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IP Address Information

There a few basics that you need to know when setting ups the DVR system to work through Networks.

Lets assume that the DVR is going to be located in a business.
This article assumes that you already have a Local Area network setup at your business (Or Home).

The first thing that we need to do is to make sure that the computer that has the DVR always has the same IP address.
Most computers by default are setup to automatically ask the router for an IP address.
In this case we do not want the computer to ask for an IP address we want the computer to tell the Router what it's IP address is going to be. In other words we are going to set the IP address ourselves.

It's important that the computers IP address stays the same all the time. The reason that we are going to go though this process is to ensure that it will stay the same. If we don't go through this process the next time you restart the computer for any reason the IP address could be different. If the IP address changes then we don't know how to contact the computer.

Getting the information that we need:

Click on START then RUN then type CMD in the box that pops up and click OK.
When you click on OK you should see something similar to this:

In this box type IPCONFIG then press ENTER.
You should see information similar to this:

Write down the IP Address. Here it's 192.168.0.150
Write down the Subnet Mask. Here it's 255.255.255.0
Write down the Default Gateway. Here it's 192.168.0.1

Now type EXIT, this will make the command prompt box close / Go away.

Now click on START then CONTROL PANEL then Network Connections

Now you should see something like this:

Right click on the LAN connection icon then select the Properties option.

Now you should see a screen similar to this:

Using the scroll bar on the right side, scroll down until you see the INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP)
Highlight it with your left mouse button then click on the Properties button.
You should see something like this:

You need to change it to look like this:

Now we are going to use the information that you wrote down.
In this example we would have wrote down 192.168.0.150
In the IP Address field above type in 192.168.0.180, this is going to be the IP address from now on.
In the Subnet mask field, put in the Subnet mask that you wrote down. 255.255.255.0
In the Default gateway filed, put in the information that you wrote down. 192.168.0.1
The preferred DNS Server is the same as the Default gateway, 192.168.0.1

It should look similar to this:

Click OK, then Close.

Now your computers local IP address will always be 192.168.0.180, It should never change.
You may need to restart your computer.

File Name: c:\DVR\wwwroot\screen320.html
Open this file with windows note pad.

Chang it from:

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<table>
<tr>
<object id="WebDvr" classid="CLSID:9B6FBD9B-BD8E-4669-B4C3-1EEC540FE880"
codebase="http://<?SERVER ADDRESS?>//WebDvr.cab#version=1,0,0,4"

width="320" height="240">
<param name="Address" "<?SERVER ADDRESS?>">
<param name="Port" value="8013">
<param name="User" value="anonymous">
<param name="Password" value="">
<param name="DisplayMode" value="<?DisplayMode?>">
<param name="DisplayBlock" value="<?DisplayBlock?>">
</object>

</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Change it to:

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<table>
<tr>
<object id="WebDvr" classid="CLSID:9B6FBD9B-BD8E-4669-B4C3-1EEC540FE880"
codebase="http://192.168.1.122//WebDvr.cab#version=1,0,0,4"

width="320" height="240">
<param name="Address" value="192.168.1.122">
<param name="Port" value="8013">
<param name="User" value="anonymous">
<param name="Password" value="">
<param name="DisplayMode" value="<?DisplayMode?>">
<param name="DisplayBlock" value="<?DisplayBlock?>">
</object>

</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Save the file. Now you should be able to use IE to watch your cameras from with in the network.

You would type http://192.168.1.122