Scenario: You run several offices or have a small number of shops and would like to install Axis network cameras at multiple locations and be able to monitor them from virtually any location. You require the use of a firewall, video application server and Virtual Private Network.

In the illustration above, video from the two different locations are sent via the Internet for viewing and storage at a computer in a distant building. (Video can also be stored at a host computer of an Internet Service Provider.) Storing images at remote locations eliminates the risk that the intruder will destroy the evidence.

Video from the network cameras can be automatically sent to the host computer when an event occurs, or the host computer can retrieve video from the cameras. The host computer can be a Windows computer running specific software developed by Axis or its Application Development Partners. The program can display real-time images as well as old images. When the images are of a specified age, for example two weeks old, they could be automatically erased.

Set up:

• See Connect to a LAN
• See Internet access
• How to use the Axis network video product behind a firewall or a broadband router