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2. INSTALLATION AND SETTINGS
System Requirement:
Operating System: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8
Network Protocol: TCP/IP
Network Structure: Applies to all network connections 10/100M LAN platform
Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or above. Firefox, Google, Safari, or Chrome.
2.1 Network Connection
Intranet and Extranet Connection Reference:
Extranet means public IP (i.e. The Internet), Intranet means private IP. If your IP belongs to the follow range, then
it’s a private IP :
Category A: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
Category B: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
Category C: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Intranet Connection: The IP camera and your computer (device) should be under the same network environment,
and both of the IPs should be under the same subnet, pictured as below:
Figure 1
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Extranet Connection: there are 2 ways as below:
(1). IP camera connects to the Internet via a router, here camera’s IP is a private IP, client needs to connect to the
IP camera through a router, with port forwarding to be connected correctly, as below:
Figure 1
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