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Appendix B: Wireless setup instructions without Cat5
We have received inquiry from customers with no available wired network jack to plug the camera into for
the initial configuration. For instance, if an Airport Express is used as the only router for a network, the
signal network jack is taken by the required connection to the cable or DSL modem.
While we don’t recommend this, it is still possible to configure the camera without an initial wired
connection using the following procedure:
1.
Temporarily rename your Wi-Fi network name (SSID) to:
wirelessnc
, and turn off all wireless security,
i.e. no passwords and no MAC filtering. It is important to have the SSID all lower case and without extra
spaces. Then connect to this Wi-Fi network with your laptop.
2.
If you are using an Apple airport Express, use the Airport utility as shown on page 6 to reserve a fixed IP
address for your camera using the camera’s MAC address shown on the back of the camera.
3.
Power up the camera and wait about 1 minute…the camera should connect to your Wi-Fi and you
should be able to access it using the IP address that you reserved for it. If you have a Wi-Fi router or
access point other than the Airport Express, you can connect to your router and look in the DHCP
clients list to see the IP address of the camera if it hasn’t automatically announced itself with a UPnP
popup window.
4.
Now go to the camera’s wireless setup menu, but don’t use the “Search” function. Type in the exact
SSID that you had before the change in step 1, and type the exact password that you wish to use. After
you hit “Apply”, you won’t be able to do further changes until the next step.
5.
Now set your Wi-Fi SSID back to the exact same spelling as you entered into the camera’s SSID field, and
make sure the password and security mode are also exactly the same. Then update an restart your Wi-
Fi network. You can now proceed with the setup of the camera as you should be able to see it at the
same IP address as in step 3.
