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ADVANCED CONFIGURATION
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Configuration: Network: General
NIC Type: The DVR has the ability to connect to your LAN
(Local Area Network) at various speeds and can adjust
itself accordingly depending on the network traffic. It is
recommended to leave the current default setting for the
best streaming performance.
Enable DHCP: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
is a system where one device on your network (usually a
router) will automatically assign IP addresses to devices
connected to the network. This option is enabled by default
and is the recommended way for the DVR to receive an IP
address from your router.
If you require the DVR to have a static IP address, you will
need to disable this option.
Static: Static networks require all devices to have their IP
addresses manually defined, as there is no device dedicated
to automatically assigning addresses.
IPv4 Address: Just as houses and businesses need to
have an address which identifies their location on the road
network, so too do computers and other devices need
addresses (called IP ADDRESSES) to identify their position
on the electronic network. The DVR uses IPv4 addressing,
which consists of four groups of numbers between 0 and
255, separated by periods. For example, a typical IP address
might be "192.168.1.24" or something similar. The most
important thing when setting the IP address is that nothing
else on your network shares that IP address.
IPv4 Subnet Mask: If the IP address is like a street address,
then a subnetwork is like your neighbourhood. This will
be formatted in a similar way to the IP address (i.e. four
numbers up to 255 separated by periods) but contain very
different numbers. In the above example, the Subnet Mask
might be something like: "255.255.255.0".
IPv4 Default Gateway: This is the address of the "way to
the Internet" - to continue the road analogy, this is like your
local access point to the highway. This is an IP address in the
same format as the others, and is typically very similar to the
IP address of the DVR. To continue the above examples, it
might be something such as: "192.168.1.254".
IPv6 Address 1/2/Default Gateway: IPv6 is the latest
revision of the Internet Protocol (IP). It will eventually replace
the older IPv4 system for assigning IP addresses to devices
on your network. The majority of internet server providers
(ISPs) are still using the IPv4 system but will eventually
transition to IPv6. As the DVR supports IPv6, you will be able
to take advantage of the new system when it arrives.
Mac Address: The Media Access Control address. This is
a unique code which nothing else should share. You can't
change this one - it's hard set when the DVR ships out.
MTU (Bytes): The MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the
size of the largest datagram that can be sent over a network.
It is recommended to leave the default setting.
Preferred DNS Server: "Domain Name System". Everything
on the Internet is located via an IP address - however, for
ease of use, we associate domain names (such as "www.
exampledomainname.com") with those IP addresses. This
index is accessible in many locations online, and we call
those locations "DNS servers".
Alternate DNS Server: A backup DNS server. This is here as
a redundancy - your DVR will probably work without one.
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