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Initial Connection
All cameras come with a Cat5e network cable for initial connection of the
camera to one of the LAN jacks of your router. Should you wish to set up
wireless operation, this initial wired connection is required to tell the camera
what your wireless network name and password is. You would also connect
the small antenna now, making sure it is finger tight.
IMPORTANT: Make sure the Cat5 network cable is plugged into your router,
not the computer, even if your computer has a network jack. If you don’t
have a router you’d need to get one, as this is one of the few prerequisites.
The camera also needs power. For the initial connection it is probably easiest
to simply plug the included AC adapter into a wall outlet and then connect the
power cable to the matching cable connector on the camera.
Later you can skip the AC adapter if you have a network switch with the PoE
feature, such as the Netgear GS108PE.
Look for the small LED in the front of the camera to light up indicating that the
camera has power. It should blink once or twice during the initial 45 seconds
as the camera starts up. After about a minute, this LED also blinks whenever
the camera is attempting to communicate over the network. Since viewing
video involves sending a steady stream of data, this light will flash
continuously when the camera is transmitting video. If this is not desirable,
this light can be turned off easily in one of the camera’s menus.
If you haven’t already done so, please be sure to connect the Cat5 cable from
the camera to one of the LAN jacks of your router. You should see the port
light of your router light up to confirm a wired network connection.
To get started using your camera, you need to know the IP address that your
router assigned to the camera. Then by adding http:// in front of this IP
address you get a web link to the camera’s built-in web server.
The following Quickstart sections will show you how to find the camera’s IP
address in your router, and how to reserve it so that it always stays the same.
Proceed to the
Mac Quickstart
section if you have a Mac with Apple Airport
Extreme or Time Capsule. Proceed to
PC Quickstart
section if you have a PC
running Windows 7 through 10, or proceed to
Generic Quickstart
for Mac
computers without Airport or for Linux and other platforms.
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