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46D-Link DCS-942L User Manual
Section 5 - Security
D-Link’s DCS-942L is a versatile and cost eective Network Camera oering both video and audio monitoring. It can also serve as a powerful
surveillancesysteminsecurityapplications.TheDCS-942Lcanbeusedwithanywiredor802.11n/gwirelessrouter.Thissectionexplainshowto
view the camera from either the Internet or from inside your internal network.
Components Needed:
•1DCS-942LNetworkCamera
•1EthernetCable
•AWiredorWirelessroutersuchastheD-LinkDIR-655WirelessRouter
•EthernetbasedPCforsystemconguration
Setting up the DCS-942L for Use Behind a Router
Installing a DCS-942L Network Camera on your network is an easy 4–step procedure:
1. Assign a local IP address to your network camera.
2. View the network camera using your Internet Explorer web browser.
3. Access the router with your web browser.
4. Open virtual server ports to enable remote image viewing.
Note: These are manual steps; however, if you decide to use the wizard, it will perform every step automatically.
This section is designed to walk you through the setup process for installing your camera behind a router and enable remote video viewing. For
thebasicsetupoftheDCS-942L,followthestepsoutlinedintheQuickInstallationGuide.
AfteryouhavecompletedthesetupoftheDCS-942LoutlinedintheQuickInstallationGuideyouwillhaveanoperatingcamerathathasanassigned
IP Address. Because you are using a router to share the Internet with one or more PCs, the IP Address assigned to the Network Camera will be a
localIPAddress.ThisallowsviewingwithinyourLocalAreaNetwork(LAN)untiltherouterisconguredtoallowremoteviewingofthecamera
over the Internet.
Conguring the DCS-942L with a Router