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4.2.5
DDNS
DDNS links a domain name to an IP address, allowing users to easily access their camera even
with a changing IP address. DDNS is a service that allows your Video Server, especially when
assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a fixed host and domain name. Video Server are
compatible with two DDNS service providers (1) DynDNS, (2)dhs
(1)
Check “Enable” and select a server out of available two
(2)
Both services are required to register some items on each DDNS service site
(3)
For use of “ddns.nu” register at
http://www.dhs.org/
and for dyndns find the
information at
http://www.dyndns.org
.
4.2.6
UPnP
UPNP
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) simplifies the process of adding a camera to a local area
network. Once connected to a LAN, the camera will automatically appear on the intranet.
Check this option to enable UPnP presentation for your Video Server so that whenever a
Network Camera is presented to the LAN, shortcuts of connected Video Server will be listed
in My Network Places as show below picture. You can click the shortcut to link to the web
browser.