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Advanced > System

Important

This options is recommended only for advanced users and network administrators

since it may be difficult to determine the IP Address of the unit after the IP Address

has been automatically asssigned.

It is recommended that an IP Address be assigned

manually.

Assign Automatically Using

If your network is using

RARP, BOOTP,

or

DHCP

Server

you can Click

Assign

Automatically Using

and click on

RARP

,

BOOTP

or

DHCP

.

Under this setting the

DCS-900W will automatically assign an IP Address from the

RARP, BOOTP

or

DHCP

Server

.

Each time the DCS-900W starts up, be sure the

RARP, BOOTP

or

DHCP

Server

is set up to assign a static IP to your DCS-900W.

If your application requires direct connection from an ADSL modem through the DCS-

900W’s RJ-45 LAN port and you also have an ISP PPPoE account, click on

PPPoE

and

enter the

Service Name

,

User ID

and

Password

into the respective fields.

The DCS-900W will get an IP Address from the ISP each time it starts up.

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DNS IP Address:

DNS (Domain Name Service) is an Internet service that translates domain names (ie.

www.dlink.com) into IP Addresses (ie. 192.168.0.20). The DNS IP Address can be

obtained from your ISP.

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Advanced > System

Dynamic DNS

The DCS-900W supports Dynamic DNS which means that you can obtain and assign

an easy to remember static address for your camera like www.mycamera.com through

a free service such as www.dyndns.org. This means that no matter how often your

camera’s IP changes, you will always be able to access your camera using your unique

assigned name such as www.mycamera.com.

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DCS-900W Configuration

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Advanced > System

Wireless Interface:

Connection Mode:

Use the Connection Mode to determine the type of wireless communication for the

Internet Camera. There are three choices:

Infrastructure mode

,

802.11 Adhoc mode

and

Adhoc mode

. The default setting for the Connection Mode is Infrastructure.

To enable WEP Encryption, first decide which WEP key format will be applied. Click on

the ASCII or HEX check box to select the type of format, then input the WEP key. To

Confirm the WEP key you must enter the data once again in the Confirm WEP Key field.

ASCII input format

ASCII format interprets each character as an eight-bit value. All unaccented upper- and

lower-case Western European characters that can be input through your keyboard’s

typing zone are valid. To set up a 64-bit WEP key, input 5 ASCII characters, for example,

‘dlink’. To setup 128-bit WEP key, input 13 ASCII characters, for example, ‘dlinkcamera10’.

This results in bit counts of 40 and 104, respectively; the Internet Camera will automatically

pad your input to a bit count of 64 or 128.

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Advanced > System

LED Control:

The LED control allows you to set up the LED illumination as desired. This feature

provides flexibility when surveillance activity is

ON

.There are three options as follows:

!

Normal

Power

-LED indicator is steady

ON

.

LAN

-

When LAN activity is present, the LED indicator will flash steadily

ON.

!

OFF

Power

- LED indicator is off.

LAN

– LED indicator is off.

!

Dummy

Power

- LED indicator is steady

ON

.

LAN

- LED indicator is

ON

with random flashing.

HEX input format

HEX format interprets each pair of characters as an eight-bit value in hexadecimal (base

16) notation. Only the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F (in upper or lower

case) are valid. To set up a 64-bit WEP key, input 10 numbers in HEX format, for

example, ‘3132333435’, this is the same with the ASCII input ‘12345’. To set up a 128-

bit

WEP

key,

input

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numbers

in

HEX

format,

for

example,

‘31323334353637383930313233’, this is the same with the ASCII input ‘1234567890123’.

This results in bit counts of 40 and 104, respectively; the Internet Camera will

automatically pad your input to a bit count of 64 or 128.

In the Confirm WEP Key field, input the same characters that were inputted in the

Encryption Code field.

Make sure the Encryption Code matches the Access Point’s encryption code when the

Internet Camera is connected in Infrastructure mode. Your PC/Notebook’s encryption

code also needs to match the encryption code used by the Internet Camera in either

Infrastructure mode or Ad-hoc mode.

By default, an Encryption key is not assigned to the DCS-1000W. Therefore, to secure

the wireless transmission be sure to enable the Encryption Key by entering the relevant

data

.

Note:

Be sure to carefully input and document the Encryption Code; input errors will cause

the communication link to fail.

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Open Second Port:

The Open Second Port option is used when multiple cameras are being installed on a

network OR if you need to use a port other than the default Port 80.

If you are installing

only one camera and wish to use the default ports, you do not have to open a second port

on your camera.

If you are installing a camera behind a router, you must also open a port

on your router for remote viewing of your camera.

For detailed instructions on how to do

this, please refer to the next section of this manual on how to install the DCS-900W with

a router.

For each additional camera that is installed, you must select the Open Second

Port option and assign the approriate Web server and Transfer Image Ports for each

camera to enable remote viewing.

The default setting for the LED control is

Normal

. When you have configured the LED

control the correct illumination will be applied after 1 minute.

Note:

The three LED options allow the Administrator to customize the LEDs for

discreet camera operation in surveillance scenarios.

In Normal Mode, the LED

indicator functions normally. Under Off Mode, the LED indicators are both

OFF

during

active monitoring. In Dummy Mode, the LEDs are active and monitoring is either

active or inactive.

Loading ActiveX From:

This field is used to specify the location of Xplug Control (ActiveX) plug-in program. Enter

the information as required in .ocx format, for example: http://www

.<your company>

.com/

xplug.ocx where

<your company>

must be replaced with your company’s DNS server.

Instructions for installing ActiveX from the driver CD is included in this manual. Please

refer to the Appendix.

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Advanced > System

For example, for a multiple camera installation, you can open the second port for each

additional DCS-900W from Port 81 to Port 85 as follows:

Internet Camera 1 – IP 192.168.0.101, second Web Port 81

Internet Camera 2 – IP 192.168.0.102, second Web Port 82

Internet Camera 3 – IP 192.168.0.103, second Web Port 83

Internet Camera 4 – IP 192.168.0.104, second Web Port 84

Internet Camera 5 – IP 192.168.0.105, second Web Port 85