
Pre-Configuration
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5. Next try find an available IP address to assign to the camera using
the ping command tool.
Use CMD (Command prompt) type in
ping
, space and then using the first three segments of the
IP address of the PC, substituting the last segment with 250 at the end, then select enter.
For example:
ping 192.168.1.250
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If the reply is
Reply from 192.168.1.250....
then the address is already taken on the
network.
Simply search again but minus 1 from the last number.
For example:
ping 192.168.1.249
until
Destination host unreachable
is the reply.
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If the message
Destination host unreachable
displays then this address is free to use
for the IP camera.
Proceed to
Make a note of the IP Camera address
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