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System
And Installation Academy
DigiGuard Security
Systems FAQ
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An Easier IP
Address To Remember;
Dealing With A Dynamic IP Address...
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There is one major obstacle to overcome
when using home and
commercial security cameras over the internet. Most locations that
you want to connect to will only have a Dynamic IP address instead
of a Static IP address.
Typically, when you want to view your camera system over the
internet, you enter the IP address of that computer into the
RemoteView software. With a Dynamic IP address, the IP will be
constantly changing and checking your camera system from off
site will be impossible.
There
are several companies that provide a service to get around
this difficulty.
DigiGuard Security
uses No-IP.com to assign a fully qualified domain
name to your Dynamic IP address so you will not have to worry about
remembering the numeric address each time.
With No-IP.com's
services this problem can be overcome with their
DNS Plus service
running
somewhere on the same network as the
cameras, anytime your IP address changes they will know about
it and be able to direct you to that remote machine regardless of
what IP address it is currently assigned.
With the No-IP.com plus service you can assign a fully qualified
domain name to your dynamic IP address so you will not have to
worry about remembering the numeric address.
DigiGuard Security
is not responsible for, nor do we offer support for
your questions regarding No-IP.com's
services. We offer these
instructions soley as a tutorial for our academy to make it simpler
for you, our customer.
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Creating an
account with No-IP.com:
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Go to
No-IP.com
Click the
Signup
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Read the Agreement
Fill in the information
Click
Register
button
Your login name is your email
address
You will have selected your
password
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Activate your account through the email that is sent to you
Enter your email address and password
Click Login
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Select
Add
to add your host
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Fill in the host name with your desired name ie.
DigiGuard
Click No-IP.info
down arrow button and select a name from the
list if you are using a free
account. You may choose a unique
domain name with a paid
account.
select your domain name from the list
Host Type:
choose DNS
Host (A)
Your
IP address
will be picked up automatically
Leave other
fields as default settings
Click
Create Host
at the bottom
You should see
your hostname. You can add more hosts under
the same user account
Logout
when you are finished
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Downloading No-IP Client:
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From main page of No-IP Download
Dyn-Update Client
selecting Windows
version
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Click
CNET Downloads
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Click
Download Now
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Click
Save
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Download program to your hard drive;
Save
it to your
desktop
to facilitate finding it
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Install No-IP Client Program:down
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Double click
ducsetup.exe
program
Read each screen and click
Next
until finished
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Run No-IP Client Program:
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Find it from
Start ->
Programs -> No-IP...
Click and
Run
it
You will
need to enter your
email address and
password
The
program will minimize to the taskbar;
double click
to open it
You
should see your hostname list information; click the check
box to enable IP mapping of the
host that you wish to run.
This will change your current
WAN IP address to your hostname.
If
you need this program to run automatically when windows
starts, click
Options
Click
Run
on startup
Click
OK
to enable automatic startup when Windows starts
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Using No-IP With Your
DigiGuard System:
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Open DigiGuard Multicam Program by clicking the icon
or find it
in the start menu
Stop All
Monitoring
Click
OK
when finished
Uncheck
Webcam Server
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Enable Webcam
Server again
Click Server
Setup
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Click box to
Assign Gateway IP
Address
Enter your hostname in the appropriate field
i.e. DigiGuard.no-ip.info
Click
OK
Click
Execute
If
your DigiGuard System is under a router, do your IP
forwarding through your
Linksys router.
Reference
found here.
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Type Address in the Internet Explorer
i.e. http://DigiGuard.no-ip.info
Enter to make the connection where you will make your
selection
of desired activity and submit to start
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