Whenever I buy a new Axis network camera like this Axis M1031-W (wired and wireless network camera) the first thing I do after I unbox it is assign it an IP address on my network.
(Just the other day I posted a Axis M1031-W Network Camera review video)
DHCP will get the camera up and running, but if you want to view and manage the camera with a web browser it’s easiest if you know what address it is.
Axis network cameras work very well for security and surveillance, especially in conjunction with the Axis Camera Station software.
Here is the video showing how to set the IP address on an Axis Network Camera, the M1031-W in this instance.
I have quite a few Axis security cameras doing video surveillance and we record motion event with Axis Camera Station, so if you have questions or comments, please leave them below; or, head over to my support forum and start a new thread.
Thanks for the video on setting up an axis camera. My M1031-W will not take the default root pass even after resetting the camera to factory default settings using the control button. Have you ever had this problem?
Thanks, Russ
I don’t recall that happening.
Have you tried opening a case with Axis tech support?
Hi Roger can you do a youtube of setting up a ip address for a old/new Axis 2130,i brought one second hand but was told it is unused,but i cannot set the ip address,i can get the picture sometimes on a app for my iMac,i rang Axis help and they suggested that it was a hardware problem and to get my money back,which i cannot but i done a factory reset and have it on ethernet cable that comes up for about 7 minutes then loses contact,but when it is up it showed the ip address that they ship with,which it didn’t have before,so i must have reset it,but still cannot set ip or get the ptz to work when it is up i have used the Axis old ip utility which shows a ip address that i set but it will not stay up.thank you for any help Darren
Darren,
I wasn’t aware that they shipped with an IP address, everything I have seen is DHCP – automatic – addressing out of the box.
I would check to make sure it has a *UNIQUE IP and that something else isn’t – for whatever reason – on the same IP. Put a cable between the camera and a pc with nothing else on the network if necessary and share the internet connection of the PC to give it an IP. (or use PC, router, camera all by themselves).
If you think the camera is actually going down as in rebooting or powering down I would try to get my hands on another power supply as my $1000 Axis PTZ was acting funny for a while, then died. Turned out it was just the power supply which I replaced (eBay) and it now works more reliably than before.
Hope that helps.
Roger.