Prior to setting up either the DCS-1100 or DCS-1130, you need to assemble a few components:
(DCS-1130 only)
(DCS-1100 or DCS-1130)
Installing the DCS-1100 IP camera is rather simple.
- Decide where you want to place the camera that has convenient access to:
- a electrical outlet
- an Ethernet port - Plug in both the power cord and the Ethernet cable.
At this point, the DCS-1100 is ready for some viewing action. We now need to install the DCS-1130
There are a couple of ways to install the wireless DCS-1130’s. You could install them as a wired device, of course, but why?
The DCS-1130 includes a Wi-Fi protected setup button, which you can try if your router also has this option. It is somewhat tricky on the exact procedure to get the camera and router talking to each other, but this is how it seemed to work for me.
Plug the power cord into an outlet. The LED just below the camera lens will glow red
Open your router in your browser and locate your Wi-Fi Protected Setup page. It will be similar to the following:
Just be sure to look for and find this logo:
Locate and press the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button on the DCS-1130 until it glows a constant blue. At this point, click on the Wi-Fi Protected Setup button on your router webpage.
The Linksys router will pop up a window
and the blue light on the D-Link camera should start blinking (blue). After a short time, you should get this indication from router:
If you did not do it all correctly, you will get the following:
I was impressed that it actually worked, for a couple of reasons.
