AXIS 207W Service Manual

AXIS 207W Network Camera

Technical Information

A few things that should help you get the AXIS 207W
connected to your network.

It’s not always easy to install new products on your network and this document describes some of
the things you may need to configure to get your AXIS 207W connected to your Wireless network.

Access Point/ Routers

The AXIS 207W has been tested with a lot of different Access Points and Routers from different
manufacturers. If you’re having problems with connecting your camera to the network first make
sure that the Access Point/ Router you are using is upgraded with the latest Firmware. Also make
sure that there are no settings in the Access Point/Router preventing the camera to connect. The
best thing is to use the default settings and then add more security features when you know that
the connection is working. A few things to control in the Access Point/Router:

1. ESSID

2. MAC address filtering (don’t forget to add the camera if used)

3. IP address filtering (don’t forget to add the camera if used)

4. Encryption (use the same encryption setting as in the camera)

Picture is taken from the web interface in Netgear WGR 614.

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AXIS 207W Network Camera

Technical Information

Signal strength

It’s important to have good signal strength. In the AXIS 207W web interface you can find info
about the signal strength between the Axis 207W and the Access Point/Router:

http://IP-address/admin/wlan.shtml?id=9

You can see the signal strength to Access Point/Router both if you’re connected to the camera
Wirelessly or through a network cable. The recommendation is to have signal strength at 70% or
above and the minimum should be 50%.

If you would like to get better signal strength there are a few options of what you can do to
improve these figures:

1. Move the AXIS 207W closer to the Access Point/Router.

2. Rotate the antennas.

3. Change position of the camera or the Access Point/Router if they are placed behind any
obstacle.

4. Change Wireless channel that are used in the Access Points/Router.

5. Turn off other equipment that might interfere the signal

If many Access Points/Routers are placed in the same environment they will interfere with each
other if they are using the same or nearby channels. By using channel 1, 6 and 11 you can place
the devices in the same area without any interference.

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