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==== 2.5 Configuring a Static IP ====

First things first, you want to give your camera a static IP address. For instance, if you choose 192.168.5.19, you set it so you always know where to find it. This is necessary; imagine your system goes offline for a few minutes and something steals your camera’s IP address, and now your security camera recorder is trying to get a video feed from your refrigerator? Sadly, by the time this is published, your fridge might actually have a video feed…

* Configure network settings with a static IP:
** Click '''Configuration'''
** Click '''Network''' on the left side
** Uncheck '''DHCP'''
** Set an '''IPv4 Address''' on your subnet, anything from 192.168.5.5-192.168.5.254 will do here.
** Set the '''IPv4 Default Gateway''' to be your '''pfSense''' router.
** Click '''Test''' to make sure you didn’t screw something up before you save this configuration &amp; can no longer log into your camera.
* Set '''Preferred DNS server''' and '''Alternate DNS server''' to the IP address of your '''pfSense''' router, which in our case is 192.168.5.1.
* '''User management''': Set a username and password for security.

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