Performing The Initial Setup Of The Ip Camera - Cisco 4300 User Manual

Accessing the IP Camera
After the IP camera reboots, start Internet Explorer and, in the Address field, enter the following:
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protocol://ip_address
where:
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If you are prompted to install ActiveX controls, which are required to view video from the IP camera,
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follow the on-screen prompts to do so.
The Home window for the IP Camera appears. For information about this window, see the
"Understanding the IP Camera User Interface" procedure on page
Accessing the IP Camera
After you perform the initial configuration as described in the
Camera" section on page
camera windows to make configuration settings, view live video, or perform other activities.
You access these windows by connecting to the IP camera from any PC that is on the same network as
the IP camera and that meets these requirements:
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You need this information to access the IP camera windows:
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To access the IP camera windows, perform the following these steps.
Before you Begin
The Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or later must be installed on the PC that you use to connect
to the IP camera. You can download the .NET Framework from the Microsoft website.
Procedure
Start Internet Explorer and enter the following in the address field:
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protocol://ip_address:port_number
where:
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protocol is HTTPS or HTTP. (You can use HTTP only if you enabled it in
ip_address is the IP address that you used in
2-5, follow the steps in this section each time that you want to access the IP
Operating system—Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or 3
Browser—Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 2 or higher
IP address of the IP camera. By default, the IP camera attempts to obtain an IP address from a DHCP
server in your network. If the IP camera cannot obtain an IP address through DHCP within 90
seconds of powering up or resetting, it uses the default IP address of 192.168.0.100.
Port number, if other than the default value. Default port numbers for the IP camera are 443 for
HTTPS and 80 for HTTP. The IP camera administrator can configure an HTTPS port and an HTTP
port as described in the "Account Initialization Window" section on page
Your user name and password for the IP camera. The IP camera administrator configures user names
and passwords as described in the
protocol is HTTPS for a secure connection or HTTP for a non-secure connection. You can use
HTTP only if you configure the camera to accept non-secure HTTP connections as described in the
"Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera" section on page
Step 1.
"Performing the Initial Setup of the IP
"User Settings Window" section on page
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