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the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway accordingly.
In some rare cases, the camera may be connected to the control center over Internet.
Usually, the most cost efficient way is to use ADSL connection with PPPoE. To avoid the
unexpected changes of IP addresses by Internet Service Provider upon the restart of the
camera, it is recommended to activate a DDNS service for such scenario, and let the control
center connect to the camera by the domain name instead. Please refer to the DDNS
section for more details.
To set the camera in PPPoE mode, set the radio button to PPPoE and key in the User Name
and Password, provided by Internet Service Provider.
After changing any of the items above, press Apply to save the changes. The Reset button
undoes the changes that had just been made but not applied yet.
New IP address settings will only take effect after pressing System -> Save & Reboot.
5-5-2 DNS
The section DNS allows setting up the Domain Name Service
for the camera. The camera will connect to the DNS server when there is a need to
resolve a domain name for sending data to.
The most common usage is the ftp or e-mail server in the Event Handler section is defined
by using domain names. Without having DNS service configured, the camera would not
know how to resolve the domain names of FTP or e-mail servers.
It is possible to configure both Primary and Secondary DNS servers. The Secondary DNS
Server will be used when the connection to the Primary DNS Server fails.