Basic Guide on Setting Up Your Focam Camera
I have taken the time to explain the Foscam Wireless IP Camera setup instructions in language that is clear and understable and which includes a step-by-step tutorial on how to setup your wireless router. After this you should continue on to the Wireless Setup Guide to make your Foscam IP Camera Wireless. And then continue on to the Port Forwarding Guide to view your camera live on the internet from anywhere in the world.
Setting up the Camera. What do you need?
Materials:
1) Your Foscam IP Camera
2) DC Power Supply
3) Ethernet network cable (RJ-45)
4) Wireless Router
5) Cable/DSL Modem with live Internet Connection
6) Computer
7) IP Camera Tools Software – comes on the CD or available at our website under the “Tools & Support” section.
Step-by-Step Installation Instructions:
Step 1.) Plug the ethernet cable into your Foscam IP Camera and then into your Wireless Router.
Step 2.) Plug the power cable into the camera and then into the power outlet. Wait 45 seconds. The green LED should go on and the camera will start to rotate around and then come to a rest.
Step 3.) Install “IP Camera Tools” on your computer by double clicking on IPCamSetup.exe on the included CD or by downloading it from our website at www.foscam.us on the Tools & Support page. Also, please note that if you are running a Wifi 802.11/n wireless router then you will be
required to make sure your router settings are changed to 802.11/bg.)
Step 4.) Once IP Camera Tools is installed, double click the icon on the desktop to open it up.
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Step 5.) One of three things will happen:
I) Ideally, your camera should appear in the IP Camera Tools window and have an IP address assigned to it. It will look something similar to “Anonymous Http://192…..”. If this happens immediately go to Step 6;
II) The second best sitatuation would be for the screen to say “Anonymous Subnet doesn’t match, dbclick to change!” If this happens just follow the prompt and double click on the words. The quick fix is to check the box “Obtain IP from DHCP server” and click “OK”, then close the IP Camera Tool program, wait 30 seconds, re-open it and your camera should appear. If that works go on to Step 6; if not;
III)
- Find out your subnet mask in Windows by clicking Start > Select or type “Run” into the text field and press “enter” > type “Cmd” and “enter” > Type the words “ipconfig” and press enter.
- You will see “Subnet Mask………255.255.255.0″ or a similar number towards the top.
- Copy that number into the “Subnet Mask” field in the IP Tools Network Configuration menu after you double click “Anonymous Subnet doesn’t match, dbclick to change!.”
- Restart IP Camera Tool program and the camera should appear in the window – Goto Step 7. [Please be sure to wait a full 45 seconds for the camera to properly restart before expecting it to reappear each time settings are changed. (If you are still failing here give me a call, you may need a replacement).]
Step 6.) Double click on your camera in IP Tools to open it, or copy the address “http://192…” into any browser or your iphone!

Step 7.) Once you get to the login page, enter username: “admin” and password: ” ” (i.e., leave password blank). Click “Login”. Please note that there are two “Login” buttons and if you are using Firefox or Google Chrome you need to press the second “Login” button.

Step 8.) Once you are in and can view the camera, you are ready to take it wireless. Please continue on to Guide to Setting Up Your Foscam FI8908W Wirelessly
Best Regards
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April 21st, 2010 at 6:33 am
i would like to know what nvr or dvr or RS-DVR recommended for Foscam Wireless Indoor WPA Internet IP Camera FI8908W (Black)
Foscam Wireless Indoor WPA Internet IP Camera FI8908W as of now i cant find a wifi nvr that would be best for this
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Keen, thanks for posting!
June 17th, 2010 at 6:37 am
What is captcha code, pls provide me captcha code codes or plugin, Thanks in advance.
July 7th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
My Ip address rotates every couple of days (Verizon), is there an easy way to stop this as I have to check my ip everyday before I leave for work and it would be nice to have a steady access IP address for when I am on vacation
thanks
August 14th, 2010 at 2:59 am
Hey Mike, check out http://www.dyndns.com/
There you can download a program which monitors your IP address.
They then give you a link which acts as your ip address. Pretty neat.
October 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
my ip camera tool is blank.. i have 3 new foscam’s and none of them appear in the ip camera tool.. please help!!
November 18th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
I am setting up on a mac. Cannot get ip address from dhcp to fixed (192.168.1.18) Router 192.168.1.1 Subnet 255.255.255.0
Using Securityspy.
When I set it gives me error: illegal params.
Help!!!
December 1st, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I’m interested on how to setup the FTP upload for images. FTP User = anonymous upload will work just fine. However, FTP User = a local user name on the FTP server will not work: when I click on Test I get “Test … Failed Can not access the folder. Please be sure the folder exists and your account is authorized”.
I double-checked with a Linksys IP camera and the Linksys works just fine with a local user name and password.
December 25th, 2010 at 3:57 am
the led’s dont blink on the back of my cam i tried other cat 5 cables and no change any thoughts
January 12th, 2011 at 3:08 am
how do i set my camera up to send me the alarm picture to my email?
January 16th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Once i have my ip cameras configured, how do i go about recording it onto my computer harddrive?
January 29th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Can the wireless router that has a notebook computer connected to it also have security cameras connected to it?
January 29th, 2011 at 5:16 pm
I couldn’t find the camera in the IP Camera Tool. All it gave me was the option to remove the software. Help!!!
February 1st, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I am not at the location where the camera will be used, Can I Proram my camera with the new wireless router I have at my current location and then plug this wireless router in to the wireless router at the location where the camera will be used. Will both wireless routers communicate and my camera work?
February 4th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
I can use my external IP with the port number to remotely view my camera on my Windows 7 laptop but not on my Vista laptop. To see the camera on the Vista machine I have to be connected to my network and enter the camera’s IP. Please help.
February 13th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
I just got my new F18905W working. Initially I was having problems and thought it must be defective, because I could not get a successful ethernet connection. However, I began to wonder whether it was having problems with GBit LAN. To test this idea I connected an old 100 MBit switch to the GBit port and…. Bingo! Everything has gone pretty smoothly from thereon — and of course once I had it working wirelessly (using WPA2-PSK AES) the 100 MBit switch can be removed.
Is the inability to handle GBit LAN a bug that can be fixed?
February 14th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Good write-up, but that doesn’t always seem to be compatible with my router ip address, any helpful hints?