Axis M1033-W User Manual

AXISM1033-WNetworkCamera
SystemOptions
•Modeshowsthetypeofnetwork,whichcanbeMaster(anaccesspoint)orAd-Hoc.
•Securityshowsthetypeofsecuritythenetworkuses.
•Channelshowsthewirelesschannelcurrentlyinuse.
•Signalstrengthshowsthequality,thestrength,ofthesignal.
•BitrateshowsthecurrentbitrateinMbit/s.Thiscanonlybeshownfortheaccesspointcurrentlyinuse.
ClickRefreshtoperformanewscan.
AccesspointswithadisabledSSIDBroadcastwillnotappearunlesstheAxisproductisassociatedwithit.Oncethewireless
connectionisestablished,thenetworktheAxisproductiscurrentlylinkedtoisshowninblue.Anetworkusingunsupported
securityisshowningrey.
WirelessSettings
Important
•Toestablishandmaintaincommunication,allwirelesssettingsmustbeexactlythesameintheAxisproductasinthe
accesspointorad-hocnetwork.
•AlwayscongureorchangethewirelesssettingsintheAxisproductrst,beforechangingthesettingsinthewireless
accesspoint.
•Keys,passphrasesandcerticatesthatareusedforsecuritymustbeenteredmanually.ContactyourNetworkAdministrator
fortherequirementsfortheselectedaccesspointorad-hocnetwork.
ThewirelesssettingscontrolhowtheAxisproductinteractswiththewirelessnetwork.Apartfromidentifyingthewirelessnetwork,it
isalsopossibletoenablewirelessencryption.
SelectEnablecongestioncontroltosecurethewirelessconnectionbetweentheAxisproductandaccesspointincongested
environments,forexamplewheretherearemanyavailablenetworksandwheremanydevicesareusingthesameaccesspoint.
CongestioncontrolusesaRequestToSend/ClearToSend(RTS/CTS)handshaketoreserveaccesstothewirelessmediabefore
transmittingapacket.Usingthehandshakedecreasesthroughputsinceitaddsanoverhead.Insomesituations,however,the
overheadoftheRTS/CTShandshakeislowerthantheoverheadcausedbycollisionsonthewirelessmedia.Congestioncontrolis
disabledbydefault.
SelectEnableWLANpairingbuttontoallowthewirelessAxisproducttoconnecttoanaccesspointbypushingabuttononboth
ofthedeviceswithina120secondtimewindow.Duringthistimethedeviceswillautomaticallydiscovereachotherandagree
onaconguration.
Makesuretheaccesspointalsohaspushbuttonconguration(PBC)enabledandthattheAxisproductisnotconnectedtothewired
network.AfterasuccessfulpairinganyWLANsettingssetbytheuserintheAxisproductareoverwritten.TheWLANpairingbutton
isenabledbydefault;deselectthisoptiontopreventunauthorizedWLANpairing.
SSIDisthenameoftheselectedwirelessnetwork,whichmustbeexactlythesameasthenameinthewirelessaccesspoint.Ifthe
eldisleftblanktheAxisproductwillnotconnecttoanywirelessnetwork.
Note
SSIDissometimeswrittenasESSID.
SelectthenetworkSecuritymethod.Allsettingsmustmatchthesettingsintheaccesspoint.Thefollowingsecuritymethodsare
supported,whereWPA
TM
-/WPA2
TM
-EnterpriseismoresecurethanWPA-/WPA2-PSK,whichinturnismoresecurethanWEP:
•WPA-/WPA2–PSK.Seepage51.
•WPA-/WPA-Enterprise.Seepage51.
•WEP(notrecommended).Seepage52.
•Nosecurity(notrecommended).Seepage52.
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Axis M1033-W Specifications

General

Brand	Axis
Model	M1033-W
Category	Security Camera
Language	English