Quick Guide

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4.3.1 TCP/IP SETUP --Manual Setup Step 1: Assigning a permanent IP address
for your camera on your local network (Without UPnP)
On your home network (LAN) all your computers, printers and other network connected devices have an IP address. In every
IP address there are 4 groups of digits that can each vary from 1 to 255. For your home network the first 3 numbers are
already determined by your router’s address, which is typically something like 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.1
To pick a permanent address for your camera you first need to know your router’s IP address. It is shown in your
camera’s
“system” menu (at the top of the setting screen) if you scroll down to “Default Gateway”. The router’s IP address
determines the first 3 groups of digits for your camera’s IP address.
Now we need to select a valid number for the last group of digits. We don’t simply pick a random number because we
have to avoid numbers that are already taken or could be used by your router. The router uses addresses in a range set
aside for this purpose (called the DHCP range). For many routers, this DHCP range is from 2 to 100 but you’ll have to
check your specific router’s DHCP menu. Sometimes this is shown as start and end address, or start address plus
number of available addresses.
Why is this important? We want to select an address outside this range to make sure that your router would never pick
this address for another device.
For example, if your router uses the DHCP range from 192.168.0.2 to 100, You could choose 192.168.0.101 as a
permanent IP address. Conversely, if your router uses DHCP addresses from 100 to 255, you could use 192.168.0.50 to
be outside the range. Never use addresses that end in .0 or .1, since that is reserved for your router, and never use
addresses that end in a number higher than 255 since that is the highest possible limit.
Now that you have picked a local IP address for your camera, then go to the Camera Settings menu, then select
“Network” and “TCP/IP Setup” :
The camera is setup to obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP) from your Network by default, so these settings
should not be needed by most users.
If your network supports a DHCP server (e.g. router) select this option to have the IP address is assigned automatically. If
you select Obtain an IP address automatically you should select Obtain a DNS Server address automatically.