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370 User’s Manual
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Multicast
Multicast is group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination
devices simultaneously. After setting multicast, you can send the source data efficiently to
multiple receivers.
Go to
Configuration → Network → Basic Settings → Multicast
for the multicast settings.
IP Address
It stands for the address of multicast host.
Stream Type
The stream type as the multicast source.
Video Port
The video port of the selected stream.
Audio Port
The audio port of the selected stream.
SNMP
You can set the SNMP network management protocol to get the alarm event and exception
messages in network transmission.
Before setting the SNMP, you should download the SNMP software and manage to receive the
device information via SNMP port.
1. Go to the settings page:
Configuration → Network → Advanced Settings → SNMP
.
2. Check
Enable SNMPv1
,
Enable SNMP v2c
or
Enable SNMPv3
.
NOTE:
The SNMP version you select should be the same as that of the SNMP software.
And you also need to use the different version according to the security level required. SNMP v1
is not secure and SNMP v2 requires password for access. And SNMP v3 provides encryption and
if you use the third version, HTTPS protocol must be enabled.
3. Configure the SNMP settings.
4. Click
Save
.
Access to Device via Domain Name
You can use the Dynamic DNS (DDNS) for network access. The dynamic IP address of the
device can be mapped to a domain name resolution server to realize the network access via
domain name.
Registration on the DDNS server is required before configuring the DDNS settings of the device.
1. Refer to
2. Go to the DDNS settings page:
Configuration → Network → Basic Settings → DDNS
.
3. Check Enable
DDNS
and select
DDNS type
.