Accessing The Camera Over The Internet Using Dyndns Service; Overview Of Internet Access Using Dyndns Service; Creating An Account At Dyndns Service - Beward N120 Installation & User Manual

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7.4. Accessing the Camera over the Internet Using DynDNS service

If a computer is assigned a temporary IP address changing from one session to the next, it

means the computer is assigned a dynamic IP address. Mostly, ISPs provide users with this type

of addressing. However, in order to have a permanent access to a device over the Internet, you

need to get a static IP address from your ISP, or use a Dynamic DNS service (DDNS).

The Dynamic DNS service allows you to make your cameras accessible over the Internet

even though they are assigned a dynamic IP address, which changes from time to time. All

external users can always access the camera using its domain name.

The domain name, such as www.camera1.dyndns.org, is used to access your camera over

the Internet instead of an IP address.

To do so, create an account on the DDNS server website such as www.dyndns.org, enter

your camera's current IP address and choose a domain name that will be used to access your

camera.

When either the IP address is changed or a new connection is established, the ISP assigns

your camera a new IP address. Then the camera's built-in software processes it and sends to the

DDNS server. The DDNS service provider ties this dynamic IP address and the domain name you

chose before.

For this example, we use the following DDNS provider: www.dyndns.com. The procedure of

taking a domain name is similar for different providers. To access your IP camera using a domain

name follow the steps below:

 Create an account on www.dyndns.com.

 Choose a domain name for your camera (Hostname). You can use any domain name

that is not already being used. For this example, we use camera184 and thus have the

following domain name: www.camera184.dyndns.org.

 Set your equipment.

Step 1: open your browser and go to www.dyndns.com. Click the [Sign In] in the upper

right corner and select the [Create an Account] in the drop-down menu (Pic. 7.11).

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