D-Link DCS-5300W Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Home > Connection Type Screen

Click the

Home

tab to return to the

DCS-5300W

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-5300W

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-5300W with an Internet

browser (continued)

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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-5300W

can be configured.

The

Advanced

tab is

the default screen in

Configuration

and

Network

is the default screen

under

Advanced

Using the DCS-5300W with an Internet

browser (continued)

Click

Configuration

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

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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.”

Once the

DCS-5300W

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-5300W 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-5300W

(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.

Using the DCS-5300W with an Internet

browser (continued)

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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Using the DCS-5300W with an Internet

browser (continued)

Configuration > Advanced >Network Settings (continued)

Channel -

The

default

wireless channel setting is channel

Select the channel that is the same as the

other wireless devices on your network.

TX Rate-

Select the transmission rate on the network.

22 Mbps is the

default

setting.

Preamble-

Select

Long

Short

Preamble.

The Preamble

defines the length of the CRC block (Cyclic

Redundancy Check is a common technique for

detecting data transmission errors) for

communication between the Access Point and

the roaming wireless Network adapters.

Long

Preamble

is the

default

setting

Note:

High

network traffic areas should use the shorter

preamble type.

Data Encryption

Enable Encryption by clicking on the box.

The

DCS-5300W

has Encryption disabled as the

default setting.

Auth mode

Choose one of the following authorization

modes:

Open Authentication -

ommunicates the key across the network.

Shared Authentication -

Allows communication only with other devices

with identical WEP settings.

Auto -

Will automatically adjust to the Authentication

mode of the wireless client.

Key type

Select the key length, either 64, 128 or 256 bits.

Key Format

Select an ASCII or hexadecimal key format.

Key Index

You can create up to 4 different security keys.

Click

Apply

to make

changes effective

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