D-Link DCS-2100 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Home Page Screen

The image from the

DCS-2100+

should be visible from the Home page on your

computer monitor.

Using the DCS-2100+ with an Internet browser

(continued)

Click on the

Connection Type

button to change settings related to the

connection.

There are two

buttons on the left

side of the

Home

page:

Connection Type

and

Configuration

Click

Connection Type

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Home > Connection Type Screen

Click the

Home

tab to return to the

DCS-2100+

Home page.

Protocol Option

The UDP Protocol should be chosen for the most users. Generally, the client

computer

will automatically try these protocols in the following order, UDP ->

TCP -> HTTP.

After the client connects to the

DCS-2100+

successfully, the working protocol

will be displayed in

Protocol Option

. The chosen protocol will be recorded in

the user°s PC and used for the next connection. If the network environment is

changed or users want to let the Web browser automatically detect the protocol,

select UDP manually and click

Save

to change the setting and return

Home

reconnect with the new setting.

Options:

UDP Protocol

- Offers the highest image and video quality.

However, packet losses will diminish image quality when bandwidth

becomes restricted.

TCP Protocol

- Packet loss is less likely to occur compared to UDP

when bandwidth is restricted.

HTTP Protocol

- If the network is protected by a firewall and it opens

HTTP port (80) only, HTTP protocol must be selected. In this mode,

audio is disabled and only video can be viewed.

Media Option:

Allows a user to disable audio when viewing video.

The following options are available from

the Connection Type screen:

Using the DCS-2100+ with an Internet browser

(continued)

h tp: /192.168.0.146

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Home > Configuration

There are 5 tabs across the top of the

Configuration

screen.

From each tab,

different elements of the

DCS-2100+

can be configured.

The

Advanced

tab is

the default screen in

Configuration

and

Network

is the default screen

under

Advanced

Using the DCS-2100+ with an Internet browser

(continued)

Any changes made to these settings will

require the system to restart

to validate.

Make sure every field is correctly typed

before clicking on

Apply

Click

Configuration

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Configuration > Advanced > Network

Reset IP Address at next boot

IP address -

Necessary for network identification.

Subnet mask -

Used to determine if the destination is in the same

subnet. The default value is ±255.255.255.0.²

Once the

DCS-2100+

is configured, this box should be unchecked at all times.

If the box has been checked and the connection is lost, either run

IP Installer

PING the IP Address of the camera from a command prompt to regain the

connection.

Default router -

The router used to forward frames to destinations

in a different subnet. Invalid router settings may

cause the failure of transmissions to a different

subnet.

Primary DNS -

Primary domain name server that translates

names to IP addresses.

Secondary DNS -

Secondary domain name server to backup the

primary one.

General Settings

Using the DCS-2100+ with an Internet browser

(continued)

Can be set to other than the default port 80. When

the administrator changes the HTTP port of the

DCS-2100+

(which has an IP address of

192.168.0.100

) from 80 to 8080, users must type

http://192.168.0.100:8080

in the Web browser

bar.

HTTP Port-

HTTP Settings

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Configuration > Advanced >Network Settings (continued)

SSID -

(Service Set Identifier) is a name that identifies a

wireless network.

Access Points and wireless

clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN

(Wireless Local Area Network) must use the

same SSID.

The default setting is

default

Wireless Mode-

Click on the pull-down menu; select from the

following options:

Infrastructure

- connecting the WLAN using an

Access Point such as the DWL-1000AP+.

(The

default

setting.)

Ad-Hoc °

wireless mode used when connecting

directly to a computer equipped with a wireless

adapter in a peer-to-peer environment.

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Streaming Settings

Control channel port -

It can be set to other than the default port

5001

correspond with the port opened by the firewall.

Audio channel port -

It can be set to other than the default port

5002

correspond with the port opened by the firewall.

Video channel port -

It can be set to other than the default port

5003

correspond with the port opened by the firewall.

WLAN Configuration Settings

Improve audio quality

in low bandwidth

environment -

In a low bandwidth network environment you can

check this option to improve

audio quality by

sacrificing some real-time synchronization.

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