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Cisco Video Surveillance System IP Camera User Guide
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Chapter3 Configuring and Managi ng the IP Camera
Setup Windows
Advanced Setup Window
The Advanced Setup window provides options for configuring various network and protocol settings for
the IP camera.
To display the Advanced Setup window, access the configuration windows as described in the
“Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera” section on page 2-4, click Setup, then click Advanced
Setup.
If you change any options in the Advanced Setup window, you must click Save to save the changes. To
discard the changes, click Cancel before clicking Save. These buttons appear at the bottom of the
window. You may need to scroll down to see them.
Table 3 -3 describes the options in the Advanced Setup window.
Subnet Mask If you configured the IP camera for a fixed IP address, enter the subnet mask
for the IP camera. Use the same value that is configured for the PCs on your
network.
Gateway If you configured the IP camera for a fixed IP address, enter the gateway for
the IP camera. Use the same value that is configured for the PCs on your
network.
Primary DNS Optional. Enter the IP address of the primary the DNS server that is used in
your network. Use the same value that is used for the PCs on your LAN.
Typically, your ISP provides this address.
This address is required if you use a DNS name instead of an IP address in
the SMTP Mail Server field in the Mail & FTP window.
Secondary DNS Optional. Enter the IP address of a secondary (backup) DNS server to use if
the primary DNS server is unavailable. Enter the DNS server to be used if
the primary DNS server is unavailable.
Table3-2 Basic Setup Window Options (continued)
Option Description
Table3-3 Advanced Setup Window Options
Option Description
CDP
Note This feature is not currently supported if you use the IP camera with Cisco VSM.
Enable CDP (Cisco
Discovery Protocol)
Check this check box if CDP is enabled in your network and you want the IP
camera to send CDP discovery messages.
HTTP/HTTPS
Enable HTTP
Alternative Port
Check this check box to enable Internet access to the IP camera through an
HTTP port other than the default port 80. If you enable this option, enter a
port number from 1024 through 65535.
If you configure an alternative HTTP port, you must specify the port number
in the URL for the IP camera when you access it through an HTTP
connection. For example, if the IP address of the IP camera is 192.16 8.1.100
and the alternative HTTP port is 1024, enter this URL for the IP camera:
http://192.168.1.100:1024.