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4.6.3.7 System - Network - Zeroconfig
Zeroconfig allows the network camera to create and assign IP address for network cameras and connect to a
network automatically.
Zero configuration networking (zeroconf), is a set of techniques that automatically creates a usable
Internet
Protocol
(IP) network without manual operator intervention or special configuration servers.
Zero configuration networking allows devices such as computers and printers to connect to a network
automatically. Without zeroconf, a network administrator must set up services, such as
Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) and
Domain Name System
(DNS), or configure each computer's
network settings manually, which may be difficult and time-consuming.
Zeroconf is built on three core technologies:
•
Assignment of numeric network addresses for networked devices (
link-local address
auto
configuration)
•
Automatic resolution and distribution of computer
hostnames
(multicast DNS)
•
Automatic location of network services, such as printing devices through DNS
service discovery
.