Symptom

Possible Cause/Solution

Scanning and connecting to

Too many wireless APs nearby.

wireless AP takes a long time

The amount of time taken to scan wireless APs depends on the number of

 

wireless APs around the camera. If there are too many wireless APs (30 or

 

more), it may take as long as 3 minutes to complete the scanning process. A

 

possible workaround is to turn down the video setting a notch temporarily, and

 

then turn it up again after you have completed configuring your wireless

 

connection.

 

For example, you can first set your video setting as QVGA, MPEG-4, 5fps,

 

512Kbps; Then go to network page for wireless connection setup and set the

 

video setting back to its original state. This could reduce scanning time

Successful login to the camera,

The ActiveX component is not installed.

but no image is displayed

If you are viewing the camera video on Internet Explorer, make sure you have

 

installed and enabled the camera's ActiveX components. Open Internet

 

Explorer and go to [Tools] > [Manage Add-ons] and check that you’ve got

 

both the “IPCamClientActiveX.cab” and “USActiveX.cab” control

 

components registered and enabled. Refer to the "Trouble with the ActiveX

 

Client" section of this manual for further help.

 

The VLC plugin is not installed for non-IE browsers.

 

If you’re viewing the camera from Firefox, Safari, or Chrome, make sure your

 

VLC plugin is properly installed. (Visit www.videolan.org/vlc/ to download

 

the codec.)

 

The entered hostname/WAN IP address is incorrect.

 

Make sure you entered the correct hostname (if you use DDNS) or the WAN

 

IP address of your camera in the location field of the web browser.

 

 

 

The LAN network is not connected to Internet.

 

Both the device you’re using and the camera need to have a connection to the

 

Internet. Check if you can browse the Internet on your LAN network. If not,

 

contact your network administrator for assistance.

 

 

Successful access on local

The camera's WAN IP address has changed but yet to be updated into DNS

cache.

network, but trouble accessing

If you use DDNS service, the information of your camera's IP address and the

from the Internet.

domain name the IP address is linked to are stored in the DNS cache. The

 

cache is used to retrieve the IP information by the DNS server which translates

 

entered hostname into the camera's IP address. Though the information is

 

updated every few minutes (determined by the value of TTL, Time to Live),

 

occasionally the DNS information changes (e.g. your camera acquires a new

 

IP address) but the old information is still stored in the cache, resulting in

 

connection failure.

 

When this happens, try waiting a few minutes for the new IP information to be

 

updated to the DNS server and then retry connection, or try to decrease the

 

TTL value. If it still doesn't work, refer to other possible causes and solutions.

 

The router's configuration does not allow incoming traffic to the camera.

 

To access your camera from the internet, you’ll need to enable port forwarding

 

on your router and allow incoming traffic on the HTTP and RTSP port your

 

camera is using (your router may require a reboot after port forwarding is set).

 

Refer to the "Remote Viewing via Internet Explorer" section in the user

 

manual for detailed information. If you don't know how to enable port

 

forwarding on the router, consult the manufacturer of your router for

 

instruction.

 

 

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