Installation guide

Page 9 Blue Chips Magazine — August 2007
focal length lens that provides extended
video viewing coverage for your DVC-
1000/1100 units. The field of view for
DVC-10 is 63° horizontal, 50° vertical
and 75° diagonal compared to default
DVC-1000/1100 lens field of view at 35°
horizontal, 25° vertical and 46° diago-
nal. The DVC-10 is also easily installed
by simply turning the lens clockwise,
and counter-clockwise, to tighten and
loosen, respectively.
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The D-Link DVC-20 is a Varifocal
Lens that connects to both DVC-1000
and DVC-1100 VideoPhones. The D-
Link DVC-20 uses 2 X 4-8mm focal
lens that provides extended video view-
ing coverage for your DVC-1000/1100
units. The field of view for DVC-20 is
66° to 63° horizontal, 38° to 20° verti-
cal, and 66° to 33° diagonal compared
to default DVC-1000/1100 lens field
of view at 35° horizontal, 25° vertical
and 46° diagonal. DVC-20 is also easily
installed by turning the lens clockwise,
and counter-clockwise, to tighten and
loosen, respectively.
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FAQ’s of Impressive Note
The first of those two (2) FAQ’s
in the graphic is of very, very par-
ticular interest to me personally,
because my setup naturally does
have both the DVC-1000 (See Part
2) and the DVC-1100 (Here in Part
3). I actually spent a great deal of
time working to get them to work
together, as well as, making calls
out on the Internet. That was be-
fore it was pointed out to me very
vividly, by that same incredible
Tech Support, “that only one (1)
VideoPhone can go out on the In-
ternet at a time, but they can talk
between each other on the same
subnet. My point. I was spinning
my wheels trying to cross subnets
192.x.x.x and 10.x.x.x.
I Think It’s About Time Now to
Discuss Where I Shot Myself in
the Foot in All This, Don’t You
Think? ;-}
Let me preface this particular
Segment of the review with this
fait accompli; disclaimer to some,
possibly. “The actual set up of the
DVC-1100 (as well as, the DVC-
1000) really was actually ‘very
simple and fast and worked beau-
tifully’ when I did it in a simple
Home Network-like configura-
tion.” That’s said, Period. End of
Review.
But, let me also say that my own
real, live Peer-to-Peer (P2P) net-
work isn’t just your average run-of-the-
mill home network, no siree Bob! Never
has been, never will be. Just look at my
Home P2P network diagram and you’ll
see that little fact for yourself.
To start with, my little office is so
cluttered that I have to almost sidle in
sideways just to get to my desk chair
and PC keyboard. Well, that’s a slight
exaggeration, but became an absolute
truth when I moved the “complete”
D-Link set up, depicted in the diagram,
into that crowded space, to set up,
test and perfect the “whole system”
before it was actually fully deployed
around the house into all their proper
(i.e., final) locations. I found it to be so
much easier to do it that way than to run
all over creation setting/re-setting
Routers, Modems, Firewalls, etc,
at the time the action was needed - and
it was needed, “very often,” with my
complex P2P set up, to be sure.