36 AXIS 213 - 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 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 controls on the Live View page.
IP Address Filter - The administrator can add up to 256 IP address ranges or single IP
addresses to the Allowed IP Addresses list. If the IP address filtering checkbox is
checked, the AXIS 213 will only allow access to requests coming from the IP
addresses in the list.
See the IP address filtering help files for information on how to add IP address
ranges.
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 213 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(;)
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.