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Chapter 6. Accessing the Camera over the Internet
6.1. 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 in the apartments, a cottage,
or an office as well as over the Internet.
This requires a router to make your camera, your computer and other network devices work
together on the same network.
There are three 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 dynamic IP address, which is a temporary address and 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 covered later in this
manual.
6.2. Using an External Static IP Address or PPPoE Connection
6.2.1. Using an External Static IP Address
When connecting to the Internet, you must change the network settings of the IP camera
according to the settings provided by your ISP. Most ISP's provide the following: 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
settings provided by your ISP (Pic. 6.1).
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