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On the Network: General Page, you may
know the status of your network, like
• Network Access
• IP Address
• Subnet Mask
• DNS
• Mac Address
Network Access: Here you can choose
•
DHCP: DHCP is a system where one device on your network (usually a router) will automatically
assign IP address to device 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 assign IP address.
IP Address: Just as Home and Office needs to have an address which identifies their location on the
local network, the Camera 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 similar.
Subnet Mask: If the IP address is like a street address, then a subnetwork is like your neighborhood.
This will be formatted in a similar way to the IP address (ie. four numbers up to 255 separated by periods)
but contain very different numbers. In the above example, the Subnet Mask might be something like:
“255.255.255.0”.
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 Camera. To continue the above example, it might be something such
as: “192.168.1.1”, which can access to your router directly.
Auto DNS / Static DNS: Choose how you would like to define your DNS servers. We recommend leaving
it on Auto configuration.
Auto DNS: The Camera will automatically choose a DNS server. This is the recommended setting.
Static DNS: If you need to manually define a DNS server, then choose Static DNS. This must be copied
from your router.
Preferred DNS Server: “Domain Name System”. Everything on the Internet is located via an IP address -
however, for ease of use, we associate domain names (such as “www.exampledomainname.com”) with
those IP addresses. These index are accessible in many locations online, and we call those locations
“DNS servers”.
Alternate DNS Server: A backup DNS server. This is for redundancy - your Camera will probably work
without one.
MAC Address: The Media Access Control address. This is a unique code which cannot be shared. You
can’t change this one - it’s pre-set when the Camera ships out.
Note: Many of the following networking settings are not required when using ReoLink P2P for remote
access.