Installation Guide

Foscam Digital Technologies LLC FI8910W Quick Installation Guide
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If your ISP provides a Static WAN IP Address, continue reading below.
If your ISP provides Dynamic WAN IP Address please go to Chapter 5.2 directly.
5.1 Static IP Addresses
Users who have static IP addresses do not need to set DDNS service settings for remote access. When
you have finished connecting the camera using the LAN IP address and port forwarding, you can access
the camera directly from the Internet using the WAN IP address and port number.
How to Obtain the WAN IP address from a public website
To obtain your WAN IP address, you can go to Google at www.google.com and search “What is my IP
address. It will offer you your public IP address, which is your WAN (External) IP address. You can also
use http://www.whatismyip.com if needed.
This is your public WAN IP address (external IP address).
5.2 Dynamic IP Addresses
DDNS is a service that allows your IP Camera, especially when assigned with a dynamic IP address, to
have a fixed host and domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP address is constantly
changing, you will have a fixed hostname you can use to access your cameras at all times. You can
access the camera directly from the Internet using the hostname and port number.
Foscam offers many different DDNS providers, the most popular being No-IP and DynDNS. You can sign
up for the following DDNS providers at the below websites:
http://www.no-ip.com/
http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-pro-free-trial/