Network - advanced tcp/ip settings – Axis Communications AXIS 214 PTZ User Manual

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AXIS 214 PTZ - System Options

Network - Advanced TCP/IP Settings

DNS Configuration
DNS (Domain Name Service) provides the translation of host names to IP addresses on

your network.

Obtain DNS server address via DHCP - automatically use the DNS server settings provided

by the DHCP server. Click the View button to see the current settings.

Use the following DNS server address - enter the desired DNS server by specifying the

following:

Domain name - enter the domain(s) to search for the host name used by the AXIS 214
PTZ. Multiple domains can be separated by semicolons (;). The host name is always the
first part of a Fully Qualified Domain Name, e.g. myserver is the host name in the Fully
Qualified Domain Name myserver.mycompany.com where mycompany.com is the Domain
name.

Primary DNS server - enter the IP address of the primary DNS server.

Secondary DNS server - will be used if the primary DNS server is unavailable.

NTP Configuration
The AXIS 214 PTZ can obtain the correct time from an NTP server. The address for the NTP

server can either be obtained via the DHCP server, or it can be entered manually.

Host Name Configuration
The AXIS 214 PTZ can be accessed using a host name, instead of an IP address. The host

name is usually the same as the assigned DNS Name. It is always the first part of a Fully

Qualified Domain Name and is always one word, with no period. For example, myserver is

the host name in the Fully Qualified Domain Name myserver.mycompany.com.

Enabling dynamic DNS updates allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static host

name, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the

Internet. Outside users can always access your server using the associated DNS name

regardless of the WAN IP. The DNS server used by the user and/or the DNS server

responsible for the domain in use must support RFC2136 and allow updates from the

camera.

The TTL (Time To Live) value determines how long (in seconds) the reply from the DNS

server should be remembered when checking that the domain name for the registered IP

address is still valid.

Link-Local Address
Link-Local Address is enabled by default and assigns the AXIS 214 PTZ with an additional

IP address for the UPnP protocol. The AXIS 214 PTZ can have both a Link-Local IP and a

static/DHCP IP address at the same time - these will not affect each other. See Network -

UPnP™, on page 46.

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