Foscam FI8906W Quick Installation Manual Download Page 3

FI8906W  Quick  Installation  Guide 

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1) 

Open the package

Take out the camera out of the box carefully. 

2)

 

Mount the antenna.

 Then take the Wi-Fi antenna, mount it on the SMA connector on the back 

of the camera, screw the antenna to the back, and make the antenna stand vertically.   

                       

 

Figure 1.1 Mount the antenna                            Figure 1.2 Plug the network cable   

 

3)

 

Get the camera connected to the router, and get it powered. 

Use the network cable to connect the camera to the router or the switch in the LAN network at your 
home or your office. Plug in the power. The small green light on RJ45 will turn on, the small orange 
light will blink.

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
Insert the CD into the CD drive of your computer and 

go to the folder “FI8906W”,then find the folder 

“For Windows OS”. 
   

                             

 

 
 
Copy the IP camera tool to your computer and start the program.   
 

 

 
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Summary of Contents for FI8906W

Page 1: ...V49 02 Model FI8906W Quick Installation Guide Outdoor Wireless IP Camera For Windows OS Page 1 For MAC OS Page 15 ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent Technology Co Ltd...

Page 2: ...A x 1 Network Cable x 1 Wi Fi Antenna x 1 Mounting Bracket x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 CD ROM with Setup Software x 1 Warranty Card x 1 Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart P 12 Quick Installation...

Page 3: ...le 3 Get the camera connected to the router and get it powered Use the network cable to connect the camera to the router or the switch in the LAN network at your home or your office Plug in the power...

Page 4: ...P automatically after you plug in the network cable If not please make sure that DHCP is enabled on your router and that MAC address filtering firewalls and anti virus are disabled temporarily until t...

Page 5: ...efox Google Chrome the third mode is Mobile Phone for mobile phone Please choose IE ActiveX Mode if you are using IE browser now For the first time login the camera please make sure to allow ActiveX t...

Page 6: ...Guide www foscam com 5 Figure 1 7 Install the ActiveX Figure 1 8 Run the ActiveX Click Run button and re login the camera again you can see the following surveillance window Select Run Click this butt...

Page 7: ...a red cross in the center please try another port number instead of the default port 80 You may want to try port 85 8005 etc If you are still unable to see a live video try shutting down any firewall...

Page 8: ...It should also display your router in the list Figure 2 0 Figure 2 0 Wireless LAN Settings Step 02 Click the SSID of your router in the list the corresponding information SSID Encryption will be fille...

Page 9: ...e RESET button for four seconds Step 02 Press the WPS button on your router within 60 seconds The WPS button is usually on the back or side of your router On some routers you may need to log in to the...

Page 10: ...it says that the camera s http port no is 88 Port 80 could be blocked when accessing via internet we need to change port 80 to another one like 88 or 85 as you like which will not be conflict with ot...

Page 11: ...dress has been change to http 192 168 1 35 88 and the LAN IP address is fixed at http 192 168 1 35 88 It won t be changed no matter you re power the camera or re power the router Figure 2 4 IP Camera...

Page 12: ...know the WAN IP address of the router Access the IP Camera from the Internet You can access the IP Camera from the Internet remote access Enter the WAN IP address and port number in IE browser or othe...

Page 13: ...Or Use Google to check out what is port forwarding How to do port forwarding within the router Example The camera s LAN IP address is http 192 168 1 35 88 Firstly login the router goes to the menu of...

Page 14: ...amera via internet Take hostname camera myfoscam org and HTTP Port no 88 for example the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http camera myfoscam org 88 Foscam domain name is free for t...

Page 15: ...have finished the quick installation of the camera You can take time to play the camera Please refer to the electronic user manual burned in the CD ROM for other settings Other advanced software setti...

Page 16: ...x 1 Network Cable x 1 Wi Fi Antenna x 1 Mounting Bracket x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 CD ROM with Setup Software x 1 Warranty Card x 1 Quick Installation Guide Flow Chart P 12 Quick Installation D...

Page 17: ...rk cable 3 Get the camera connected to the router and get it powered Use the network cable to connect the camera to the router or the switch in the LAN network at your home or your office Plug in the...

Page 18: ...our router and that MAC address filtering firewalls and anti virus are disabled temporarily until the camera is set up Double click the LAN IP address of the camera it pops up a password dialog box Fi...

Page 19: ...dows The default user name is admin with no password Wireless Lan Settings support Infra Do wireless lan settings manually WPS Wi Fi Protected Set up and Adhoc modes If your router does not support WP...

Page 20: ...re 1 8 Figure 1 8 Wireless LAN Settings Step 02 Click the SSID of your router in the list the corresponding information SSID Encryption will be filled in the following boxes automatically You will onl...

Page 21: ...e RESET button for four seconds Step 02 Press the WPS button on your router within 60 seconds The WPS button is usually on the back or side of your router On some routers you may need to log in to the...

Page 22: ...8 it says that the camera s http port no is 88 Port 80 could be blocked when accessing via internet we need to change port 80 to another one like 88 or 85 as you like which will not be conflict with o...

Page 23: ...http 192 168 1 35 88 It won t be changed no matter you re power the camera or re power the router Figure 2 2 IP Camera Tool Windows First of all please make sure whether your ISP Internet Service Prov...

Page 24: ...can access the IP Camera from the Internet remote access Enter the WAN IP address and port number in IE browser or other browsers you use For example Http 183 37 28 254 85 Make sure port mapping or al...

Page 25: ...Or Use Google to check out what is port forwarding How to do port forwarding within the router Example The camera s LAN IP address is http 192 168 1 35 88 Firstly login the router goes to the menu of...

Page 26: ...mera via internet Take hostname camera myfoscam org and HTTP Port no 88 for example the accessing link of the camera via internet would be http camera myfoscam org 88 Foscam domain name is free for th...

Page 27: ...have finished the quick installation of the camera You can take time to play the camera Please refer to the electronic user manual burned in the CD ROM for other settings Other advanced software setti...

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