User Guide

Choosing Your Application AXIS 2100 User’s Guide

Viewing Images in a Custom-designed Web Page

Simply install the AXIS 2100 directly on your local Ethernet network and complete the

Installation Wizard to immediately view live video images in your own custom-designed

Web page. The Wizard not only helps you define the image format and personalized

characteristics of your Web page Layout, but even allows you to decide how accessible

your product is over the intranet or Internet - you decide in just a few simple steps:

Often used as a Web attraction for enhancing a Web site with live images, this typical

application represents the most basic form of network camera configuration. It is ideally

suited for occasionally-visited sites on both large corporate networks, and SOHO

(Small-Office Home-Office) applications where a small network is installed and

maintained. If you anticipate a larger audience for your images, you should consider

configuring your product to upload images to an FTP server on your network, as described

in Sequentially Uploading Images to a Remote FTP Server, on page 29.

Installation and Configuration Overview

Configure your AXIS 2100 for viewing images over a network as follows:

Note: You can refine your application using the Web-based Administration Tools.

1. Connect the AXIS 2100 to your local network. Refer to Installing Your Camera on a Network, on page 11.

2. Open the Home Page in your browser and start the Installation Wizard. Complete the Wizard to establish the standard

Security, Date and Time, Image General Layout and TCP/IP Network settings - selecting Network as your chosen method of

connection in the Modem or Network dialog. Refer to Configuring Your Camera, on page 20.

3. Your application is now complete. Having completed the Wizard, you should now verify the installation by checking that you

have full access to both the images and the camera’s Web pages in your browser.

AXIS 2100

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