Socks; Smtp (Email); Snmp - Axis 242S User Manual

Maximum bandwidth - Specify, in Mbit/s or kbit/s, the maximum bandwidth that the
Video Server is allowed to use on your network. This is a useful function when connecting
your Video Server to busy or heavily loaded networks. The default setting is Unlimited.
Note:
When using MPEG-4 as the video format, remember that setting a maximum bandwidth value here may
create problems for individual video streams if the maximum value is less than the sum of the bit rates set
for the video streams.
For more information, please see the online help

SOCKS

SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The Video Server can be configured to use a SOCKS
server to reach networks on the other side of a firewall/proxy server. This functionality is
useful if the Video Server is located on a local network behind a firewall, but notifications,
uploads, alarms, etc., need to be sent to a destination outside the local network (e.g. to the
Internet).

SMTP (email)

Enter the host names or addresses for your primary and secondary mail servers in the fields
provided, to enable event and error email messages from the Video Server to predefined
addresses, via SMTP.
If the mail server requires SMTP authentication, check the box for Use authentication to
log in to this server and enter the user name and pass
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