
HowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdevice
TableofContents
Getstarted................................................3
Browsersupport................................................3
AboutdefaultIPaddresses........................................3
AXISIPUtility..............................................4
Accessyourdeviceonthenetwork.................................4
ChangetheIPaddressofadevice..................................4
AXISDeviceManager........................................5
Accessyourdeviceonthenetwork.................................5
ChangetheIPaddressesofmultipledevices..........................8
ChangetheIPaddressofadevice..................................9
Alternativemethods.........................................10
AssignordiscoverIPaddresses.....................................10
Accessthevideostream..........................................10
Improveyourdevice'ssecurity.................................11
Securepasswords...............................................11
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount............................11
Aboutuseraccounts.............................................11
Furtherinformation.........................................12
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Getstarted
Getstarted
TondAxisdevicesonthenetworkandassignthemIPaddressesinWindows®,useAXISIPUtilityorAXISDeviceManager.Both
applicationsarefreeandcanbedownloadedfromaxis.com/support
WithAXISIPUtilityyoucan:
•searchthenetworkfordevices
•changestaticIPaddresses
WithAXISDeviceManageryoucan:
•searchthenetworkfordevices
•assignIPaddresses
•setpasswords
•seeconnectionstatus
•performoperationsonmultipledevicesatonce
•managermwareupgrades
•conguredeviceparameters
Doyouwantinformationaboutothermethods?SeeAlternativemethodsonpage10.
Browsersupport
Youcanusethedevicewiththefollowingbrowsers:
Chrome
TM
Firefox
®
Edge
®
Safari
®
Windows
®
recommended
xx
macOS
®
recommended
x
Otheroperatingsystems
xx
Ifyouneedmoreinformationaboutrecommendedbrowsers,gotoaxis.com/browser-support.
AboutdefaultIPaddresses
AxisdevicesaredesignedtobeusedonanEthernetnetwork.Toaccessthedevice’swebpageyouneedanIPaddress.Mostnetworks
haveaDHCPserverthatautomaticallyassignsIPaddressestoconnecteddevices.
IfyournetworkdoesnothaveaDHCPserverthedefaultIPaddressis192.168.0.90.
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AXISIPUtility
AXISIPUtility
Note
ThecomputerrunningAXISIPUtilitymustbeonthesamenetworksegment(physicalsubnet)astheAxisdevice.
Accessyourdeviceonthenetwork
1.ConnectpowerandnetworktotheAxisdevice.
2.StartAXISIPUtility.Allavailabledevicesonthenetworkshowupinthelistautomatically.
3.Toaccessthedevicefromabrowser,double-clickthenameinthelist.
ChangetheIPaddressofadevice
1.StartAXISIPUtility.Allavailabledevicesonthenetworkshowupinthelistautomatically.
2.Right-clickthedeviceinthelistandselectAssignnewIPaddresstoselecteddevice.
3.EnteranavailableIPaddressandclickAssign.
4.Toaccessthedevicefromabrowser,double-clickthenameinthelist.
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AXISDeviceManager
AXISDeviceManager
Accessyourdeviceonthenetwork
1.ConnectpowerandnetworktotheAxisdevice.
2.StartAXISDeviceManager.
3.Toconnecttoaserver,gotoMainmenu>Servers>Newconnection:
-Iftheserverisonthenetwork,selectRemoteserverandselectaserverfromthedrop-downlistorentertheIP
addressorDNSaddressintheRemoteservereld.
-Iftheserverisrunninglocallyonthecomputer,selectThiscomputer.
4.TologinasthecurrentWindowsuser,clickLogin.
IfyouclearLogonascurrentuseryouneedtoenterausernameandpasswordinthenextstep.
5.Adddevices:
-AXISDeviceManagerautomaticallysearchesforAxisdevicesonthenetworkandaddsthemtothelistofdevices.
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AXISDeviceManager
-Tomanuallyadddevices,gotoDevicemanager>ManagedevicesandclickAdddevices
.
Selectwhichdevicesyouwanttoaddfromthelist,clickNext,andthenclickFinish.
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AXISDeviceManager
-ToadddevicesfromanIPrange,gotoDevicemanager>ManagedevicesandclickAdddevicesfromIPrange
.
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AXISDeviceManager
-ToaddadevicefromaspecicIPaddress,gotoDevice
manager>ManagedevicesandclickAdddevicefromaddress
.
6.Toaccessthedevicefromanexternalbrowser,clicktheaddresslinkinthelist.
ChangetheIPaddressesofmultipledevices
TospeeduptheprocessofassigningIPaddresses,AXISDeviceManagersuggestsIPaddressesfromaspeciedrange.
1.InAXISDeviceManager,gotoDevicemanager>Managedevices.
2.SelectthedevicesyouwanttocongureandthenclickAssignIPaddresstoselecteddevices
.
3.IftheDevicemaintenancedialogpopsup,clickYes.
4.SelectAssignthefollowingIPaddressrange.
5.TochangethesuggestedIPaddressrange,entertheIPaddressrangeintheIPrangetexteld.
6.ClickNext.
7.TochangeanyoftheIPaddresses,selectadeviceandclickEditIP.
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AXISDeviceManager
8.ClickFinish.
ChangetheIPaddressofadevice
1.SelectthedeviceyouwanttocongureandthenclickAssignIPaddresstoselecteddevices
.
2.SelectAssignthefollowingIPaddress.
3.EntertheIPaddress,subnetmask,anddefaultrouter.
4.ClickOK.
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Alternativemethods
Alternativemethods
AssignordiscoverIPaddresses
InWindows® ®
®
•UPnP™
UPnPautomaticallydetectsAxisdevicesandaddsthemtoNetworkorMyNetworkPlaces.
Alloperatingsystems
•DHCPserver
ToviewtheadminpagesforthenetworkDHCPserver,seetheserver’suserdocumentation.
•Hostedvideoservices
Toconnecttoahostedvideoservice,seetheserviceprovider’suserdocumentation.Togetmoreinformationandhelpwith
ndingalocalserviceprovider,gotoaxis.com/hosting
Accessthevideostream
YoucanaccessthevideostreamandstillimagesfromtheAxisdeviceindifferentways.
Important
Forthesecommandstowork,thedevicemusthavearootaccount.
•StillJPEGimagesinabrowser:enterthepathhttp://<ip-address>/axis-cgi/jpg/image.cgi
•RTSPstreamingthroughmostmediaplayers(forexampleVLC):enterthepathrtsp://<ip-address>/axis-
media/media.amp
•ONVIFstreaming(fordeviceswithanONVIFusercongured):enterthepathrtsp://<ip-address>/onvif-
media/media.amp
YoucanndmorewaystoaccessthevideostreaminVAPIX®Library.
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Improveyourdevice'ssecurity
Improveyourdevice'ssecurity
Securepasswords
Important
Axisdevicessendtheinitiallysetpasswordincleartextoverthenetwork.Toprotectyourdeviceaftertherstlogin,set
upasecureandencryptedHTTPSconnectionandthenchangethepassword.
Thedevicepasswordistheprimaryprotectionforyourdataandservices.Axisdevicesdonotimposeapasswordpolicyasthey
maybeusedinvarioustypesofinstallations.
Toprotectyourdatawestronglyrecommendthatyou:
•Useapasswordwithatleast8characters,preferablycreatedbyapasswordgenerator.
•Don’texposethepassword.
•Changethepasswordatarecurringinterval,atleastonceayear.
Setanewpasswordfortherootaccount
Important
Thedefaultadministratorusernameisroot.Ifthepasswordforrootislost,resetthedevicetofactorydefaultsettings.See
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
www.axis.com/products/online-manual/i90000#t10098905
Supporttip:Passwordsecurityconrmationcheck
1.Typeapassword.Followtheinstructionsaboutsecurepasswords.SeeSecurepasswordsonpage1 1.
2.Retypethepasswordtoconrmthespelling.
3.ClickCreatelogin.Thepasswordhasnowbeencongured.
Aboutuseraccounts
Thedefaultrootaccounthasfullprivilegesandshouldbereservedforadministrativetasks.Alwayscreateauseraccountwithlimited
privilegesfordailyuse.Thisreducestheexposureoftheadministrativeaccount.
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HowtoassignanIPaddressandaccessyourdeviceDate:June2021
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