3.2. Access from the internet
Access from the internet Once connected, the Network Camera is accessible on your local
network (LAN). To access the video encoder from the Internet you must configure your
broadband router to allow incoming data traffic to the video encoder. To do this, enable the
NAT-traversal feature, which will attempt to automatically configure the router to allow
access to the video encoder. This is enabled from Setup > System > Network > NAT.
For more information, please see NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4, on page 64.
3.3 Setting the admin password over a secure connection
To gain access to the product, the password for
the default administrator user must be set. This
is done in the “Admin Password” dialog, which is
displayed when the network camera is accessed
for the setup at the first time. Enter your admin
name and password, set by the administrator.
Note: The default administrator username and
password is “admin”. If the password is lost, the
Network Camera must be reset to the factory
default settings. See
“3.9 Resetting to the Factory
Default Settings” for more details.
To prevent network eavesdropping when setting the admin password, this can be done via
an encrypted HTTPS connection, which requires an HTTPS certificate (see note below).
To set the password via a standard HTTP connection, enter it directly in the first dialog
shown below. To set the password via an encrypted HTTPS connection, see Setup>System
>Security>HTTPS, on page 55.
Note:
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) is a protocol used to encrypt the traffic
between web browsers and servers. The HTTPS certificate controls the encrypted exchange
of information.
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