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Appendix C
REQUIREMENTS
1.
Netgear DG834 router
2.
A Laptop or PC to confi gure the DG834
3.
An Internet connection and all required login details (username and password provided by your ISP)
Setup steps for Internet connection
1.
The DG834 has a default IP address of 192.168.0.1, so confi gure your laptop or PC with an IP address of 192.168.0.2 and gateway of
192.168.0.1 and connect to the DG834 using the standard CAT-5 patch lead supplied with the router.
2.
Open Internet Explorer and enter http://192.168.0.1 to connect to the router. When prompted, enter user name of ‘admin’ and
password of ‘password’.
3.
If the DG834 has never been set-up before, it will prompt whether you wish to use the setup wizard – do not do this.
4.
Choose ‘Basic Settings’ from the menu on the left. Select yes for ‘Does your internet connection require a login’ and enter your
username and password as provided by your ISP. Other information required on this screen can be left at defaults. Apply these settings
and then verify that you now have internet access from the PC / Laptop.
Setup steps for connecting a VXH960 locally
1.
Confi gure the VXH960 (refer to page 39 for details) so that it has a unique IP address, which is in the same range as the router and PC/
Laptop. For example, in this case choose 192.168.0.3. Set the gateway IP on the DVR to the router’s IP address of 192.168.0.1. Note
that the default port number is 6200.
2.
Connect the VXH960 to the router using a standard CAT-5 patch lead and verify that it can be ‘pinged’ from the PC as follows:
a) To open a command prompt using Windows XP use the following sequence:
START-RUN - Type in CMD - OK
For Windows Vista / 7 users:
START - Type in CMD -Press Enter
b) At the command prompt, type ‘PING 192.168.0.3’. If you see 4 lines saying ‘reply from 192.168.0.3: ………..’ then the VXH960 is
recognised on the local network. If not, work through the above steps again, but also check that the CAT-5 patch lead is OK.
3.
At this point, the connection to the VXH960 can be tested locally.
Setup steps to allow remote viewing over broadband
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Imagine the Netgear DG834 is split in to two halves - one half is the private side which serves the local network. This ‘half’ of the router has
its own IP address (typically 192.168.0.1) and other devices (PCs, Laptops, VXH960 etc.) that are connected to it will all have a unique IP
address of the form 192.168.0.XXX.
Because this is a private network, it cannot be accessed directly from the outside world.
The other imaginary half of the DG834G is the public side - it also has its own IP address which is allocated to you by your ISP and can
either be static (it never changes) or dynamic (your ISP could change it at any time). Because this is a public network, in theory, anyone from
the outside world who knows your public IP address can access the router and your private network. But, because the router has a security
fi rewall built in, incoming traffi c is severely limited to prevent this.
For this reason, you need to confi gure the DG834 so that incoming traffi c intended for the VXH960 is correctly routed instead of being
blocked - this is known as port forwarding.
You will notice on the VXH960 that in the network setup section, there is also two port numbers. These could technically be any value over
1030 but the default values on the VXH960 is acceptable.
In this case, the VXH960 default port values are 6200 and 5554 so two rules needs creating on the DG834 that channels all traffi c coming in
on ports 6200 and 5554to the VXH960.
Configuring a Netgear DG384 router
Summary of Contents for VXH960-16
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