User Manual
VIVOTEK
42 - User's Manual
HTTP
Advanced Mode
To utilize HTTP authentication, make sure that your have set a password for the video server rst; please
refer to Security on page 25 for details�
Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the video server provides two types of
security settings for an HTTP transaction: basic and digest�
If basic authentication is selected, the password is sent in plain text format and there can be potential
risks of being intercepted� If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using MD5
algorithm and thus provide better protection against unauthorized accesses.
HTTP port / Secondary HTTP port: By default, the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is
set to 8080� They can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535� If the ports are
incorrectly assigned, the following warning messages will be displayed:
To access the video server on the LAN, both the HTTP port and secondary HTTP port can be used to
access the video server� For example, when the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is
set to 8080, refer to the list below for the video server’s IP address�
Access name for channel 1~4/8: VS8401 supports 4 channels for video live viewing, as VS8801
supports 8 channels� The access name is used to differentiate the streaming source� Users can go to
Conguration > Audio and video > Video settings to set up the video quality of linked streams�
When using Mozilla Firefox or Netscape to access the video server and the video mode is set to JPEG,
users will receive video comprised of continuous JPEG images� This technology, known as “server push”,
allows the video server to feed live pictures to Mozilla Firefox and Netscape.
on a LAN
http://192.168.4.160 or
http://192.168.4.160:8080