User's Manual

831 USER MANUAL

To access a WEP network, you must know the key. Key is a code string. When

using WEP, you must specify the level of encryption. Type of encryption

determines the key length.128-bit encryption requires a longer key than 64-bit

encryption. Key id defined by HEX (16 hex -0-9, AF) or ASCII (American

Standard Code for Information Interchange - alphanumeric characters) format.

ASCII format allows you to enter a string that is easy to remember. ASCII is

converted into HEX when used on the internet. Four keys can be defined for

easy changing if needed.

What is WPA?

WPA or Wi-Fi Protected Access is a Wi-Fi standard, designed to improve WEP

(Wired Equivalent Privacy) security features.

There are two major improvements over WEP:

It improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity

Protocol (TKIP). TKIP messes the keys using a hash algorithm, and

ensures that the keys are not changed by adding integrity-checking

feature. Based on 802.11i, WPA2 replaces TKIP with Advanced

Encryption Standard (AES) instead of TKIP.

User authentication through EAP gets missed in WEP.WEP is easily to be

sniffed or stolen for it accesses wireless network trough computer MAC

address. EAP is built on a more secure public key encryption system to

ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a pass phrase or key to authenticate your wireless

connection. Key is an alpha-numeric password between 8 and 63 characters

long. Password can include symbols and spaces. This key must be the same

with your wireless router key or access point key.

After camera installation as the Quick Installation guides, you can use the

assigned IP address of the camera. Because you share the same network with

one or more computers trough a router, the assigned IP address is a local

address. Then you can view your camera in local network.