WIRELESS NETWORK IP CAMERA User’s Guide

ROUTERS AND FIREWALLS

Another solution is to use one of several small routers/firewalls currently available on the market. These provide the necessary NAT functionality and allow complete independence for your PC, which can be switched off or rebooted without affecting the image transmission from your Wireless Network IP Camera.

WINGATE SERVER SOFTWARE

Running on a single Windows 95/98/2000 or NT computer, this software allows multiple users simultaneous access to the Internet through a LAN or higher-speed line, such as xDSL or cable modem connection; and effectively shares a single Internet connection with almost any type of client computer running TCP/IP.

For more advanced users, the WinGate 3.0 Standard and Pro versions also allow the administrator to change the IP bindings so that external requests may be routed specifically to your Wireless Network IP Camera – running behind the WinGate software.

NOTE

NAT, or Network Address Translator (Virtual LAN): A hardware device currently being developed and used to extend the Internet addresses already in use. NAT has been suggested as an alternative to adopting IPv6 (IPng). It allows duplicate IP addresses to be used within a corporation and unique addresses outside. It is defined in RFC 1631.

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