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  • Page 1

    V2.01 Model: FI9802W Quick Inst allation Guide Out door HD Wireless IP Camera For Wind o ws OS ------- Page 1 Fo r M A C OS ------- Page 16 ShenZhen Foscam Intelligent T e chnology Co., Ltd[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 1 - Quick Inst allation G uide For Windo w s OS  HD IP Cam era FI 9802 W x 1  DC Power Adapter ( 12 V -2.0A) x 1  Network Cable x 1  Wi -Fi Antenna . x 1  Mounting Bracke t . x 1  Quick Inst allation Guide x 1  CD -ROM with Setup Sof tware . x 1  Warranty Card x 1 Package[...]

  • Page 3

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 2 - 1) Open the p ackage . T ake the camera out of the box carefully . 2) Mount the antenna. Then take the W i-Fi antenna, mount it on the SMA con nector on the back of the camera, screw the antenna into the port, and make the antenna stand vertically . Figure 1.1 - Mount the antenna Figure 1.2 [...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 3 - Double click the IP Camera T ool icon and the follow ing screen should appear . Figure 1. 4 - IP Cam era T ool for Windo w s The IP camera t ool should f ind the camera’s IP a ddress automatically after you plug in the network cable. If no t, please make sure that DHCP is enabled o n your [...]

  • Page 5

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 4 - 3 3 . . 1 1 F F o o r r I I n n t t e e r r n n e e t t E E x x p p l l o o r r e e r r Figure 1.6 - Instal l the ActiveX plugin (Internet Explorer) After inst a lling the plugin, refresh the browser and you wil l be able to see the live video screen. Figure 1.7 – The Live Video Pag e Clic[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 5 - 3 3 . . 2 2 F F o o r r F F i i r r e e f f o o x x If this is your first time logging in on Firefox , it may prompt you to download the plugin. Figure 1.8 - Download the plugin (Firefox) Drag the download file in to Firefox web page and it will prompt you to install it. Figure 1.9 - Inst al[...]

  • Page 7

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 6 - 3.3 For Google Chrome If this is your first time logging in to the camera with Google Chro me , it will prompt you to download the plugin as in Figure 1. 8. Download the plugin and drag it to the Extensions p age of Google Chrome. Figure 2.0 – The Extensions p a ge in Google Chrome Click t[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 7 - Congratulations! Y ou ha ve succeeded in accessing the c amera by a wired connection. Be sure to leave all other menu options alone until finishing the rest of the inst allation. If you only see a black screen with a red cross in the center, please try anoth er port number instead of the def[...]

  • Page 9

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 8 - Figure 2.3 - Wireless Settings Step 3: Please click on the Save button after a ll settings have been entered and disconnect the network cable. Never sh ut down the pow er of the camera until the IP camera is able to connect to the wireless network. The LAN IP address will disappear on the w [...]

  • Page 10

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 9 - We have b een a ble to access th e camera within the LAN network, and have set up a wireless connection, but how do we access the camera via WAN or from outside networks through the internet ? We have to se t up Remote Access via Port Forwarding before we ca n access the camera out side of o[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 10 - Figure 2.4 – Click on Network Configuration Figure 2.5 – Changing the port in IP Camera Tool. Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default usern ame is admin with a blank password ), and click “OK” to apply chang es. Step 3: Wait a round 10 seconds, you’ll[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 1 1 - Figure 2.6 – Static IP address and port 2000 set in IP Camera Tool How do we assign a different Media Port fo r the camera? Login to th e c a mera; th en click on Settings at the top, then click Network on the left side. Next, click the Port section. Figure 2.7 – The Port Settings page[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 12 - 5.1 S t atic IP Address es Users who ha ve static IP add resses do not ne ed to set DDNS ser vice sett ings for remo te access. W hen you have f inished connecting the c a mera using the L AN IP address and port f orwarding, yo u can access the camera directly from the Internet using th e W[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 13 - 5.2 Dynamic IP Addresses DDNS is a service that allows y our IP Camera, especially w hen assigned with a dynamic IP address, to have a f ixed ho st a nd domain name. This means that even though your WAN IP address is constantly changing, y ou w ill have a f ixed hostname y ou can use to acc[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 14 - Figure 2.8 - Port forwarding in a Linksys Router Use the embedde d DDNS to access the camera v ia the Internet Each Foscam camera has an embedded uniq u e DDNS domain name, the fo rmat of th is domain name is xxxxxx.myfoscam.org. On the bottom of the camera, you can see the domain name stic[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 15 - If you want to use a Third Party Domain name, please read th e Remote Access section in the User Manual on how to set it. Congratulations! Y ou have finished the quick installation guide of the camera. Please refer to the electronic user manual in the CD -ROM for other settings such as A la[...]

  • Page 17

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 16 - Quick Inst allation Guide For MAC OS  HD IP Cam era FI98 02 W x 1  DC Power Adapter ( 12 V -2.0A) x 1  Network Cable x 1  Wi -Fi Antenna . x 1  Mounting Bracke t . x 1  Quick Inst allation Guide x 1  CD -ROM with Setup Sof tware . x 1  Warranty Card x 1 Quick Inst al[...]

  • Page 18

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 17 - 1) Open the p ackage . T ake the camera out of the box carefully . 2) Mount the antenna. Then take the W i-Fi antenna, mount it on the SMA con nector on the back of the camera, screw the antenna into the port, and make the antenna stand vertically . Figure 1.1 - Mount the antenna Figure 1.2[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 18 - Double click the IP Camera T ool icon and the following screen should appear . Figure 1. 4 - IP Cam era T ool for Mac The IP camera tool should find the camera’s IP address aut omatically after you plug in the network cable. If not, please make sure that DHCP is enabled on your router and[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 19 - Figure 1. 6 - Download the plugin for Safari Figure 1. 7 - Click Continue to st art the inst a llation During the install ation, you may receive a pop-up dialogue asking for your password, enter the login password and allow the plugin to install. Click here to download the plugin[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 20 - Figure 1. 8 - Enter the p assword to continue the inst allation Click Inst all to finish the inst a llation. After the inst a llation, close and reopen the b rowser then the plugin will take effect, log into the camera again and you w ill be able to see the live video screen. Figure 1. 9 ?[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 21 - NOTE : For MAC OS, here cannot allow Fire fox, Google Chrome to access the camera. Step 1: Choose “ Setti ngs ” on the top of the surv eillance window, and go to the “ Network ” pa nel on the left side of the screen , then click “ Wireless Settings. ” Click the Scan button and t[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 22 - Figure 2.1 - Wireless Settings Step 3: Please click on the Save button after all settings have been entered and disconnect the network cable. Never shut down the power of the camera until the IP camera is able to connect to the wireless network. The LAN IP address will disappear on th e w i[...]

  • Page 24

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 23 - What is the HTT P Port number and Media Port nu mber, ho w do w e chang e it? This camera supports HTTP Port and M edia Port. The Media port is use d to view the camera’s v ide o stream, HTTP Port is used to access the camera remotely. If you want to access the camer a and view the video,[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 24 - Figure 2.3 – Changing the port in IP Camera T ool Step 2: Enter the username and password of the Administrator (default username is admin with a blank password), and click “OK” to apply changes. Step 3: Wait around 10 seconds; you’ll see that the camera’s LAN IP address has change[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 25 - Figure 2.5 – The Port Settings page. This page allows you to change the Media port and HTTP port, howev e r, remember that the two ports need to be different. Once you change the Media port, click save to save the settings, y ou may need to wait about 10 seconds for the information to be [...]

  • Page 27

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 26 - Figure 2.6 – This is your WAN IP address (external IP address). A ccess y our I P Ca mer a from the Inte rnet You can access the IP Camera from the Internet (remote access). E nter the W AN IP address and port number in your standard browser. For example, you would enter http:// 183.37.28[...]

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    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 27 - What is Port fo rwarding ? If you have never done port forw arding before, you can open and view the following link to understand the basic concept. Port forw arding allows for outside connect ions to access a specific device on your network from anyw h ere in the world. Every router automa[...]

  • Page 29

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 28 - Figure 2.7 – Port forwarding in a Linksys Router Use the embedde d DDNS to access the camera via th e Internet Each Foscam camera has an embedded unique DDNS domain name, the format of this do main name is xxxxxx.myfoscam.org. On the bottom of the camera, you can see the domain name stick[...]

  • Page 30

    FI9802 W Quick In st allation Guide www .foscam.com - 29 - If you want to use a Third Party Domain name, please read the Remote Access section in t he User Manual on how to set it. Congratulations! You have finished the quick installation guide of the camera. Please refer to the electronic user manual in the CD-ROM for other settings such as Alarm [...]