Avigilon 2.0C-H6X-B - (Optional) Using the USB Wi-Fi Adapter; Assigning an IP Address

(Optional) Using the USB Wi-Fi Adapter 11
TIP
IfyouareconnectingyourAvigiloncameratoa3rdpartyVMS,youwillneedtosetupthefirst
userthroughthecamera'sWebInterfaceorCameraConfigurationToolbeforeyouconnecttothe
3rdpartyVMS.
(Optional)UsingtheUSBWi-FiAdapter
IfyouhaveaUSBWi-FiAdapter(USB-AC56-NA-MSI-BorUSB-AC56-EU-MSI-B),attachittothecamera'sUSB-C
porttoaccessthecamera'smobilewebinterface.
AfteryouconnecttotheWi-Fisignalbroadcastbytheadapter,youcanaccessthemobilewebinterfacefromany
mobiledeviceusingthefollowingaddress:
http://camera.lan
Formoreinformationaboutconfiguringthecamerafromthemobilewebinterfacesee USBWi-FiAdapterSystem
UserGuide .
NOTE
Thecamerawillreservethe10.11.22.32/28subnetforinternalusewhiletheUSBWi-FiAdapteris
pluggedin.
AssigninganIPAddress
ThedeviceautomaticallyobtainsanIPaddresswhenitisconnectedtoanetwork.
NOTE
IfthedevicecannotobtainanIPaddressfromaDHCPserver,itwilluseZeroConfiguration
Networking(Zeroconf)tochooseanIPaddress.WhensetusingZeroconf,theIPaddressisinthe
169.254.0.0/16subnet.
TheIPaddresssettingscanbechangedusingoneofthefollowingmethods:
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Device'swebbrowserinterface:http:// <cameraIPaddress>/ .
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NetworkVideoManagementsoftwareapplication(forexample,theAvigilonUnityVideosoftware).
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ARP/Pingmethod.Formoreinformation,see SettingtheIPAddressUsingtheARP/PingMethod on
page18.
NOTE
Whenyouloginthefirsttime,thecamerawillbeinafactorydefaultstateandnopasswordis
required.Youmustcreateauserwith administrator privilegesbeforethedeviceisoperational.
Formoreinformation,see InitializingaCameraUsernameandPassword onthepreviouspage.