Using DDNS Service — DDNS Setting Menu

Click DDNS of Administrator Menu to display the DDNS setting menu. In this menu you can use the Network Camera DDNS Service and link the camera host name to the domain name. If you use this service, you can access the camera using an URL such as “http:/ /(your host name).snccam.net”. For details of DDNS service, access the following URL.

URL: http://www.register-snccam.net/

Note

To use this function, the camera must be connected to the Internet.

To use this function, you need knowledge of broadband router and port forwarding. The following shows an example of the most basic system configuration for using the network camera in the Internet.

 

LAN

 

WAN (Internet)

 

Network Camera

 

 

Computer B

 

Port 80

Broadband router

 

 

 

 

Private IP address

Modem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192.168.1.1

 

 

Private IP address

 

Internet

DDNS server

 

 

192.168.1.110

 

 

 

 

 

Global IP address

 

 

 

 

xyz.37.128.50

 

 

 

Port forwarding

 

 

Computer A

 

Private IP address

 

Global IP address

Private IP address

Port 80

 

(xyz.37.128.50)

192.168.1.110

 

192.168.1.100

 

 

Domain name

 

 

 

 

 

 

(abc-123.snccam.net)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linked

Camera the Administrating

Set up the camera and broadband router (hereinafter called router) as follows in the DDNS setting menu page before registering for DDNS service.

1 Connect the camera to the router, and set up the network.

Refer to “Assigning the IP Address to the Camera” (page 7) of “Preparation” or “Configuring the Network — Network setting Menu” (page 38).

Note

Be sure to perform DNS setting for the camera. Type the IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider in the Primary/Secondary DNS server.

2 Open the setup window of the router, and set the port forwarding to the IP address set in the camera. (For example: For the settings in the diagram above, set as follows.

Port 80 yPrivate IP address 192.168.1.110)

Notes

•Refer to the User’s Guide provided with the router for details of port forwarding setup. Port forwarding may not be supported on some routers, or may be called by a different name. If necessary, contact the router manufacturer for details.

•If using a port other than 80, set the same port number (in the range 1024 to 65535) in the camera’s setting menu and for port forwarding on the router.

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