Humm...Not much support until now

Maybe I should try to be more specific or tackle one problem at a time...

We have the system working on one computer but we can't see it/access it from any other computer on the same network...

When I type in the IP of the machine from another computer(with the port 1280), it looks like I am in the right place since it tells me that it needs to install an ActiveX control. Although I try to play with the security settings like I read in many posts, it still does not work.

The good news is that we have one machine on the network that was used by the previous IT Guy that seems to have the ActiveX control installed for IE, and from that machine only, I do get to the NetVison interface. But when I try to login, either with the default admin username or the user that I created with manager permissions, nothing happens. Also, nothing is listed in the camera dropdown list.

I may have the wrong admin password(it might have been changed, but I know the password of the user that I created.
Do I need to give specific access to that new user or simply making it a manager is enough.

Do I need to do something else in the settings to say that the system should be accessible on the network?
I have checked the box that says PDA access already.

Ultimately, I don't car about local network access and that one machine would be good enough for us.
What they really want is to be able to access the system remotely for smart phones. But I figure that if I can't even access it locally on the same network, then I would be wasting my time to try remotely. Am I wrong?

I have installed the app on my android phone, but when I try to enter the IP of the machine it tells me login failed.

Which IP should I enter on the smart phone and do I need to open ports, forward ports, etc...

For now I would like to try to make it work locally just to make sure before I try the rest or tell them that we need a new system.

Thanks.