Chapter 3 - Installation
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GM1212 Geist Watchdog Wi Instruction Manual
Figure 3-8
Windows TCP/IPv4 Settings
Choose the
Use the following Watchdog Wi IP address
option, then set
IP address
to
192.168.123.1 and
Subnet Mask
to 255.255.255.0. For this initial setup,
Default Gateway
and the
DNS Server
entries can be left blank. Select
OK
, then
OK
again to close both the
Internet Protocol Properties
and
Local Properties
windows.
Once the NIC settings are configured properly, you should be able to access the unit by
typing http://192.168.123.123 into the address bar of your web browser. If you are setting
up the unit for the first time, or if the unit has been reset back to factory defaults via the
network-reset button, the unit will require you to create an Admin account and password
before you can proceed.
Once you have created the Admin account and logged into it, the unit's default
Sensors
page should come up by default. Navigate to the
System
tab, then the
Network
page to
configure the device's network properties. The unit's IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway,
and DNS settings can either be assigned manually, or acquired via DHCP.
Note that the new settings will take effect instantly when the
Save
button is clicked, so the
browser will no longer be able to reload the web page from the 192.168.123.123 address
and will probably display a "page not found" or "host unavailable" message. This behavior
is normal. Once you have finished configuring the unit's IP address, simply repeat the
steps above, and change the computer's Ethernet NIC card settings back to the ones you
wrote down prior to changing them, to restore its normal network and internet settings.
