Here is an interesting link on youtube that explains how to set up an IP camera. It describes how to take an Axis camera that has the standard factory defaults and configure it to be available from the public Internet. This includes the steps necessary to configure an IP address on the camera, port forwarding on your access router and dynamic DNS.
All in all, there are about a dozen steps necessary to configure the camera. While not a daunting task for technically sharp person, it is definitely complex and error prone. Over the next few posts, I’ll look at some of the reasons why it is difficult to do and what our Industry could do to simplify this process.
