User`s manual

90  Network Overview & Tools Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
 This IP configuration mode requires a DHCP server to allocate an IP address dynamically over the range of
some defined subnet. The Genie camera must be configured to have DHCP enabled. This is the factory default
settings.
 The DHCP server is part of a managed network. Windows itself does not provide a DHCP server function
therefore a dedicated DHCP server is required. The DALSA Network Configuration Tool can configure the
DALSA DHCP server on the NIC used for the GigE Vision network.
 The DALSA DHCP server is recommended where there are multiple NIC ports with multiple GigE Vision
devices attached. Each NIC ports must use a different subnet to avoid IP address conflicts . Persistent IP
assignment is required if there is no DHCP server for any additional subnet.
 Under Windows, a NIC is configured in DHCP mode by default. If no DHCP server is present on a given
subnet, Windows will revert to LLA as explained in the section above.
 Ensure that a different subnet is assigned to each NIC on the network. This will automatically be managed
correctly when the DALSA DHCP server is enabled on one or all subnets used for GigE Vision devices. The
graphic below illustrates a system with one NIC having the DALSA DHCP server enabled.
169.254.xxx.xxx
Subnet 169.254.xxx.xxx
Subnet mask 255.255.0.0
Subnet nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
nnn.nnn.nnn.003
DALSA DHCP server mode
NIC nnn.nnn.nnn.001
(default LLA mode)
NIC 169.254.xxx.xxx
PCI
DALSA DHCP Server enabled
Attached cameras are assigned IP addresses
by the DALSA DHCP server on the NIC Subnet
corporate network
with corporate
DHCP server
NIC xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Gigabit switch Gigabit switch
169.254.
xxx.xxx169.254.xxx.xxx
Default LLA mode
Attached cameras are automatically assigned
IP addresses on the NIC Subnet
nnn.nnn.nnn.002 nnn.nnn.nnn.004