Network; Ip Settings - D-Link DCS-6915 User Manual

Section 3: Advanced Configuration

Network

IP Settings

LAN
Get IP address automatically (DHCP): The camera's default setting is . Please refer to User's
Manual for login with the default IP address. If select , after the IP Camera restarts, users can
search it through the installer program: DeviceSearch.exe, which can be found in "DeviceSearch"
folder in the supplied CD. NOTE: Please make the record of the IP Camera's MAC address, which
can be found in the label of the camera, for identification in the future.
Note: The camera will switch to static IP after 60 seconds if an IP address is not assigned
Use fixed IP address: To setup a static IP address, select and move the cursor to the IP address
field and insert the new IP address, ex. 192.168.7.123; then go to the Default gateway (explained
later) and change the setting, eg. 192.168.7.254.
IP address: This is necessary for network identification.
Subnet mask: It is used to determine if the destination is in the same subnet. The default
value is "255.255.255.0".
Default gateway: This is the gateway used to forward frames to destinations from a different
subnet. An invalid gateway setting will fail to transmit to destinations in a different subnet.
Primary DNS: The Primary DNS is the primary domain name server that translates hostnames
into IP addresses.
Secondary DNS: The Secondary DNS is a secondary domain name server that backups the
primary DNS.
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