Configuring the Network Controller
The configuration of your network controller depends on your operation system (OS).
In case of using a virtual guest system configure only the host network controller!
One can improve the network performance considerably by configuring the network controller properly. See section “jumbo frames” and
Connecting to the Camera
The camera is designed to be remote controlled over OpenSSH.
After power up it will take some time before the camera will responds due to the booting of the Linux system.
Configure the network controller properly as described below before using the ping
command.
The ping
terminal command can be applied to see if the camera has booted:
In the abscence of a Linux or Mac host system NET provides a virtual machine image. How to set up the virtual machine is described in section Application Development / Virtual Host System below. See also section Communicate with iam over windows host - without the virtual machine.
IP Address Settings
Mac / Linux
Under Linux and Mac the same physical network controller with multiple virtual controller settings is applicable. Therefore it is not necessary to change the current network setting. Instead, just add a new virtual controller.
Windows 10
Open the Windows 10 start menu by pressing the Windows key on the keyboard. Type the words
Control Panel
and press enter.Click the link titled
View network status and tasks
under theNetwork and Internet
heading.Click the link on the left of the window labeled
Change adapter settings
.Right click on network adapter and choose
properties
to open up the properties windowFind the option of
Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
and click on it. Then choose optionProperties
, e.g. as shown below.
Test the connection with the ping
command, first on the host system and than inside the virtual maschine if using a virtual guest system .
Configure the Network Controller Settings
Jumbo frames
Jumbo frames are Ethernet frames with more than 1500 bytes of payload, the limit set by the IEEE 802.3 standard. In particular, GigE Vision jumbo frames can improve network performance massively since image data is originally high-volume data.
Windows: Activating jumbo frames
Follow steps 1 to 4 in the section above.
property window
: Click onConfigure
.Select the second tab
Advanced
in the new window.Look for the property
Jumbo Packets
Select the highest value, e.g.
9014 Bytes
Confirm with
OK
Interrupt Moderation
Interrupt Moderation is a feature that groups packets together and sends them as a batch. It can be responsible for sluggish behavior of the connection. For a continues image data transmission this feature is not very useful.
Windows: Disable Interrupt Moderation
For disable this feature follow the Steps 1. to 4. from the section above.
From the
property window
click onConfigure
Select the second tab from the new window
Advanced
Look for the property
Interrupt Moderation
Select the
Disable
Other features and options
Helpful content: Blogpost about how to Optimizing Ethernet Adapter Settings for Maximum Performance (external link).
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