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Why does the IPIX Network camera have two IP addresses?

April 26, 2017camera ip addresses iPIX Network

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Why does the IPIX Network camera have two IP addresses?

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The IPIX Network camera has two IP addresses. The first one is configurable to a static or dynamic IP address. The second one is a link-local IP address that is available when the DHCP server is unavailable or for a network administrator. The link-local IP address of the camera is derived from the camera’s MAC address. It is located within the 169.254.93.0 address block. You can disable the camera’s link-local IP address. To determine the link-local address of your camera, use the following equation: Link – local = 169.254.(93+MAC byte #5 decimal).(0+MAC byte #5 decimal) ) An example of this would be a camera with MAC address 00:0B:E2:0B:01:6D. The cameras link-local IP address would then be 169.254.94.109.