Axis Communications 243SA user manual NAT traversal, Network traffic

AXIS 243SA - System options 53

HTTPS

The default HTTPS port number (443) can be changed to any port within the range 1024-65535. This is useful for simple port mapping among other things.

NAT traversal

Use NAT traversal when your video server is located on an intranet and you want to make it available from the other side of a NAT router.

FTP

The FTP server running in the Axis video server enables the upload of new firmware, and user applications. Check the box to enable the service.

RTSP

The RTSP protocol allows a connecting client to start an MPEG-4 stream. Check the box to enable the RTSP server and enter the RTSP port number to use. The default setting is 554, and the allowed port range is 1024-65535. Note that MPEG-4 streams will not be available if this is not enabled.

Network traffic

Connection type - the default setting is Auto-negotiatewhich means that the correct speed is automatically selected. If necessary, you can set the connection speed by selecting it from the drop-down list.

Maximum bandwidth - Specify, in Mbit/s or kbit/s, the maximum bandwidth that the video server is allowed to use on your network. This is a useful function when connecting your video server to busy or heavily loaded networks. The default setting is Unlimited.

Note: When using MPEG-4 as the video format, remember that setting a maximum bandwidth value here may create problems for individual video streams if the maximum value is less than the sum of the bit rates set for the video streams.

For more information, please see the online help .

SOCKS

SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The Axis video server can be configured to use a SOCKS server to reach networks on the other side of a firewall/proxy server. This functionality is useful if the video server is located on a local network behind a firewall, but notifications, uploads, alarms, and such need to be sent to a destination outside the local network (such as the Internet).