![]() I set my camera to upload images at 10 second intervals. There is also a free ftp site online called FTP Live, I don’t have any experience using their service so i can’t validate the quality of service they provide. You can setup a free home FTP service using Filezilla server as well. I have my own FTP server at home so I have used that, personally I use the Xlight FTP Pro. If you would like to setup an ftp server for your camera image uploads, you can do so in the “FTP service settings” tab. You can leave everything else similar to how I have it setup. You can input your Gmail username and password in the authentication part as well as set your sender and receiver email. Next we will configure email notification for any motion that is detected. We will go into detail on port forwarding in the next Foscam FI8910W review article (see related posts below). You still have to do port forwarding for this to work and access your camera from anywhere in the world. This also ties your internal camera network address to your internet provider’s IP address. This allows you to have a URL address to your camera from the outside world. Next go into DDNS service settings and enable either the manufacturer’s DDNS or sign up for your own. Once you have made the connection of your choice, you want to do a few tweaks to get the best of your camera, go into Pan & Tilt settings and set the PT speed to 2, this allows for a much smoother pan and tilt experience. ![]() ![]() Foscam FI8910W Review | Tweaking Your Foscam To keep a static IP address for your camera see related posts below on (Static IP and port forwarding). ![]() If the IP address have changed after connecting to the WiFi you can use the software that came with the CD again to find your camera’s current IP address. Now you can unplug the camera from the wired network, if everything is setup correctly it will work on your WiFi network. If you are unsure about the encryption standard, you can obtain this information from your router’s admin panel. Click on scan to find all of the WiFi networks available, select yours and enter the username, password and encryption method for your WiFi network. Once you have done that, go into wireless LAN settings to connect to your WiFi network. I’ve created different accounts for family members as I will be able to log who is viewing the camera everyday. First we will create user accounts on the camera by going to User Settings. Once logged in, you want to click on device management. ![]()
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