Instruction Manual

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MENU FUNCTIONS
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MENU FUNCTIONS
Particularly important if you’ve enabled NTP - set
this to the time zone where you happen to be. For
example, people in eastern Australia (Canberra,
Sydney and Melbourne) choose GMT+10:00, whilst
the Eastern Time zone in the USA and Canada
is GMT-05:00. (GMT stands for Greenwich Mean
Time - it’s the baseline that keeps all the different
time zones in sync.)
NOTE: Some NTP servers are NOT fully
compatible with DST (Daylight Savings Time).
This may cause your system to double-count
adding one or removing one more hour than
they should, or cancel each other out. You may
need to intentionally change your time zone to
compensate, or simply not use NTP and DST
simultaneously.
Network: Advanced: DDNS
Network: Advanced: NTP
Static and Dynamic
IP Addresses
In much the same way as your home
network can use static or dynamic IP
addresses, many Internet providers
don’t issue (or charge more for) a static
IP address for users. The easiest way to
find out is to contact your Internet service
provider. Alternately, you can access the
www.whatismyip.com service, make a
note of your IP, then reboot your router/
gateway. This should refresh your Internet
connection. If your IP address changes,
you have a dynamic IP address. If it stays
the same, you may have a static IP - contact
your ISP to confirm.
How do I deal with a dynamic IP address?
One option is to contact your ISP and request a static IP
address. They’ll usually charge a small fee for doing this. It’s
worth noting that not all ISPs offer static IP addresses.
If your ISP does not offer static IP addresses then you can use
a dynamic referencing service. We provide one free of charge.
We recommend using SWANNDVR as your DNS service.
This is a free service for Swann DVR owners, which we
directly support.
To create an account with SWANNDVR, go to:
http://www.swanndvr.com/
and click the Registration button.
Follow the prompts to create your account.
DDNS Type: Choose the server that you’re using. We
recommend SwannDVR - youcan sign up for your free account
at www.swanndvr.net.
Device Domain Name: Enter the host name that you set up in
your DDNS service. This is the address you use to access your
network. For example: yourhostname.swannDVR.net
Username and Password: Enter the username and password
you setup with your DDNS server. These do not have to match
your username/password combination in either your DVR
or router (for the sake of security, we suggest making them
different).
For SwannDVR users: Your username is the email address
you used to register the account. The password is whatever
you selected when you registered.
Test: To check if the DDNS is working, click the Test button.
After a short delay, a message will be displayed on-screen,
informing you whether the update was successful or not.
If the test is unsuccessful, a message will appear onscreen
informing you that the “Update was Unsuccessful”. This could
mean there’s a problem with your network setup, or there’s a
problem with the DDNS Account Name and Password you’re
using.
DDNS is not required for SwannLink P2P remote
access. If you intend to access your DVR using older IP
technology you will need to configure this service.