the settings provided by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Most ISP's provide the
following parameters: an IP address, a subnet mask, a network gateway, and a DNS server
address.
To access the IP camera over the Internet using a static IP address, follow the steps below:
Step 1: connect the IP camera to your computer directly.
Step 2: change the network settings of the IP camera (see paragraph 5.5) according to the
settings provided by your ISP (Pic. 7.1).
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