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Let's say you know very little about IP security cameras and you just purchased one. You have it in your hands, and you are wondering how to view the darn thing. If you've purchased one of CCTV Camera World's IP cameras then it's easy to view your camera on your computer. The guide below is for Windows computer users, however the process is very similar for Mac computer users as well.

The same process outlined in this article should be applied when trying to view your NVR or DVR from your computer using a web browser. Step 1: Connect the camera to your network First, connect the camera to your network. There are three ways to connect a PoE based IP camera to a network: 1) Connect using a PoE switch - this is by far the easiest method. You need one cable between the camera and one of the PoE labeled ports on the switch.

This method sends both power and data over the same cable. 2) Connect using a PoE injector - think of this as a hybrid method of #1. If you only have one IP camera, we recommend using a PoE injector which is like an intermediary bridge between your network and the camera.

You run a network cable from a regular non-PoE switch or router to the LAN input (aka DATA IN) on the PoE injector, and another cable from the PoE port (aka Data & Power Out) of the injector to the network jack on the camera. The PoE injector needs to be powered and comes with a power cable that requires a 110-220V AC outlet. 3) Connect using a power adaptor and non-PoE switch - if you have the ability to provide power to the camera using a power adaptor connected to a nearby electrical outlet, then you can power the camera separately using your 12V DC power adaptor and send data over a network cable to a regular non-PoE network switch or router. Step 2: Determine the camera's IP address IP security cameras are called network cameras because they use a network to send video/audio/data. When connected to a network, they require an IP address to communicate to other devices on the network, which is the same method in which your computer works on a network.

IP cameras have tiny computers inside! Movi free version download for machine. To view the camera, you are using your computer, tablet or smartphone to talk to it. To do this task you need to determine what is the IP address of the camera after you have connected it to your network in Step 1. Although all of our IP cameras, DVRs and NVRs have a default IP address of 192.168.1.108 when they ship from the factory, this may be modified automatically on your network since they have a setting called DHCP activated. DHCP is a function on the camera that allows it to ask your router for another IP address if 192.168.1.108 will not work on your network; this will happen when you have another device with the same IP address or your IP address scheme is different (eg. So depending on how your network is setup, the camera may or may not retain the default IP address of 192.168.1.108.

If you type 192.168.1.108 in to your web browser and you don't see a web login page like the one above for the camera, make sure you are not getting a security page error. Check if the page looks like the one below shown in our Chrome browser, and click on the links we illustrate to bypass the error page: If you are still unable to to see the login page, proceed to Step3, otherwise you are all done. Simply enter the default user credentials to view your camera. The default username is admin and the password is admin. Step 3: Use Config Tool to find the camera and change your camera's ip address With your camera or DVR purchase comes a software CD, which will contain the Config Tool that allows you to find any IP camera, network video recorder, or digital video recorder that you have purchased from us. In this guide the following important facts are assumed:. You have properly connected the device to your network using a known good network cable.

You have powered on the device. You are on the same network as the device A) Find the program file for Config Tool on your CD or download it from our programs section. If you are downloading it, be sure to extract the file and locate the setup file which should look like the following: B) Double click to run the setup file and you may get prompted by a security alert like the one below. Click YES to proceed.

C) You will be presented with a welcome screen for the Config Tool program installer. Click next to proceed. D) Click on the 'I agree' box to agree to the software license agreement, and click Install. E) In a short while the program will install and you should see the following screen upon completion of the installation process. Click Close when done.

F) Locate the program icon on your Windows Desktop which should look like the following; double click on the program icon. Double click on the Config Tool icon to launch the program. G) Depending on your Windows Firewall settings, you will prompted with a permissions window.

As illustrated in the following picture, be sure to Click on both checkboxes to allow permissions for both public and private networks. H) Once the program runs, it will automatically start scanning your network to find ip cameras, NVRs, and DVRs that you may have from CCTV Camera World. If you don't see any listings, or if you see only one listing for PC-NVR (as shown below) with an IP address of 0.0.0.0, click on Refresh. If you don't see more listings appear then you will have to do a little more to instruct the program to scan your network, otherwise Skip to step 3 L. I) Open up the command prompt. Click on the Start button, type cmd, and press enter. A command prompt like the following will appear.

Type ipconfig in the windows command prompt and press Enter. J) Locate your computer IP address and router IP address in the output from the ipconfig command. The ip address of the computer you are using will be listed under IPv4 Address, and the Router IP will be listed as the Default Gateway.

In our scenario, the router address is 192.168.1.1. So we want to find all the devices on this network starting from the Router IP. K) Change scanning settings by first clicking the Settings button. Change the default settings that are displayed above, as follows;. Uncheck Broadcast. Check Search by IP domain.

Enter your router IP in Start IP Click OK to save settings and upon completion the Config Tool window will start refreshing and will list all devices it finds on your network that are CCTV Camera World ip security equipment. L) The program will find your IP security camera or NVR and list each device's ip address. In our example below you can see one IP camera was found with address of 192.168.1.125. This lists other important information as well, let's review what each column means:. Type - lists the type of device such as IPC (ip camera), DVR, NVR.

IP - lists ip address. HTTP Port - port for allowing access using a web browser. TCP Port - main data/video port used by cameras, DVRs, and NVRs so you can view video using the web browser, mobile apps, or Smart PSS.

Press Return to go back to Config Tool device list e) Return to Step 4 and access your camera using the web browser by launching it from the Config Tool, or typing the IP address in your web browser. If you are still unable to view your camera on your network, make sure of the following:. The camera is receiving power - check whether the infrared LED's on the camera turn on when you turn of the lights. You should see the IR LEDs glow red in complete darkness.

There is network traffic from the camera - on your switch there should be Activity LEDs which signal whether a device is connected. Unplug and re-plug the network cable from the switch to check whether the network activity LED is active for the port the camera is connected to. It is always a good idea to bench test IP cameras, DVRs and NVRs with a known network cable you know is good and has been tested with another device or network cable continuity tester. We also offer for users who require help with their network. You can find more information about it.

Shares 14 How to connect an IP camera to your PC or to the computer monitor? If you’ve got your security video IP cameras home, and you don’t plan for an NVR, you may get problems on how to directly connect an IP camera to PC (without routers, without internet, without DVR or without its receiver). This doesn’t mean you are an idiot, but you are just not a technical guy or you just don’t have experience in this kind of stuff. It’s wise to hook up your security IP cameras to computer (or computer monitor) for 24/7 monitoring and recording. You can, with or without Internet, connect your indoor or outdoor surveillance cameras to PC or to Mac with the top 5 solutions.

Pleased be noted: Install your security cameras in the right positions firstly. You can refer to. 5 Solutions to Connect Your Security IP CCTV Camera to PC/Mac. And I’ve covered third party software to connect your IP Camera to computer in. Those methods will guide you to connect a wireless or PoE IP camera to PC (on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista), and to a Mac (on Mac OS X 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, etc.). Important Note: The methods recommended below may NOT apply for the, which require initial setup on your phones.

Connect a WiFi or PoE Camera Directly to PC/Mac (without Internet) The steps below detail how to connect your security IP camera directly to PC/Mac, without an NVR or DVR, without a router network, without WiFi, and without any fees or complicated configuration. Alternatively, you can try the top 2 solutions for cameras without WiFi I have mentioned. Requirements:.

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Your WiFi or PoE camera. The camera’s power adapter. Your computer (desktop or laptop). A network cable And that’s all. Here is how: Step 1.

Get your security camera charged. Use the power adapter to get the camera plugged-in and charged. Normally, when you buy a, it comes with a power adapter. For a, ask the supplier and buy one that’s workable for the camera. Use the network cable to connect to the camera and the computer.

Normally there would be a 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 cable attached from the camera. Find the network connector from that cable and use the network cable to connect to it. Then connect the other end of the network cable to the computer. If your computer has network already, disable it – make sure your computer is offline.

Scan and find out the security camera’s IP address on the computer. Now the security camera is connecting to your computer basically and physically. But you still can’t view the camera on the computer. What you need to do now is to scan and find out the camera’s IP address. There should be surveillance software from the same supplier with the camera.

Take our test as an example. We have on the computer.

Launch it and it will automatically scan all the cameras in the same local LAN and show the default IP address (every camera has a default and unique IP address when it leaves the factory). Change the computer’s IP address to the same network prefix of the IP camera. So in Step 3, you get your security camera’s default IP address. In our test, the default IP address of the camera we use is 192.168.177.100, and now you need to change your computer’s IP address to 192.168.177.x, where x identifies the node/host and is the number between 2 and 254. So let’s say the computer’s IP address is 192.168.177.12. IP address 101: An IP address consists of two parts – one belongs to the network address and one belongs to the node address.

All nodes on a given network share the same network prefix but have a unique host number. Now to change the computer’s IP address (we take Windows 10 as an example): 1) Press the Windows + R keyboard shortcut to bring out the Run box. 2) Enter “ncpa.cpl” and open the “Network Connections” window.

3) Right-click your computer’ network adapter and select “Properties”. 4) Select your computer’s Internet Protocol Version and click “Properties”. 5) Select “Use the following IP address” and change the IP address into 192.168.177.12. Now your IP camera is connecting directly and communicating with your PC, because they are now in the same little LAN. You can watch your IP camera with Reolink Client on your computer. Here’s the video footage shared by one of our customers.

Important: Since there is no router network, the IP camera would not transmit data or send alarms to your phone. Still, you can record and save all the footage onto your computer.

If you’re gonna use your IP camera with the computer all the time like this (without router network), you’d better change the default status of your IP camera’s IP address to the static to keep it the same all the time, because each time you reboot the IP camera, its IP address will be changed and you will need to do all the steps above again. To keep the IP camera’s IP address the same all the time, head to “Device Settings” and “Network General” on the Client (Reolink Client in our test), and choose “Static” for “Network Access”. Connect a Wireless/WiFi Camera to Computer via Router (with Internet) If you do have WiFi network and need to remotely see the IP camera when you’re not there, you can connect your wireless or WiFi camera to computer wirelessly via your router. Requirements:. Your WiFi camera. The camera’s power adapter. Your computer (desktop or laptop).

A network cable. A router Here is how: Step 1. Get your WiFi security camera charged. Use the power adapter to get the camera plugged-in and charged. Use the network cable to connect to the camera and the router. A WiF camera needs to connect to the router with a network cable for initial setup, because the new camera itself wouldn’t recognize and auto-pick up a network that it never uses.

Only after the correct WiFi settings can you disconnect the cable from the camera and the router. And yeah again, normally there would be a 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 cable attached from the WiFi camera. Find the network connector from that cable and use the network cable to connect to it. Then connect the other end of the network cable to the router. Watch the IP camera on PC/Mac On the computer, launch the surveillance software to add the camera and watch live view directly. In our test, we open. Since the computer and the camera are in the same network (using the same router network), Reolink Client automatically searches and displays the camera directly.

Click “Start” and you can view the camera on PC. And you can set up the configurations for all the functions you want the camera to have. Here’s the video footage shared by one of our customers. Set up WiFi settings and remove the network cable. Do remember to make the WiFi settings for the camera. On the software, navigate to “Device Settings” and “Network”. Choose the WiFi network and enter the password, and done.

Cameras from different brand would have different WiFi settings. Please refer to the guides you get from your supplier.

After that, remove the network cable, and then the security IP CCTV camera connects to computer wirelessly. Important: If you need to see the IP camera from another computer which is not in the same network, you need to input the camera’s UID into the software to remotely access the camera. Connect a PoE (Wired) IP Camera to Computer without PoE Injector/Switch Connecting a PoE wired IP camera to computer via router is similar to that of a WiFi camera, and even much easier – you don’t need to use a power adapter, set up the WiFi and remove the network cable. Requirements:. Your PoE camera.

Your computer (desktop or laptop). A network cable. A router with PoE feature Here is how: Step 1. Use the network cable to connect to the camera and the router.

PoE (Power over Ethernet) means you can just use a single network cable for both video and power transmission. So just connect the camera to the router via the network cable, and the camera will get power supply and network access.

Please make sure your router has the PoE feature. Watch the IP camera on computer. On the computer, launch the surveillance software to add the camera and watch live view directly.

In our test, we open. Since the computer and the camera are in the same network, Reolink Client automatically searches and displays the camera directly. Click “Start” and you can view the camera on PC.

And you can set up the configurations for all the functions you want the camera to have. Here’s the video footage shared by one of our customers. Important: If you need to see the IP camera from another computer which is not in the same network, you need to input the camera’s UID into the software to remotely access the camera. Connect a PoE (Wired) IP Camera to Computer with PoE Injector/Switch If your router does not support PoE, you need a PoE injector or PoE switch to help connect your IP camera to PC. Requirements:. Your PoE camera. The camera’s power adapter.

Your computer (desktop or laptop). A network cable. A router. A PoE injector or PoE switch Here is how: Since the steps on how to connect a PoE IP camera to PC via PoE Injector/switch are quite the same to that of connecting without a PoE Injector/switch, we’d like to make it more simpler to understand here.

Connect all the devices as the picture showed below: Important: Once you connect the PoE IP camera to the PoE injector or switch which is connected to a router via Ethernet cables, you’ve successfully connect the camera to the network. For a wireless IP camera, you need to use a network cable to connect it to the router if you haven’t set up the WiFi network configuration. And then the wireless IP camera is in the network. You can set up the WiFi configuration later to make the wireless IP camera connect wirelessly. Make sure your wireless IP camera is connected to a power supply. Then on Reolink Client, add the camera and watch live view directly.

If you need to see the IP camera from another computer which is not in the same network, you need to input the camera’s UID into the software to remotely access the camera. Connect a CCTV Camera System to PC/Mac (with or without Network), like the PoE kit, have their own proprietary networks, and can work with and without your router network. Here’s how: How to connect a CCTV security camera system to computer without router network Step 1.

Connect all the cameras to the NVR. When you receive the new IP camera system you bought, connect all the devices you got – connect the NVR to your computer’s monitor and the mouse, use the power adapters to charge the NVR and cameras, etc. For a WiFi system, once the WiFi NVR and the WiFi cameras are charged, they connected to each other automatically and would start communicate.

For a PoE system, connect the PoE cameras to the NVR via the network cables provided. Start watching the IP cameras. The startup and setup wizard will pop up to guide you to watch your cameras and do other configurations. Now you can see all the IP cameras on your monitor and start recording.

Here’s the video footage shared by one of our customers. How to connect a CCTV security camera system to computer with router network Step 1. Do the step 1 showed above. Connect the NVR to your router via the network cable provided. Start watching the IP cameras.

The startup and setup wizard will pop up to guide you to watch your cameras and do other configurations. If you need to see the IP cameras from another computer which is not in the same network, you need to input the NVR’s UID into the software to remotely access the cameras. Third Party Software to Connect IP Camera to PC/Mac You can also opt for third-party software to connect and set up security camera on computer. Make sure the software can handle all the cameras on the network and support all the features for the cameras. Normally, the third-party software has several versions. And if you want to use full features of the camera, you need to pay for a premium version. If your security IP camera is not working properly as expected or if you get any issues, you can try the.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to leave it in your comment. I will reply as soon as possible. Can I connect my IP camera to computer without a router? “No” is wrong answer!

IP camera can be connected directly to PC via an LAN cable. Connect IP camera directly to PC via LAN cable 2. Go to LAN network adapter of PC on which you just connected IP camera and change the IP address to be on the same subnet mask like your camera 3. Go to IP address of your IP camera via Internet Explorer and you can view your camera.

Some IP cameras will send you little software via network, so you must first install them. I have several issues with your guide that I hope you can clarify: Problem 1, LAN connection directly to PC: Method 1: Step 2: Does this mean ALL network adapters should be turned off? If so, how is it that Step 3 is supposed to work?

Obviously, the LAN adapter needs to be active, and others off. Step 3: What is my camera’s IP range? Without knowing this first, it is impossible to set up the TCP/IPv4 LAN settings in Windows. Without knowing this, the Roelink Client will not show connected devices. Step 4: I tried using the suggested 192.168.177.x, (192.168.177.12) this does not work.

I had also set my adapter to 192.168.1.x, this too does not work, but yet, if connected to the router, this IP range does work. I do NOT want to connect to router, I want to connect to PC.

Neither of the above methods work. The ‘Add Device’ (step 3) shows nothing connected. Problem 2, WiFi access: Method 2 (using router): Everything is working, except for WiFi.

What is the Camera’s WiFi adapter MAC address? Is it the same as the LAN address or different? How do I find out? In the Client software, Device Settings, WiFi settings (or even Network General), it should really show the MAC address of the camera’s WiFi.

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I have tried several Routers, but every time I click on Wi-Fi Test, all I get in return is “Wi-Fi Test failed!” Some routers have MAC filtering I have allowed the MAC address, but is the WiFi MAC the same or different?, some do not. Methods 3&4: I am using the supplied power adapter, only methods 1&2 apply. Firmware has been updated as of May 1st 2018.

Here’s all the quick answers: a). Problem 1, method 1, step 2. I think it’s so clarified: if your computer has network already, disable it – so you need to turn off the network of YOUR COMPUTER. Many ways to do this – 1. If it’s a desktop computer, to disconnect the wired Ethernet network, unplug your Ethernet cable from its jack; 2. If it’s a laptop and it’s connected to the network wirelessly, to turn off the WiFi connection on the laptop, right-click the “Wireless Connection” icon and select “Disable”; and etc.

In step 3, the only thing you need to do is to get the camera’s IP address. If you’re using a Reolink camera, Reolink Client will help.

As mentioned in step 2, every camera has a default IP address that’s randomly generated when it leaves the factory, so Reolink Client will help to find out the IP address. If not, it’s because you’ve set up the firewall. To troubleshoot this, go to: If you’re using other cameras from other brands, there should be some kind of software like Reolink Client to do the same job. Please note that Reolink Client only works for Reolink cameras. In our test, we use a Reolink cam, so we use Reolink Client to do the job. There’s no “suggested” IP address, in the post, we’ve already clarified that we’re showing our test.

So it’s just an example to show you the steps. The exact information should be based on your actual situation. Pls refer to the step 3 you’re done and use the IP address according to what you’ve get. Problem 2, WiFi access, method 2 (using router) If you’re using Reolink WiFi cameras, please refer to the FAQ from our support team: e). Method 3&4 In Method 3, you don’t need the camera’s powered adapter to do the work, because a network cable will do for both power transmission and video transmission.

The camera’s powered adapter can only do the job of power supply for the camera. So in Method 4, if you’re saying the power adapter does not work, the camera won’t work (because the camera can’t ever get power supply.) So it’s very very very weird that it’s working in method 1 and 2 but not in method 4.

Please check if actually the power adapter works. Hope all these help. So has anyone got the funlux ip wifi camera to connect to there computer via wifi? Funlux said it is impossible to do. I want the port numbers so i can get it to work on my tinycam app.

And my pc app. But funlux will not give out the port. Funlux has to be able to connect thru my home inside my network being i see my modem. I have the ip address for this camera but can’t find the port it uses. Is there a program for finding the port?

Or can my pc find the port and if so how do i do it? Any youtubers showing this?