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Affected Roles: Owner, Administrators
Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps: DW Spectrum® IPVMS
Complexity: Medium
Last Edit: March 4, 2022
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When setting up the DW Spectrum® Server, the host computer relies on its networking setup to communicate with the connected security devices over the local network.
For this to work, the DW Blackjack unit’s network settings will need to be configured to identify with the camera network, as well as with the router and other local devices.
This article will outline a basic network setup for DW Blackjack Servers using the Ubuntu/Linux OS 18.04
If you are using a DW Blackjack Series unit as the Server, there may be two NIC cards (see sample image).
**NOTE: If you are using a Custom Built Server (not manufactured by Digital Watchdog), and have not yet added DW Spectrum, please read Installing DW Spectrum (Ubuntu).
Click on the Wired settings icon
Click on the “IPv4” tab and configure the following:
Click on the “Apply” button to save the setting changes.
**NOTE: It is important that the Server is not assigned to an IP address that is also being used by any other devices within the network.
Additionally, the camera NIC’s IP address scheme must match the camera network’s sub-network IP address scheme.
Cameras assigned to IP addresses that also identify with the camera subnetwork, and that are connecting through the camera network NIC, should now be able to communicate with the server and can be added to DW Spectrum.
To view current settings of the network, you can click on the “Details” tab of the Wired menu.
**NOTE: If you still need to assign an IP address to a camera, please read Assigning A Static Address To New Or Defaulted Cameras.