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¾ Once you have a straight through cable plug one end into the LAN port on the back of the recorder
and the other into the router.
¾ Log into the EverFocus DVR menu and go to the Network Setting Menu.
¾ To let the router automatically assign an address:
 Set the Network Type to DHCP. Make sure to write down the IP address and the Gateway.
 Exit from the Menu to save settings.
To manually assign an address:
 Go to a computer connected on the same network as the DVR.
 Click on the Start button and choose Run.
o If using Windows Vista, choose Search instead.
 Type “command” and click on OK.
o In Vista, you will need to double-click on the “Command Prompt” file to open it..
 In the DOS prompt, type “ipconfig” and press Enter.
 The network information will be displayed on a screen similar to the one below.
o In Windows Vista, look for the information that says “IP v4”.
 Take the values for Subnet Mask and Default Gateway and input them into the DVR; these
values should be exactly the same in both devices. However, you should change the last