SV-HVR2800 Series DVR User Manual
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6 Network Settings
6.1 General
Network Access:
Here you can choose between the three different types of networks
that the DVR can be connected to. The three types of networks are:
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.
STATIC: Static networks require all devices
to have their IP addresses manually defined,
as there is no device dedicated to
automatically assigning addresses.
PPPoE: An advanced protocol that allows
the DVR to be more directly connected via a
DSL modem. This is an option for advanced users only.
IP 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.
Subnet Mask:
If the IP address is like a street address, then a sub network is like your
neighborhood. This will be formatted in a similar way to the IP address.
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.
Auto DNS / Static DNS:
Choose how you’d like to define your DNS servers. We
recommend leaving it on Auto unless you’ve got a specific reason not to.
Auto DNS: The DVR will automatically choose a DNS server. This is the recommended
setting.