Link Local IP Network Configuration - PC

Caution

The correct instructions for network configuration will depend on your SDK version. Choose your SDK version in the top left drop-down.

This guides you through how to set the PC to link-local. Make sure you first have configured the camera to link-local before going onward. Go to DHCP or Link Local IP Network Configuration - Camera in order to do this.

1. Identify the network interface name.

   Windows

   netsh interface ip show config
   Configuration for interface "Ethernet 2"
      DHCP enabled:                         Yes
      InterfaceMetric:                      5
      DNS servers configured through DHCP:  None
      Register with which suffix:           Primary only
      WINS servers configured through DHCP: None
   
   Configuration for interface "WiFi"
      DHCP enabled:                         Yes
      IP Address:                           192.168.0.4
      Subnet Prefix:                        192.168.0.0/24 (mask 255.255.255.0)
      Default Gateway:                      192.168.0.1
      Gateway Metric:                       0
      InterfaceMetric:                      35
      DNS servers configured through DHCP:  192.168.0.1
      Register with which suffix:           Primary only
      WINS servers configured through DHCP: None
   

   Ubuntu

   ip addr
   1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
      inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   2: eno1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/ether e8:6a:64:d3:52:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      altname enp0s31f6
   3: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 98:2c:bc:af:a5:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      inet 192.168.2.165/20 brd 192.168.15.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlp2s0
         valid_lft 85346sec preferred_lft 85346sec
      inet6 fe80::e2b2:f4ff:e2f:b629/64 scope link noprefixroute
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   

2. Obtain link-local IP address.

   Windows

   Windows has an Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) feature. This feature is enabled by default, and includes an implementation of NetBIOS Naming Service (WINS). In order to trigger this feature the network interface must be configured for DHCP.

   netsh interface ip set address "<name>" dhcp
   

   In this example it would be:

   netsh interface ip set address "Ethernet 2" dhcp
   

   Then make sure that you release any assigned IP addresses, just in case a DHCP server was available at one point.

   ipconfig /release
   

   Ubuntu

   It is possible to configure Link-Local via netplan. First we verify existing configurations.

   ls /etc/netplan/
   01-network-manager-all.yaml
   

   In our case we add a new configuration for our interface.

   sudo nano /etc/netplan/99_config.yaml
   

   network:
   version: 2
   renderer: networkd
   ethernets:
      eno1:
         link-local: [ipv4]
   

   sudo netplan apply
   

3. Once the network settings are configured, connect the camera and wait more than 45 seconds. Then check if a link-local IP address has been assigned.

   Windows

   netsh interface ipv4 show ipaddresses "<name>"
   

   In this example it would be:

   netsh interface ipv4 show ipaddresses "Ethernet 2"
   
   Address 169.254.208.207 Parameters
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   Interface Luid     : Ethernet 2
   

   Ubuntu

   ip addr
   1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
      inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
      inet6 ::1/128 scope host
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group default qlen 1000
      link/ether e8:6a:64:d3:52:51 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      altname enp0s31f6
      inet 169.254.242.125/16 brd 169.254.255.255 scope link eno1
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   3: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
      link/ether 98:2c:bc:af:a5:19 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      inet 192.168.2.165/20 brd 192.168.15.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlp2s0
         valid_lft 80799sec preferred_lft 80799sec
      inet6 fe80::e2b2:f4ff:e2f:b629/64 scope link noprefixroute
         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
   

Once you have configured the camera and PC to link-local, go back to Connecting to the camera.