Axis Communications 231D, 232D user manual System Options, Security, IP Address Filtering

34AXIS 231D/232D - System Options

System Options

Security

User access control is enabled by default, the administrator sets the root password on first access. Other users are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can choose to allow anonymous viewer login to the Live View page, as described below:

Users - the user list displays the authorized users and access levels:

User	Description
Viewer	Provides the lowest level of access, which only allows the user access to the Live View page.
Operator	An Operator can view the Live View page, create and modify event types and adjust certain other
	settings. The Operator does not have access to the Systems Options configuration pages.
Administrator	An administrator has unrestricted access to the Setup Tools and can determine the registration of all
	other users.

User Settings - check the corresponding checkboxes to enable:

•Anonymous viewer login - allows any viewer direct access to the Live View page.

•Anonymous PTZ control login - allows any viewer access to the Pan/Tilt/Zoom controllers on the Live View page.

Maximum number of simultaneous viewers -Limiting the number of viewers accessing the server at any one time can be useful if there are limitations on the available bandwidth. The maximum of 20 viewers means that subsequent viewers will not see the video stream, but instead a blank image.

IP Address Filtering

Enable IP Address Filtering- To allow or deny access to the AXIS 231D/232D Network Dome Camera check the box Enable IP address filtering. Once enabled, the IP addresses in the list will be allowed or denied access according to the choice made in the drop-down list Allow/Deny the following IP addresses.

The administrator can add up to 256 IP addresses to the list (a single entry can contain multiple IP addresses). The users from these IP addresses need to be specified in the user list with the appropriate access rights (User, Operator or Administrator).

Referrals - to prevent unauthorized sources from including the video stream from the AXIS 231D/232D into external Web pages, check the Referrals checkbox and enter the IP address or Host name of the computer that hosts the Web pages with the included video stream. Several IP addresses/host names can be defined and are separated by semicolons(;)