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AXIS P7701 - Accessing the Video Decoder
Setting the root password
1. When accessing the decoder for the first time, the Configure Root Password
dialog appears.
Note:
Before you enter your password at this point, you can secure configuration of
the root password via HTTPS by creating a self-signed certificate. To do so, click
the Create self-signed certificate... button in the Create Certificate window.
2. Enter a password and re-enter to confirm. Click OK.
The Enter Network Password dialog appears.
3. Enter the password set in step 2, and click OK. If the password is lost, the decoder must be reset to the factory default
settings. See page 23.
Note:
The default administrator user name ‘root’ is permanent and cannot be deleted.
Access from the internet
Once connected, the decoder is accessible on your local network (LAN). To access the decoder from the Internet you must
configure your broadband router to allow incoming data traffic to the decoder. To do this, enable the NAT-traversal feature,
which will attempt to automatically configure the router to allow access to the decoder. This is enabled from System Options
> Network > TCP/IP Advanced.
For more information, please see NAT traversal (port mapping) for IPv4, on page 18. See also the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS
Service at www.axiscam.net For Technical notes on this and other topics, visit the Axis Support web at www.axis.com/techsup
Notes:
• HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over SSL) is a protocol used to encrypt the traffic between web browsers and
servers. The HTTPS certificate controls the encrypted exchange of information.
• The default administrator user root cannot be deleted.
• If the password for root is lost or forgotten, the video decoder must be reset to the factory default settings. See page
23.
To configure the password directly
via an unencrypted connection, enter
the password here.
To create an HTTPS connection,
click this button.