Using your D-Link 900W and TZO DDNS

	Using TZO Dynamic DNS with your D-Link 900W IP Camera
	You can now use TZO with many of the D-Link cameras. This tutorial explains how to administer your D-Link 900W wireless camera with the TZO Dynamic DNS. You must have the latest firmware (V2.20) from D-Link to use the TZO DDNS service within the IP Camera. If you have other D-Link IP cameras, this tutorial will give you a similar experience in configuring your other IP cams with the TZO DDNS. Other cameras from D-Link that have TZO DDNS support are models 1000, 2000, and the 5300 series.

	The first step is to configure your D-Link 900W camera using your web browser. This tutorial assumes you used the setup wizard included with the camera and have the camera working on your LAN on port 80. Once you have done this, you can complete the configuration and the DDNS setup using the examples below. In this example, the camera is using a static IP address on our LAN. Our Cable modem is using a Dynamic IP address, so this is why we need to set up the TZO DDNS, so we can log into the camera remotely and also we can configure the camera from a remote location. Step 1) Below is a screenshot of the main D-Link 900W Screen. This shows a single frame from the camera and a few buttons to select from. We set our cam to 10.1.1.100 and used that IP in our browser to gain access to the camera. We have no password set, but we urge you to also set a password after you complete the setup. Click the SETUP button to gain access to the camera settings as shown circled below, and continue on to the next step.

	The main screen of the D-Link 900W IP camera. (Click to Enlarge)

	Step 2) Now that you are in the Settings area, as seen in the screenshot below, you can modify the DDNS settings and put in your TZO account information. Before you input your TZO account information, you need to make sure you have a TZO account. If you do not, you need to sign up with a free trial of TZO DDNS. If you already have a free trial, or already have a current TZO account and a domain name, please skip to the step 4
	Step 3) Below is a screenshot of the TZO.COM signup page where you need to go to sign up with a free trial for your D-Link 900W camera. You should enter in your choice for your domain name, and then your email address, and TZO will send you a trial key immediately. Once you get the email with your TZO trial information, you should write down your TZO DOMAIN name, and your TZO Key before proceeding to step 4.
	The Signup page for your free trial of the TZO Dynamic DNS (Click to Enlarge)
	Step 4) Now that you have your TZO Domain and TZO KEY written down, you are ready to proceed and enter in your domain as shown in the screenshot below. When we signed up for the free trial, we selected the domain name MYCAM.TZO.NET We now want to enter that domain name as shown in the screenshot below. DO NOT USE THE WWW when entering in the domain name. In our example, we entered in MYCAM.TZO.NET, and then input the email address and the TZO Key. Once you check the domain name to make sure you entered it properly, scroll down and click the APPLY button.

	The D-Link 900W Wireless IP camera settings screen (Click to Enlarge)

	You now have your domain name resolving to your WAN IP address of your cable or DSL modem. You can now use your camera with your domain name, but you need to open some ports in your router if you have a firewall or router in your network. Keep in mind that when you are located on the same INTERNAL LAN as the camera, you should use the internal IP to use the camera and administer the camera. Some routers have issues with the Loopback and cannot re-route the domain name back internally. The best test is to have a friend attempt to connect to the camera from a remote location using their web browser. The most common problem that causes the connection to fail would be unopened ports. In order to use the camera, a port must be opened and forwarded to the IP address of the camera if you have a router between the camera and your broadband modem. D-Link has a very nice tutorial on their website on how to use port forwarding with your D-Link IP camera and a D-Link router. This tutorial from D-Link will assist you in configuring the cameras port (other than 80) and will also give an example of opening that alternate port in your D-Link router. See the screenshot below, this shows the main SETUP screen and the option to change the port. If you are forced to run your camera on a port other than 80 due to port blocking issues, TZO also has Web/HTTP Relay services. These services are designed to assist in your port forwarding issues, blocked inbound port 80 issues and more. Please see the TZO website for more details on these additional port relay services at http://www.tzo.com

	The D-Link 900W IP camera Port selection (Click to Enlarge)