
HowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice
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HowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Browsersupport................................................3
AboutdefaultIPaddresses........................................3
AXISIPUtility..............................................4
Accessyourdeviceonthenetwork.................................4
ChangetheIPaddressofadevice..................................4
AXISDeviceManager........................................5
Accessyourdeviceonthenetwork.................................5
ChangetheIPaddressesofmultipledevices..........................5
ChangetheIPaddressofadevice..................................5
Othermethods.............................................7
Improveyourdevice'ssecurity.................................8
Aboutsecurepasswords..........................................8
Setasecurepasswordfortherootaccount..........................8
Aboutuseraccounts.............................................8
Furtherinformation.........................................9
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HowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice
Getstarted
Getstarted
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
WithAXISIPUtilityyoucan:
•searchthenetworkfordevices
•changestaticIPaddresses
WithAXISDeviceManageryoucan:
•searchthenetworkfordevices
•assignIPaddresses
•setpasswords
•seeconnectionstatus
•performoperationsonmultipledevicesatonce
•managermwareupgrades
•conguredeviceparameters
Doyouwantinformationaboutothermethods?SeeOthermethodsonpage7.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
TM
Chrome
Windows
OSX
Otheroperatingsystems
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support
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recommended
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Firefox
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Edge
Safari
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AboutdefaultIPaddresses
AxisdevicesaredesignedtobeusedonanEthernetnetwork.Toaccessthedevice’swebpageyouneedanIPaddress.Mostnetworks
haveaDHCPserverthatautomaticallyassignsIPaddressestoconnecteddevices.
IfyournetworkdoesnothaveaDHCPserverthedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.
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