Datasheet

AXIS 212 PTZ/AXIS 212 PTZ-V- System Options
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Enable/Disable - When enabled, the AXIS 212 PTZ/AXIS 212 PTZ-V will attempt to configure port mapping in
a NAT router on your network, using UPnP™. Note that UPnP™ must be enabled in the camera (see System
Options > Network > UPnP).
AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS Service - Use this
free service to assign a host name (user-friendly name) for easy
access to your camera. If the IP address of the camera or NAT router changes, the AXIS Internet Dynamic DNS
Service will automatically be updated with the new IP address.
Use manually selected NAT router
- Select this option to manually select a NAT router and enter the IP address
for the router in the field provided.
If a router is not manually specified, the AXIS 212
PTZ/AXIS 212 PTZ-V will automatically search for NAT
routers on your network. If more than one router is found, the default router will be selected.
Alternative HTTP port - Select this
option to manually define an external HTTP port. Enter the port number in
the field provided. If no port is entered here a port number will automatically be selected when NAT traversal is
enabled.
Notes:
An alternative HTTP port can be used/be active even if NAT traversal is disabled. This is useful if for example, your NAT router does not
support UPnP and you need to manually configure port forwarding in the NAT router.
If a manually selected port is already in use, another will automatically be selected.
When the port is selected automatically it will be displayed in this field. This can be changed by entering a new port number and clicking
Save.
FTP - The FTP server running in the AXIS 212 PTZ/AXIS 212 PTZ-V enables the upload of for example, new
firmware, user applications, etc. Check the box to enable the service.
RTSP - The RTSP protocol allows a connecting client to start an MPEG-4 stream. Enter the RTSP port number to
use. The default setting is 554.
Network Traffic - The default connection setting is Auto-negotiate, which means that the correct speed is
automatically selected. If necessary, you can set the connection speed by selecting it from the drop-down list:
10BaseT (Half/Full Duplex), or 100BaseTX (Half/Full Duplex).
Maximum bandwidth - Specify, in Mbit/s or Kbit/s, the maximum bandwidth that the AXIS 212
PTZ/AXIS 212
PTZ-V is allowed to use on your network. This is a useful function when connecting the AXIS 212 PTZ/AXIS
212 PTZ-V to busy or heavily loaded networks. The default setting is Unlimited. For more information, please
refer to the online help.
SOCKS
SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol. The AXIS 212 PTZ/AX
IS 212 PTZ-V 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 AXIS 212
PTZ/AXIS 212 PTZ-V is located on a local network behind a firewall, but notifications, uploads, alarms, etc.,
need to be sent to a destination outside the local network (for example, to the Internet).
QoS (Quality of service)
Quality of Service (QoS) provides the means to guarantee a certain level
of a specified resource to selected traffic
on a network. Quality can be defined as for example, a maintained level of bandwidth, low latency, no packet
losses, etc. The main benefits of a QoS-aware network can be summarized as:
the ability to prioritize traffic and thus allow critical flows to be served before flows with lesser p
rior-
ity.
greater reliability in the network, thanks to
the control of the amount of bandwidth an application may
use, and thus control over bandwidth races between applications.