Video Server Network Parameters

To use the Infinity Video Server on your LAN, you have to set its network configuration to match your network. You should update some or all of the following properties:

• IP address and subnet mask
• Host name
• Default gateway
• DNS server(s)

To access the network parameters for your Infinity Video Server, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Infinity Video Server Web-based Configuration Utility
2. From the System tab, select Network
3. From the left side column, select Network Parameters

Network Parameters

To change the host name, perform the following steps:

1. From the Network Parameters page, click the Hostname link.

2. Enter a fully qualified domain name for the Infinity Video Server system (e.g., IVS.mycompany.com - or IVS.localhost if you do not want to use a fully qualified domain name for the system)

   This is the domain name of your system, not the domain name of your company. For example, DO NOT enter "www.emetrotel.org".
3. Press the Save button to update the hostname configuration of the system.

Interface Parameters

To change the IP address and subnet mask of your Infinity Video Server system to match the customer network, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Infinity Video Server Web-based Configuration Utility
2. From the System tab, select Network
3. From the left side column, select Network Parameters
4. There will be between one and three devices listed on the page, select the first interface device to view its properties.
5. If the Interface Type is Static, configure the following fields:
   • IP address
   • ​​Network Mask (subnet mask)
   • Gateway
   • If your router can relay DNS requests, specify the IP address of your router also in the Primary DNS field. Otherwise, enter the IP address of your preferred DNS server.
   • You can set the Secondary DNS field to your preferred secondary DNS server or you can use a public DNS server (e.g. 8.8.8.8) as the secondary DNS server.
   If your Infinity Video Server system is not connected to the Internet (or to a network with a DNS server), make sure that the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields are blank!
6. If you choose to use Interface Type DHCP for your system, the following fields will be disabled.
   If using DHCP for your system, you will need to plan your network carefully, please see Network Configuration for details.
7. Press the Apply Changes button.