Configuring the Network Controller

The configuration of your network controller depends on your operating system (OS).

In case of using a virtual guest system configure only the host network controller!

Improve the network performance considerably by configuring the network controller properly.

Connecting to the Camera

The camera is designed to be remotely controlled over OpenSSH.

After power up it will take some time before the camera will respond 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 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 Windows10 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 the Network 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 the properties window.
Find the option of Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on it. Then choose option Properties , e.g. as shown below.

Test the connection with the ping command first on the host system and than inside the virtual machine 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 on Configure.
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 continuous 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 on Configure
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 Optimizing Ethernet Adapter Settings for Maximum Performance (external link).

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