HIKVISION HWN-2104H-4P User Manual page 160

Network Video Recorder User Manual
Network Settings Interface
In the General Settings interface, you can configure the following settings: Working Mode,
NIC Type, IPv4 Address, IPv4 Gateway, MTU, DNS DHCP and DNS Server.
The valid value range of MTU is 500 - 9676.
If the DHCP server is available, you can click the checkbox of DHCP to automatically obtain an
IP address and other network settings from that server.
After having configured the general settings, click Apply button to save the settings.
Working Mode
Two 10M/100M/1000M NIC cards are provided and it allows the device to work in the Multi-
address and Net-fault Tolerance modes.
Multi-address Mode: The parameters of the two NIC cards can be configured independently.
You can select LAN1 or LAN2 in the NIC type field for parameter settings.
You can select one NIC card as default route. And then the system is connecting with the
extranet the data will be forwarded through the default route.
Net-fault Tolerance Mode: The two NIC cards use the same IP address, and you can select the
Main NIC to LAN1 or LAN2. By this way, in case of one NIC card failure, the device will
automatically enable the other standby NIC card so as to ensure the normal running of the
whole system.
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