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11.11.3 Connecting to a WebCam Server

1. Click

Host on the menu bar, and select Connection. Or you can click the Connection button on

the toolbar. This dialog box appears.

Figure 11-59

2. To add a WebCam server to be connected to, click Add.

3. Type host name, IP addresses, user name and password of the WebCam server. Modify the port

if necessary.

4. Click

OK. If the connection is established, the WebCam server shows up in the Host List.

5. You can add up to 10 WebCam servers by repeating above steps.

6. To stop the connection, select the host and click the Disconnect button.

7. Up to 5 users of the Bandwidth Control programs can connect to a single WebCam server for

network traffic monitoring. However, only one user has access to bandwidth settings. When this

user clicks the Give Up Control button, the user no longer controls the WebCam server.

Whoever clicks the Get Control button first has access to bandwidth settings. For bandwidth

settings, see Controlling a WebCam Server later in this chapter.

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