Using the Default Camera IP Address. ACTi E31, E34, E33, E32

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Using the Default Camera IP Address

If there is no DHCP server in the given network, the user may have to assign the IP addresses to both PC and camera manually to make sure they are in the same network segment.

When the camera is plugged into network and it does not detect any DHCP services, it will automatically assign itself a default IP:

192.168.0.100

Whereas the default port number would be

80

. In order to access that camera, the IP address of the PC has to be configured to match the network segment of the camera.

Manually adjust the IP address of the PC:

In the following example, based on Windows 7, we will configure the IP address to

192.168.0.99

and set Subnet Mask to

255.255.255.0

by using the steps below:

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Manually adjust the IP addresses of multiple cameras:

If there are more than 1 camera to be used in the same local area network and there is no

DHCP server to assign unique IP addresses to each of them, all of the cameras would then have the initial IP address of

192.168.0.100

, which is not a proper situation for network devices

– all the IP addresses have to be different from each other. The easiest way to assign cameras the IP addresses is by using

IP Utility

:

With the procedure shown above, all the cameras will have unique IP addresses, starting from

192.168.0.101. In case there are 20 cameras selected, the last one of the cameras would have the IP 192.168.0.120.

Later, by pressing the

“Refresh” button of the IP Utility, you will be able to see the list of cameras with their new IP addresses.

Please note that it is also possible to change the IP addresses manually by using the Web browser. In such case, please plug in only one camera at a time, and change its IP address by using the Web browser before plugging in the next one. This way, the Web browser will not be confused about two devices having the same IP address at the same time.

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