Axis Communications AXIS 233D - Manual (Page 39)

39 AXIS 233D - System Options
System Options
Security
User access control is enabled by default, the administrator sets the root password on first
access. Other users are authorized with user names and passwords, or the administrator can
choose to allow anonymous viewer login to the Live View page, as described below:
Users - the user list displays the authorized users and access levels:
User Description
Viewer Provides the lowest level of access, which only allows the user access to the Live View page.
Operator
An Operator can view the Live View page, create and modify event types and adjust certain other
settings. The Operator does not have access to the Systems Options configuration pages.
Administrator An administrator has unrestricted access to the Setup Tools and can determine the registration of all
other users.
User Settings - check the corresponding checkboxes to enable:
• Anonymous viewer login - allows any viewer direct access to the Live View
page.
• Maximum number of simultaneous viewers - enter a value here to restrict the
number of Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 viewers accessing the unit. This is useful if
you need to save on bandwidth. Note that within the limit of 20 users, all multi-
cast viewers count as 1 viewer.
• Anonymous PTZ control login - allows any viewer access to the Pan/Tilt/Zoom
controllers on the Live View page.
IP Address Filtering
Enable IP Address Filtering to allow or deny access to the AXIS 233D. Once enabled, the
IP addresses in the list will be allowed or denied access according to the choice made in the
drop-down list Allow/Deny the following IP addresses.
The administrator can add up to 256 IP address entries to the list (a single entry can
contain multiple IP addresses). The users from these IP addresses need to be specified in the
user list with the appropriate access rights. This is done from Setup > System Options >
Security > Users.
Referrals
To prevent unauthorized clients from including the video stream from the cameras into
external Web pages, check the Referrals checkbox and enter the IP address or Host name
of the computer that hosts the Web pages with the included video stream. Several IP
addresses/host names can be defined and are separated by semicolons (;). This option is
only applicable to Motion JPEG video streams.