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June 10, 2016.

How to use Wireless Security Cameras with a WiFi Router

Connecting your Wireless IP cameras to a WiFi router can be troublesome depending on your level of experience and expertise. Not anybody is well versed in networking terms and technologies. Let alone what to exercise when they come across several series of numbers separated by periods. Permit'southward dive right in and get this accomplished.

Notation: Attempting to join a WiFi camera to a wireless network can be difficult if yous have no It feel. We suggest purchasing our networking assistance service, or hiring an Information technology professional if you do not understand reckoner networks.

This guide is applicable to security cameras by CCTV Camera World that feature WiFi Capability. Such cameras are commonly referred to equally WiFi security cameras or Wireless IP cameras. Our WiFi cameras feature a built-in customer radio that tin can be used to attach the photographic camera to any 2.4Ghz 802.11 b/thou/n WiFi network. You can use a strong router or Access Point to provide WiFi connectivity to the cameras and and then use a wired NVR to record the cameras over the LAN.

Culling you can too use our WiFi NVR for signal transmission distances up to 200ft to create a standalone wireless security camera system that doesn't crave whatsoever networking knowledge. Our wireless security cameras feature plug and play connectivity to find and connect to our WiFi NVR without any configuration.

Step 1: Determine the WiFi strength of your wireless network

The starting time and extremely important stride when considering a security camera system is agreement the limitations of wireless equipment. You can purchase expensive wireless equipment and still take poor point due to interference or thick walls. These issues tin lead to an unreliable security system that drops cameras, or appears to skip video. The video below outlines how to use an iPhone or Android to determine the wireless strength in areas around your domicile or concern. It is relevant to test the connection strength at every location you intend to mount a wireless security camera at. It is recommended to not make any compromises when it comes to wireless because it can exist troublesome to troubleshoot.

How to Check WiFi Indicate Strength with your Smartphone

How to Bank check WiFi Signal Strength with your Smartphone

Step 2: Ability and Configure the Wireless Security Camera for your Network

Note that our WiFi security cameras are not capable of PoE meaning they require a power supply, and the default wired IP address of our IP cameras and NVRs is 192.168.i.108 unless otherwise specified. Yous may have to change the configuration of your network to view the photographic camera's spider web service, our use the IP Config Tool to locate and change its IP address. Information on using the connecting to an IP security camera and using the ConfigTool to find or modify can be establish in another article located hither.

Connect the photographic camera to your network using an Ethernet cable, and plug in the 12V DC adapter. Allow the camera a minute or and then to ability on.

Step 3: Access the IP Photographic camera'southward Web Interface

Using Internet Explorer eleven get to the camera'due south IP accost. If you haven't already done so, follow this guide on enabling ActiveX to view your camera's web service. Make sure to download and install the plug-in, then log in using the username and password. Then navigate to [Setup > Network > TCP/IP]. Note that you cannot connect a camera to WiFi by using the NVR web interface you must be inside of the camera. You can verify you are in the correct web interface by checking the moving-picture show on the top left making sure that it says IP Camera and non Web Service. Beneath is an instance of both.

Step 4: Configuring the WiFi Address

Select the drib-down box that states WIRE(DEFAULT) and select wireless. Click the button adjacent to the drop-down box that says DEFAULT. So select the Radio Button marked STATIC. Now you tin alter the address of the camera. Make certain the address is not the aforementioned as another device on your network, the subnet mask matches the rest of your network, and the default gateway is correct. The WiFi address cannot be the same as the wired address, make sure to ready it to something other than your wired address such every bit 192.168.ane.109 in our example. When you're finished hit save. The device should refresh. Y'all may have to log in again.

Step 5: Connect to Your Wireless Router

Navigate to [Setup > Network > WiFi] and cheque the box labeled ENABLE. Click on SEARCH SSID to observe the available networks. (If your network doesn't broadcast an SSID click ADD SSID instead and list the SSID) Double-click the name of your network and enter your credentials. The device can take several minutes to connect to the network depending on a number of factors.

To verify your photographic camera is properly connected, disconnect the ability and network cables from the camera. Expect 10 seconds and reconnect the power only. Give the photographic camera about 2 minutes to boot and connect to the wireless network that you just configured. And then try to connect to the camera using your web browser using the wireless IP address you configured (192.168.i.109 mentioned higher up).

If yous are able to meet the login page for the photographic camera then you are ready to mount your photographic camera.

If you lot would like to view this process in video form, please sentry the video below.

WiFi Connexion Troubleshooting Steps

It does accept fourth dimension for a WiFi device to car connect to a wireless network. Keep that in heed and be patient. Too consider the following troubleshooting steps if your wireless security camera does not connect.

Power the photographic camera off for 10 seconds by disconnecting power then plug it back in (await upward to 5 minutes for it to connect)
Endeavour connecting a network cable to the device, then disconnect it
Brand sure your WiFi settings are correct. Confirm WiFi Cardinal and IP address are correct
Reconnect the camera to a wired network, and DEFAULT the settings from the web interface of the camera. Then Reconfigure.
Make sure there is not an IP conflict with another device at that address
Try using a different WiFi password on your wireless router or access bespeak that contains only alphanumeric characters and no special symbols.
Alter the encryption type* for your WiFi router or access point. Not all routers are created equally. Some inferior devices have a difficult fourth dimension handling WPA and WPA2. You lot may need to lower the encryption to WEP or buy a new router. Nosotros recommend the Asus RT N66U used in this article.

Matthew Rossi

Matt Rossi is a Technical Support Manager at CCTV Photographic camera Earth, a leading CCTV Camera distributor located in Buffalo, NY. He is a technical support expert for everything video surveillance related.

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