Streaming Live Video Over the Internet

 

• ** Contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and request a Static IP Address **

• A static IP Address is required for communication with

• your Vivotek IP camera over the internet.

 

• Equipment Required

• Vivotek IP Camera
• In this example a D-Link DSL-2640B router is used. Obtain a router that has port forwarding capabilites.  Routers, that are provided
• by internet service providers (ISP) may have custom firmware that blocks this feature.

• Vivotek IP camera Setup

• Open the Installation Wizard 2 and select the IP camera.

 

• Select Configuration

 

• Select Security
• Under the Manage Privilege, select Allow anonymour viewing and click Save. Checking this box allows any client to view.

 

 

• Select Network.
• Enter the LAN information for the Vivotek IP camera.
• Enter your Primary DNS (Domain Name Server), which is provided from your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
• Click Save.

 

 

• In the Network area, scroll down to HTTP.
• Authenication is Basic.
• HTTP port is port 80. This allows you to access the internet.
• Secondary/HTTP Port is 8085.
• Click Save.

 

 

• Router Setup

• Type the IP address of the router in the web browser.

 

• Select the Advanced tab.

 

• Select the Virtual Server tab

 

 

• Select the Add tab and enter the IP camera information.
• Server Name: Camera
• External Port Start: 80
• External Port End: 80
• Protocol: TCP
• Internal Port Start: 80
• Internal Port End: 80
• Server IP Address: 192.168.1.72 for this example (IP address of the Vivotek camera)

 

 

• Scroll down and Logout

 

• Webpage Setup

• Open your web broswer and type moxaonline.com/camera.html
• Select Source

• Copy the Source code from the moxaonline.com/camera.hml website.

 

• Open your web editor program.  If you do not have this software, use Kompozer –> http://kompozer.net/ It is easy to use and donations are accepted.

 

 

• Paste the source code from moxaonline.com/camera.html

 

• Select the Split tab and the Design will appear at the top for visualization purposes.

 

 

• The width and height of the IP camera window can be adjusted.
• Insert the Static IP Address that is supplied by your ISP (Internet Service Provider).

 

 

• In this example the webpage is redirected after three minutes of viewing.  Remove the redirect to another webpage information, if not required.
• The purpose of this redirect is to save bandwidth and making the viewing window smaller also helps.
• The formula is 1000m sec = 1 second.  Therefore; 1000 (milli seconds) x 60 (seconds) x 3 (minutes) = 180000
• Change the address location and details of the redirect.

 

 

• Once the Source has been modified, now it is time to publish on the web.
• Select Publish As

 

 

• Select the Settings tab.
• Type the HTTP address.
• Type the Publishing address.
• Enter the Username and Password for your website.

 

 

• Select the Publish tab.
• Type in the Page Title
• Type in the Filename.  In this example it is camera.html
• Select the Publish tab and exit.

 

 

• The webpage must be viewed from a location outside your LAN, otherwise, the viewing screen appear black.

 

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