On their own, these computers are incapable of any external communication, just like the houses with no roads.īut that’s where the almighty Ethernet cable comes into play. In an office, for instance, you might have nine individual computers. You’ve probably guessed by now that the houses in this illustration represent some kind of electronic device, like a computer. Any resident could visit any of their neighbors and have a chat, borrow or lend sugar, collect information, et cetera. Once each house is connected to every other house, proper communication can take place within the neighborhood and only within the neighborhood. In order to build an effective network of communication in this neighborhood, we would need to lay some roads. (You’re right, they would probably just walk anyway since they’re neighbors, but let’s imagine for the sake of this illustration that they can’t.) If one of these residents wanted to, say, borrow a cup of sugar from their neighbor, there would be no path for them to get from point A to point B. The houses aren’t connected to any other house. Do you notice anything missing? There are no roads. Here are nine houses in the same neighborhood. A Local Area Network: Bridging Multiple Devices Together That’s where we’re headed throughout the reset of this blog post. To unpack this definition, we have to understand what a “network” is, what the “Internet” is, and how Internet Protocol (IP) cameras work.
But without this Internet connection, you can only access your cameras from devices located on the same network as the cameras themselves
Yes, it is possible to install your IP security camera without connecting it to the Internet.
Which raises the question: is it even possible to install an IP camera without an Internet connection? That said, if you install IP security cameras on a regular basis, you’re bound to come across a situation where you need to install a camera in a place where there is no Internet access. The Internet is everywhere, and these days it’s hard to imagine a life without it.