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Below is an explanation of fields on the IP Filter settings screen:
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Enable: This checkbox allows the user to enable the IP Filter feature. Many of the other fields below
cannot be edited if this checkbox is not checked.
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Type: This dropdown box allows the user to select an IP address type. There are two types of IP
addresses that can be used by this feature. Only one of them can be activated at a time.
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Trusted Sites: This setting allows the user to enter trusted IP addresses. All other addresses will be
blocked.
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Blocked Sites: This setting allows all IP addresses, but blocks the ones that are specified.
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Start Address/End Address: This field allows the user to enter IP addresses, and depending on which
button is clicked, it can either add a single IP address, or a section of IP addresses to the IP Filter list.
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The DVR can support a maximum of 64 IP addresses on this list.
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Newly added IP addresses are enabled by default but can be disabled or added to the block list. If the
system is in trusted sites mode, select the IP address, and delete it to remove it from the list. If the
system is in blocked sites mode, add the IP address to the blocked sites list to prevent that IP from
getting access.
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The IP address column supports both IPV4 and IPV6 IP address formats. For IPV6 addresses, the
system can optimize them to make the addresses more readable.
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aa:0000: 00: 00aa: 00aa: 00aa: 00aa: 00aa can be optimized to aa::
aa: aa: aa: aa: aa: aa
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IP addresses automatically have spaces before or after the address removed as they are entered.
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For adding a single IP, enter it in the Start Address field. For entering in a section of IP addresses,
enter in IP addresses in both fields, ensuring that the larger number IP address is in the End Address
field.
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Note: The system also supports the adding of MAC addresses.
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Delete: This button allows a user to remove a specific IP address from the IP Filter list.
Edit: This
button allows a user to edit start or end addresses.
