Network

Network settings

Item

Settings

 

Description

 

 

 

NW link down detection

Off/ On

Specifies whether to detect disconnected network connection of

 

 

Camera port/Client PC.

 

 

 

Bandwidth control

Unlimited/ 32Kbps / 64Kbps /

Specifies the maximum rate for data transmitted to the network.

 

128Kbps / 256Kbps / 512Kbps /

• The transmission amount is not limited in the case of an

 

1024Kbps / 2Mbps / 5Mbps /

 

MPEG-4 live image.

 

10Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

Port forwarding

 

Specifies whether port forwarding is enabled. To configure this

 

 

setting, click the [Setup >>] button.

 

 

 

HTTP port number

Port number input

Sets the HTTP port used when sending images in the range of

 

(80)

1 to 65535. Normally this setting is 80.

 

 

• Depending on network settings, changing the HTTP port

 

 

 

number may make communication impossible. If this

 

 

 

happens, contact your network administrator.

 

 

• Do not specify any of the following numbers for an FTP port

 

 

 

number, site alarm port number, or port forwarding port

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

20, 21, 23, 25, 42, 53, 67, 68, 69, 79, 105, 110, 123, 161,

 

 

 

162, 546, 547, 995, 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005,

 

 

 

10006, 10007

 

 

 

FTP port number

Port number input

Specifies the recorder FTP port number in the range of 1 to

 

(21)

65535. Normally this setting is 21.

 

 

• Do not specify any of the following numbers for an HTTP

 

 

 

port number, site alarm port number, or port forwarding port

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

20, 23, 25, 42, 53, 67, 68, 69, 79, 80, 105, 110, 123, 161,

 

 

 

162, 546, 547, 995, 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005,

 

 

 

10006, 10007

 

 

 

 

Network setup - Camera port/Client PC port

 

 

 

 

 

DHCP

Off/ On

Specifies whether a DHCP server is used.

 

 

• Select [On] to obtain the IP address, subnet mask, and

 

 

 

default gateway from a DHCP server. Select [Off] to enter

 

 

 

them manually.

 

 

 

IP address

Address input*1

When [DHCP] is [Off], specify the IP address here.

 

 

 

Subnet mask

Address input*1

When [DHCP] is [Off], specify the subnet mask here.

 

 

 

Default gateway

Address input*1

When [DHCP] is [Off], specify the default gateway here.

 

 

 

Line speed

Auto/ 1000M-Full / 100M-Full /

Specifies the data line speed.

 

100M-Half / 10M-Full / 10M-Half

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network setup - Maintenance port

 

 

 

 

 

IP address

Address input*1

Specifies the IP address.

 

 

 

Subnet mask

Address input*1

Specifies the subnet mask.

 

 

 

 

DNS setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

DNS

Off/ Auto / Manual

Specifies whether a DNS is used.

 

 

• Selecting [Auto] enables auto detection of the DNS server.

 

 

 

This setting is available only when [On] is selected for the

 

 

 

[DHCP] setting of the Client PC port (page 61).

 

 

When [Manual] is selected, a primary address and

 

 

 

secondary address can be specified for the DNS server IP

 

 

 

address.

 

 

 

Primary server address

Address input (0.0.0.0)

Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server.

 

 

 

Secondary server address

Address input (0.0.0.0)

Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server.

 

 

 

Domain name

Name input (local domain)

Enter the domain name of the recorder.

 

 

Enter up to 255 single-byte alpha-numeric characters,

 

 

 

including hyphen (-) and period (.).

 

 

• Use an alphabetic character as the first character of the

 

 

 

domain name.

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic WJ-ND400 manual Network settings

WJ-ND400 specifications

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