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GettInG Started wIth lIVeShot portable
connectInG to a network
ethernet
Summary - Ethernet on Portable is usually plug-and-play.
In most circumstances, it won’t be important to set the Portable to a static IP address. This is because
the connection is usually initiated from LiveShot Portable, so it’s not important for the Portable to have
unsolicited incoming connectivity from the Internet. In the rare case that this is important, you can
follow the directions for setting up the Rackmount using the
Device Manager
software. The difference
is that the LiveShot Portable cannot display the address it’s currently using, so you must use the scan
function to find the unit on your LAN. (An alternative is to log in to the Portable’s internal Wi-Fi access
point, as described in the section
Getting Started with the LiveShot Web Interface - page 32
).
Because LiveShot Portable is shipped as DHCP by default for Ethernet, the Portable should be
essentially “
plug and play
” with the unit capable of establishing outgoing connections as soon as a valid
network is detected.
wIreleSS deVIceS
Wireless USB-style modems are attached via one or both of the LiveShot Portable’s USB gooseneck
connectors. Before initial use, some wireless devices require some quick configuration, but can be set
to automatically connect to wireless networks on future insertions. This configuration must be done via
the LiveShot’s Web interface, accessed either via the address assigned to the Ethernet port, or via the
internal Wi-Fi access point.
