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3.2 Access from the internet
Once connected, the network camera is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the
network camera from the Internet you must configure your broadband router to allow incoming
data traffic to the network camera. To do this, enable the NAT traversal feature, which will attempt
to automatically configure the router to allow access to the network cam- era. This is enabled from
Setup
>
System
>
Network
>
NAT. For more information, please see
“ System
>
Network
>
NAT”
of User Manual.
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 user name and password is
“admin”. If the password is lost, the
network camera must be reset to the factory default settings. Please see
“Resetting to the factory
default
settings.”
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, please see “System
>
Security
>
HTTPS” of User Manual.
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.