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Dynamic IP address
Setting up the camera for access over the Internet can be difficult to some. SafeHome
has already set the camera so it can easily be connected and accessed from the Internet,
wherever in the world you are.
On the box of your new camera and on your camera is a label. For this example, we have
used the following label:
Remote Access:
http://safehome0001.webgoodcam.com:81
The camera is already set up for remote access. You can see more in the menu DDNS
setting, but you should not change anything on the setup.
Step 1 Log on your camera using the IP Camera Tool.
If the camera did not initially find the IP address, tick the “Obtain IP from DHCP”
after which an IP address will appear.
Step 2 Log on your camera from the Internet:
Open your browser and type in the address from the camera label:
http://safehome0001.webgoodcam.com:81
If you changed the port number you should instead of “81”, type the port number you
specified. You will be prompted to enter the camera’s user name and password, and you
can then log on to the camera.
If the connection does not work, put a tick in the check box under “UPNP Settings” and
ensure that the router has made a “port forwarding” from the camera’s specified port to
the camera specified IP address. In this case you need to check that a “port forwarding”
from port 81 to IP address 192.168.1.239 has been made.
DDNS Service Settings
If you have a dynamic (changing) WAN IP address, you can use one of the DDNS (Dy-
namic Domain Name Server) that are online. The camera connects to the service when it
gets a new IP address, and “tells” it’s current IP-address.
DDNS then connects the new IP address to the camera. Therefore, one can connect to
the camera whenever IP address changes.
1. Go to a website offering free domain names and register.
2. Log in to the camera site as administrator and go to “DDNS Service Settings” and
insert name, password and Host. Click “Submit” button and the camera restarts.
3. Log back in as administrator and go to “Device Status” and check that the DDNS
status is DynDNS Succeed.
4. Check on the same page that “UPnP Status” is “UPnP Succeed”. If the status is “Not
Succeed”, try going to the “Basic Network Settings”, change the http port number, and
click “Submit” button. Also verify that UPnP is enabled in the router.
5. Log back into the camera as an administrator and make sure the status of both of the
above is “Succeed”.
6. Now you only need to enter the chosen domain name as well as “:” and port number in
the browser address line to enter the IP camera.
When the camera restarts, it may take several minutes while connecting to the DDNS
service before contact with the camera works for the first time.
