Axis Communications AXIS 2420 user manual Refining the Dial-Up Networking Properties

16 Installing via a Modem AXIS 2420 User’s Manual

Refining the Dial-Up Networking Properties

Having created the Dial-Up connection for your AXIS 2420, follow the steps below to refine the connection properties:

❶From the Dial-Up Networking dialog, right-click the dedicated Dial-Up connection previously created for your AXIS 2420 (AxisCamera in this example). Select Properties.

❷Click the Server Types tab. From the drop-down list, select PPP as the Type

of Dial-Up Server.

❸In the Advanced options field, check

Enable software compression. All other checkboxes should remain unchecked.

❹In the Allowed network protocols field, check the TCP/IP checkbox. NetBEUI and IPX/SPX checkboxes should remain unchecked.

❺Click TCP/IP settings and then check the Server assigned IP address, and Server assigned name server addresses radio buttons.

❻Check the Use IP header compression and Use default gateway on a remote network checkboxes. Click OK.

❼Click the Scripting tab and ensure that the Start terminal screen minimized checkbox is checked. Click OK to exit Dial-Up Networking Properties.

Initiating the Dial-Up Connection

Important!

Please ensure that the Null Modem Cable is correctly installed and that the relative connection proper- ties are correctly configured before initiating a Dial-Up connection. Step-by-step instructions on how to do this are provided on the preceding pages of this section.

❶Double-click My Computer and then the Dial-Up Network- ing icon.

❷Double-click the Dial-Up connection icon previously cre- ated for your AXIS 2420 (AxisCamera in this and previous examples).

❸Enter a User name and Password, using the default root and pass respectively.

❹Click Connect to initiate the Dial-Up connection.