EZWatch Pro 3.1 - Manual (Page 140)

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will need to open up ports 1201, 1001, 1501, 1901 and 80 or 8000. If not
opened, the firewall will block the incoming request and you will not be able
to connect. If you are using W indow ’s X P w ith S ervice Pack 2 Installed, then
you are behind a Firewall. S ervice Pack 2 in W indow ’s X P has a built in
Firew all that is autom atically enabled on system start up. S o if you’re using
W indow ’s X P w ith S ervice Pack 2, you w ill need to open up ports 1201, 1001,
1501, 1901 and 80 or 8000 to allow the incoming connection. Follow the
steps below to open the ports.
First, click “S tart”, then go to “C ontrol Panel”. In the C ontrol Panel, click on
the “S ecurity C enter” icon. This should bring up the W indow ’s S ecurity
C enter w indow . A t the bottom of this page, click on “W ind ow s Firew all”, and
it will bring up the Windows Firewall page. Here you will click on the
“Exceptions” tab, and then click “A dd Port” at the bottom to add the ports.
You will need to add ports, one for , 1001, 1201, 1901 and 80 or 8000 as
shown below. After you have added both ports, you can click “O k” to save
your settings.
TIP: If you are behind a router or hardware firewall, you can disable
windows firewall or any other software firewall on the computer. This allows
total access for all the EZWatch applications and makes it easier to setup
remote access. You do not need to worry about not having a firewall since a
router acts as a firewall.
Step #7: How to setup the Internet Explorer browser server or
EzWebServer:
The following will help you to set up EzWebServer so you can view your
camera system from a remote location via Internet Explorer.