VIVOTEK
User's Manual - 43
HTTP
Advanced Mode
ToutilizeHTTPauthentication,makesurethatyourhavesetapasswordfortheNetworkCamerarst
please refer to Security on page 26 for details.
Authentication: Depending on your network security requirements, the Network Camera provides two
types of security settings for an HTTP transaction: basic and digest.
If basicauthenticationisselected,thepasswordissentinplaintextformatandtherecanbepotential
risks of being intercepted. If digest authentication is selected, user credentials are encrypted using MD5
algorithm and thus provide better protection against unauthorized accesses.
HTTP port / Secondary HTTP port: By default, the HTTP port is set to 80 and the secondary HTTP port is
set to 8080. They can also be assigned to another port number between 1025 and 65535. If the ports are
incorrectly assigned, the following warning messages will be displayed:
To access the Network Camera on the LAN, both the HTTP port and secondary HTTP port can be used
toaccesstheNetworkCamera.Forexample,whentheHTTPportissetto80andthesecondaryHTTP
port is set to 8080, refer to the list below for the Network Camera’s IP address.
Access name for stream 1 ~ 5: This Network camera supports multiple streams simultaneously. The
access name is used to differentiate the streaming source. Users can click Conguration>Audioand
Video>VideoSettings to set up the video quality of linked streams. For more information about how to
set up the video quality, please refer to Viewing Windows on page 57.
WhenusingMozillaFirefoxor NetscapetoaccesstheNetworkCameraandthevideo modeissetto
JPEG,userswillreceivevideocomprisedofcontinuousJPEGimages.Thistechnology,knownas“server
push”,allowstheNetworkCameratofeedlivepicturestoMozillaFirefoxandNetscape.
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