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Vivotek 8332

Network Camera Setup Manual

for the RavenShoeSecurity.com

Internet Recording Service

Copyright © 2012 RavenShoeSecurity.com Vivotek 8332 Setup Manual v2012-04-03(1)

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Table of Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 Preparation ........................................................................................................................ 5

8332 root Login Credentials ........................................................................................... 5 Internet Connection ......................................................................................................... 5 Access to Camera’s Internal Website ............................................................................. 7

Vivotek Setup Software .............................................................................................. 7 Camera Setup Procedure .............................................................................................. 10

Step 1: Initial Power Up ................................................................................................ 10 Step 2: Access the Camera’s Admin Functions ............................................................ 10 Step 3: Set the Camera Time ........................................................................................ 13 Step 4: Video................................................................................................................. 14 Step 5: Motion detection ............................................................................................... 17 Step 6: Application ....................................................................................................... 22

Motion Event ............................................................................................................ 23 Ftp Server .................................................................................................................. 24 Snapshot Parameters ................................................................................................. 28 Video Clip Parameters .............................................................................................. 29 Finalize Motion Event Settings ................................................................................. 30 Periodic Event ........................................................................................................... 32

Video Clip Access .......................................................................................................... 35 Micro SD Maintenance ................................................................................................. 35

Format ....................................................................................................................... 36 Mass Downloading Using FileZilla ............................................................................. 39

Downloading FileZilla Ftp Client ................................................................................. 39 Downloading VLC Video Player .................................................................................. 39 Connect to the 8332’s Internal Ftp Server .................................................................... 39 Locating the Video Clips .............................................................................................. 40

Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 43


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Introduction

The Vivotek 8332 is a network camera that is capable of sending motion

activated pictures over the Internet to RavenShoeSecurity.com.

This document gives the step by step instructions needed to set up a 8332

network camera to send motion activated pictures to RavenShoeSecurity.com as

well as optionally record motion activated video clips to the onboard micro SD.

Information is included on retrieving the video clips one by one using the built-

in website or on-mass using ftp.

The skills required to follow these instructions would include:

1) Be able to use a web browser and have experience with the advanced user

features and settings of Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, LinkedIn,

FileZilla, VLC, and so forth.

2) Be able to identify and physically access the Internet router or modem

provided by your telephone or cable company. Be comfortable with

connecting computer devices using RJ45 cables.


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Preparation

In order to set up the camera to operate with RavenShoeSecurity.com you will

need the following items:

8332 root Login Credentials

Internet Connection

Access to the camera’s Internal Website

RavenShoeSecurity.com ftp Account

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For an 8332 out of the box the administrator userID is “root” and the password is

blank. If this has been changed and you do not have this information it will be

necessary to hard reset the camera.

A hard reset is performed by opening the back of the camera and pressing the

reset button with an unfolded paper clip until the status LED rapidly blinks. This

will set all parameters back to their factory default values.

Refer to the user manual for specific instructions on removing the back cover as

the correct procedure is not entirely obvious. The cable grommet must be loosed

up first before unscrewing the back cover. Failure to loosen the cable grommet

before removing the back cover will cause the writing inside the camera to twist

and damage the camera.

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The camera requires an RJ45 Ethernet connection that provides access to the

Internet in the physical area where the camera is being deployed. This cable

should run from the camera site to your router.

Using a PoE (Power Over Ethernet) injector the Ethernet cable can also provide

power, making for a single wire installation.

The camera comes with a short Ethernet cable and a double female adapter.


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It is possible (see user manual) to remove this short cable and plug the Ethernet

cable from the router directly into the motherboard. Sealing this cable with the

included cable grommet would make for a more weatherproof install since the

connections would be protected from the elements inside the camera housing.

The router is usually a single box that your ISP (Internet Service Provider)

installs to provide Internet service. These single boxes are actually a combo of

modem and router all-in-one. Other times the ISP provides just a modem, and

you add your own router to the mix, which may or may not provide a WiFi

access point. For the purposes of this discussion the router and modem are

assumed to be integrated into one appliance referred to as simply a router.

The router does require power and generally has a few flashing lights. The router

can be identified by a connection from your physical cable TV wire or physical

phone line into the router. This physical wire is the electronic path to and from

the Internet. In a home environment the router is often installed near a TV, if it

has been provided by a cable TV company. In an office environment there is

often a Telephone Room where routers and other telecom equipment are

installed.

Routers generally have 4 or more RJ45 Ethernet connectors to plug in devices

(computers, Internet radios, etc). Some routers also provide wireless access using

WiFi and may or may not have one to three antennae. Any devices connected to

the router either physically with an RJ45 Ethernet cable or wirelessly through

WiFi are said to be on the LAN (Local Area Network).

Devices on the LAN can initiate connections with other devices on the LAN or

the Internet (known as the WAN [Wide Area Network]). However devices on the

WAN are not permitted to initiate connections with devices on the LAN as the

router will not allow it. In this capacity the router functions as a firewall.


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During the setup you will need to connect an Internet Explorer computer

browser to the internal admin website of your camera. While each camera has a

full blown computer inside, there is no keyboard, mouse, or screen. To provide a

human interface for this computer the camera has an “internal website” with

admin and setup functions as well as access to live video. You can access the

admin functions of the camera from a computer connected to the same LAN

(Local Area Network) as the subject camera.

Note that 8332 web access requires an ActiveX control that only works with

Internet Explorer. The first time you visit the 8332’s internal website home page

you will be prompted to install this component. Once installed the ActiveX

control remains in place indefinitely. If you are using Firefox, Chrome, or Safari

(Mac) browsers then some of the internal website functions will not operate.

Vivotek Setup Software

To access the camera first download and install the Vivotek IW2 setup software

for Windows XP and Windows 7:

http://www.vivotek.com/downloads/downloads.php?modelnick=iw2

Scroll down to the Software section to download and install this software. Run

the “IW2” once to make sure it is working. First the software will analyze your

network and then present a pictorial of your LAN configuration as shown below:


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Click on the Next button to see a listing of all the Vivotek cameras on your LAN:


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Double click the subject camera to get Internet Explorer to connect to the

camera’s internal website.

The main purpose of the Vivotek IW2 software will be to find the LAN IP

address of the camera when it powers up and connects to your router.


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Camera Setup Procedure

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To start the camera setup process, first connect the camera to the router using the

supplied RJ45 Ethernet cable. Power the camera up and wait a minute or so for it

to boot up.

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Start the Vivotek setup software known as IW2. Locate your camera in the listing

and double click the entry. Internet Explorer will start up and then you should be

prompted to login to the camera’s internal website:

The User Name is “root”. For a camera out-of-the-box or given a hard reset, the Password is blank. Once logged on you should be presented with the home page:


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If this is the first time that your PC has connected to a Vivotek camera then you should be prompted for permission to install an ActiveX control needed for full access to the website. Note that in the example above the Video Stream was changed to 4 for a smaller image using the list box in the upper left corner. By default the video stream selected on the home page is 1, which provides the full 1280x800 HD resolution video. Click on the Configuration menu option on the bottom left of the page. The following page will be displayed:


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When the [Advanced Mode] menu shows on the bottom left it means the camera is in the Basic Mode of operation. Many administration functions are hidden in this mode. Click on the Advanced Mode menu option to switch show all the admin functions:


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In the System Time section select the appropriate time zone. Check the Enable

Daylight Saving Time box if this is appropriate for your area. Click on the

Automatic radio button. Leave the NTP server blank if you want the camera to

pick a time server for you. Updating Interval should be One Hour. Click the Save

button.


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The first thing we will setup is the video parameters. There are 4 video channels.

We are going to use #1 and #4. Click on the Video menu to see the following

page:

Note that to the left of the Video quality settings for stream 1: there is a small

chevron that points to the right. This convention indicates that there is hidden

information.

Click in the chevron beside Video quality settings for stream 1: to see the following:


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Note that the chevron now points downward indicating that there is no hidden

information.

These are the recommended settings for stream 1 which will be used to record

video clips to the micro SD drive. Click the H.264 radio button. Set Frame size to

1280x800, Maximum frame rate to 30 fps, Intra frame period to ¼ S. For Video quality

check the Constant bit rate radio button and set to 2 Mbps.

Feel free to adjust these to your suiting. Constant bit rate does produce a varying

video quality but SD usage will be directly proportional to the length of the

recording times. Fixed quality, on the other hand, will use varying amounts of

storage for any given second depending on the complexity of the images.

A small frame size is probably the best parameter to reduce if you want to

sacrifice video quality for greater capacity (measured in time) stored on a given

SD card.

Scroll down a little further and click on the chevron beside the Video quality

settings for stream 4: to see this page:


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Video stream 4 is used to send snapshots to RavenShoeSecurity.com. Click the JPEG radio button. Set the Frame size to 640x480, Maximum frame rate to 30 fps, and Video quality to Detailed. Click the Save button.


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The 8332 has very sophisticated motion detection with up to 6 rectangular zones

(up to 3 for day vision and up to 3 for night vision). Each zone has it’s own

Sensitivity and Percentage settings. Refer to the user’s manual for full details.

One great feature of the 8332 is that on the home page video feed it will show the

motion detection areas that are being triggered with red rectangles that match

the one or more of the 6 rectangular motion detection zones.


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To access the motion detection setup pages click on the Motion detection menu

item to see this page:

Click on the New button to create a motion detection rectangle:

Enter a name for this motion detection area in the Window Name box. Set the

Sensitivity and Percentage slide bars. Respectively 80% and 5% are good starting

values.


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Click and hold the blue title bar of the new motion window and drag it around

the scene to place it appropriately. Hover over the edges or corners of the motion

window to get a double arrow cursor then click and drag the size of the

rectangle. You may use up to three separate motion detection windows as shown by

repeatedly clicking on the New button. Click on the title bar of any of these

motion windows to turn the title bar blue, at which point adjustments can be

made using the Sensitivity and Percentage controls on the right.

Motion detection windows are deleted by clicking the small X in the upper right

corner.

Once your have the motion detection window(s) in place click on the Save

button. Wait for the Save windows completed dialog to confirm that the changes

have been processed.


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If this your first experience with the 8332 motion detection we would suggest

that you use one motion window that covers the entire scene named “All” with

starting Sensitivity and Percentage values of 80% and 5% respectively.

The motion area(s) setup above are for day mode only. The 8332 has a separate

set of motion detection windows for night vision. These are accessed by clicking

the Profile button which causes a separate window to pop-up:


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Check the Enable this profile box. Click on the Night mode radio button. Create

between one and three motion windows with Sensitivity and Percentage settings

(as in the day mode motion detection windows) by clicking on the New button.

Click on the Save button when you have the night mode motion settings as

desired. Wait for the Save windows completed dialog before closing the night mode

motion setup window and returning to the day mode motion setup window. Do

not use the main menu until this window has been closed.

If this your first experience with the 8332 motion detection we would suggest

that you use one motion window that covers the entire scene named “All Night”

with starting Sensitivity and Percentage values of 80% and 5% respectively.


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Now that the motion detection zones have been setup the next step will be to

create the 8332 application entries that use these zones to:

1) Send motion activated snapshots to RavenShoeSecurity.com

2) Send hourly snapshots to RavenShoeSecuirty.com

3) Record motion activated video clips to the onboard micro SD

This is where the 8332 really shows off it’s powerful and very flexible

configuration interface.

Click on the Application menu to see this page:


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Motion Event

Under Event Settings click on the Add button. The following window should pop-

up:


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Ftp Server

Under Action click on the Add Server button to see this pop-up window:

In the Server name box enter RavenShoe. Click on the FTP radio button. Set the

Server port to 21. FTP folder name to /. Check the Passive mode box.


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Copy and paste the following from the Settings area of your

RavenShoeSecurity.com home page (shown below) to the 8332 Server Settings

page (shown above).

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RavenShowSecurity.com Settings

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8332 Server Settings Page

ftp Host Server address

ftp UserID User name

ftp Password Password


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Back to the 8332…

Click on the Save button. Click on the Test button to test the ftp connection. Click

on the Close button when done.


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After the Server Settings page closes you should be back at the Event settings

page:


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Snapshot Parameters

Click on the Add Media button to see the following pop-up window:

Enter snapshot into the Media name field. Click the Snapshot radio button. Select

Stream 4 as the Source.

Enter the number of pre-event and post-event images that you want the 8332 to send

on top of the motion triggered image. Normally we use 0, but you may want to

include a couple of more shots before and after depending on your application. Enter the camera name that will be shown on your RavenShoeSecurity.com

account into the File name prefix box.

Check the Add date and time suffix to file name box

Click the Save button. Then Click the Close button to return to the Event Settings

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Video Clip Parameters

Click the Add Media button a second time to setup the recording of video clips.

Enter video_clip into the Media name field. Click on the Video Clip radio button.

Select Stream 1 as the Source.

Enter the number of seconds for Pre-event recording and the Maximum duration of

a video clip. Good starting numbers for these parameters would be 2 and 5

seconds respectively. These values will yield video clips that are between 2 and 5

seconds long. Each video clip will start with the 2 seconds before the motion

event and will continue as long as there is motion detected for up to 3 more

seconds. If motion continues beyond 3 seconds then the camera will record back

to back video clips.

We set the Maximum file size to the maximum value (4MB) and let the Maximum

duration parameter limit the video clip sizes. Enter 4096 into the Maximum file size

field.

Enter a name for the camera in the File name prefix box. All video clip file names

are prefixed with this value. It is a good practice to give each 8332 a unique File

name prefix so that when video clips from multiple cameras are mass downloaded

using ftp the source camera can be easily determined.


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Finalize Motion Event Settings

Click on the Save Button. Click on the Close button to return to the Event Settings

page:

For Event name enter motion_all. Check the Enable this event box. Set Priority to

Normal. Enter 1 for Detect next event after.

Under Trigger click on the Video motion detection radio button. Check the boxes for

the desired motion detect zones that you want used for this event.


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Under Event Schedule check all 7 days-of-the-week boxes and the Always radio

button.

Under Action check the SD box if you have installed a micro SD in the camera.

Select video_clip as the Media.

Under Action check the Ravenshoe box. Select snapshot as the Media.

Click the Save button. Click the Close button to return to the Application page:

Confirm that under Event Settings that motion_all has a status of ON, a V under

each day of the week, 00:00-24:00 for Time, and a Trigger of motion.


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Periodic Event

With motion detection properly tuned up, the 8332 is one of the best network

cameras for low junk image content. That is the 8332 is quite good at only

sending pictures when interesting things are happening.

The downside to this is that when there are long periods of no activity, no

pictures are sent to your RavenShoeSecurity.com account. When you check up

on your camera(s) online, it is difficult to know if a) there genuinely was zero

motion activity, b) your house burned to the ground (hopefully not), or c) there is

some other temporary disruption. Since there are a number of scenarios that can

interrupt the flow of pictures, it is hard to know exactly what might be going on

when there are no images being received. There could be an Internet outage. Or

perhaps a breaker popped when your sister plugged in too many hair dryers?

To address this issue the 8332 can send a snapshot to your

RavenShoeSecurity.com account on a periodic basis to let you know everything

is OK. A one hour interval seems to work well. In that way the latest image from

your network cameras, as recorded on your RavenShoeSecuritylcom home page,

should never be more than one hour old if everything is working properly.


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On the Application page in the Event Settings section click on the Add button to

view this page:

Enter periodic for the Event name. Set the Priority to Normal. Enter 10 for the

Detect next event after.

Under Trigger click the Periodically radio button. Enter 60 in the Trigger every other

box. This will trigger a snapshot every 60 minutes. Feel free to tune this to better

suit your needs.

Under Schedule check all the days-of-the-week boxes. Click the Always radio

button.


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Under Action uncheck the SD box and set the Media to ----None----. As well check

the RavenShoe box and set the Media to snapshot.

Click on the Save button. Click on the Close button to return to the Application

page:

Verify that in the Event Settings section that periodic has a Status of ON, that each

day of the week has a V, the Time is 00:00-24:00, and Trigger is seq.

Yeah! The camera is setup and ready for deployment! Do your best happy dance

in front of the camera and refresh your RavenShoeSecurity.com home page to see

the images. Refer to the section on Video Clip Access to check the HD video of

your dance act.

Keep in mind that every time you physically move the camera you will need to

tune the Motion detection windows unless you are using a simple single motion

detect window that covers the entire scene.


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Video Clip Access

Login to the camera’s internal website and click on the Configuration menu (lower

left). If the [Advanced Mode] menu option is showing then click it to toggle into

Advanced Mode.

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Click on the Local storage menu option to see this page:

In the SD Card Management section click on the two chevrons next to SD card

status and SD card control to see this page:

Ensure that the Enable cyclic storage box is checked and click the Save button.


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Format

To format the micro SD click the Format button. ** Be warned that the camera

does not prompt you to confirm the formatting operation and immediately

starts erasing the micro SD chip ** An empty window pops up like this when

the formatting action begins:

After a period of time (depending on the capacity of the micro SD chip) this

message will appear to confirm the operation is finished:

Click on the chevrons to hide the SD Card Management sections. The Format

button is particularly touchy and should be hidden when not needed.


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Scroll down to the Searching and viewing the records section:

Click the Search button to retrieve a listing of all the available files on the

camera’s micro SD. You may refine your search with the File attributes and

Trigger time criteria.

All the video clips recorded using the application settings specified in this

document will have a Trigger type of Motion, A Media Type of Video Clip, and

Locked status of Unlocked.

A typical video clip listing is shown below:


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Video clips may be bulk deleted, bulk locked, and bulk unlocked, but they can

only be viewed or downloaded through the web interface one file at a time. To

mass download the video clips refer to the section on Mass Downloading Using

FileZilla.


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Mass Downloading Using FileZilla

The 8332 internal camera website supports downloading and viewing video clips

one file at a time. This may be tedious when trying to download a large number

of video clips.

For mass downloading and viewing we recommend using FileZilla to connect to

the 8332’s internal ftp server and transfer the files to a PC or Mac. Then use VLC

(or other media player) to view the downloaded clips.

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FileZilla can be downloaded for PCs and Macs at this link:

http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

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VLC can be downloaded for PCs and Macs at this link:

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The PC (or Mac) running FileZilla and the 8332 camera must be connected to the

same LAN. The PC may be on a WiFi connection. Since the 8332 does not have

WiFi functionality it must be hardwired to the LAN.

Start up FileZilla on the PC. Click on the File/Site Manager menu item. Click on

New Site.

Under the General tab enter the IP address of the 8332 camera (as reported by the

Vivotek setup software IW2) into the Host field. Leave Port blank. Set Protocol to

FTP – File Transfer Protocol. Set Encryption to Use plain FTP. Set Logon Type to

Normal. Set User to root. Enter the camera’s password in the Password box. Click

on the Connect button to initiate a connection.


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You should see a screen very similar to the following:

The Local site section on the left will vary from PC to PC. The Remote site section

on the right is where we will locate the video clips stored on the 8332’s micro SD.

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Under mnt click “? auto” to see this screen:

User auto click “? CF” to see this screen:


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Under CF click “? ncmf” to see this screen:

The video clips should now show up in the lower window. Using the FileZilla

interface you can mass select and drag these files to the Local site side and

FileZilla will start downloading.

Drag the NCMF directory across to the Local site causes FileZilla to transfer all

the files in one step. This can take some time to process. Status is shown in the

bottom area of the FileZilla screen.


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Glossary

DVR – Digital Video Recorder: Device that records video (and optionally sound)

from one or more network cameras.

GB – GigaByte (1,000,000,000 bytes)

IP – Internet Protocol

IR – Infrared: A type of light that network cameras can see but the human cannot

see that is used for night vision.

ISP – Internet Service Provider: Company that provides your Internet Service.

Usually the telephone or cable company.

KB – KiloByte (1,000 bytes)

LAN – Local Area Network: Computer network that is isolated from the Internet

by a router/firewall. A home based WiFi service or Ethernet jacks on the office

wall would be examples of LAN connections.

MB – MegaByte (1,000,000 bytes)

RJ45 – Physical Ethernet connector. Looks like a telephone connector, but bigger.

SSID – Service Set Identifier: Also known as the name of your WiFi network.

UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply: A device that provides continuous power

to computer equipment during short power outages.

URL – Universal Resource Locator: What you type into a browser to go to a

website. Example: www.RavneShoeSecurity.com

VA – Volt Amps: A measure of UPS capacity.

WAN – Wide Area Network. A network that interconnects LANs. Generally

known as the Internet.

WEP/WPA/WPA2 – Encryption methods used for WiFi.


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WiFi – Wireless IP protocol used in homes and businesses

WPS – Wireless Protected Setup: A feature where a button is pressed on the WiFi

router and a new WiFi device at the same time. This causes the router to send the

SSID/key info to the new WiFi device.

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