Camera connection
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FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
Vendor/Camera
FortiRecorder supports Fortinet cameras (FortiCam series)
and third-party, ONVIF-compliant cameras.
If you are configuring a discovered camera, most of the
camera information has been retrieved and displayed. You can
also click the
Camera detail
button to refresh the camera
information.
If you are adding a remote camera, or adding a new camera
before it is connected, you must specify all the settings. For
the Fortinet FortiCam cameras, you must specify the models;
for the non-Fortinet cameras, you must specify the camera’s
login credentials (user name and password) for FortiRecorder
to access it.
Model
Select the name of the camera model, such as
FCM-20A
for a
FortiCam 20A.
Address mode
Select either:
•
Wired
— Select this option if you want to keep the camera
connected with the Ethernet cable on the same subnet.
•
Wireless
— Select this option if you want to change the
camera connection from wired to wireless. Also configure
the WiFi settings on the
WiFi
tab.
•
VIP
— Allow the camera to continue using DHCP to
determine its IP address, but the camera will be on a
remote network, and therefore the FortiRecorder NVR will
not
connect to the camera’s DHCP address. Instead, the
NVR will connect through the static
external
, usually public
network IP address and port numbers (called a virtual IP or
VIP on FortiGate firewalls) specified in
,
. The router or firewall will translate
and forward connections to the camera’s private network
address.
Likewise, communications in the other direction — from
the camera to the FortiRecorder NVR — are also affected:
the camera will use the public IP setting as its destination
(see
“Configuring system timeout, ports, and public
),
not
the private network address of port1, for
example, which it would use if you select
DHCP
or
Static
.
Tip:
Use this option if the camera is not located on the
same private network as the FortiRecorder NVR due to
NAT/ port forwarding
, especially if the camera and NVR
are separated by the Internet.
Address
If you want to deploy the camera to a different subnet, you can
specify its new IP address or the VIP that it will be using.
(HTTPS) Port
Type the port number of configuration communications from
the FortiRecorder that the firewall or router will forward to the
camera. If using only a WAN/virtual IP without port
forwarding/translation, leave this setting at its default value,
443.
This setting is available only when
is set to
VIP
.
Setting name
Description
