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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?
  • From: Alex Pilon <alp [ at ] alexpilon [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:55:49 -0400
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:19:15AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> These wired network cameras default to DHCP and failing that fall back
> to either 192.168.122.1 (or something like that IIRC...) or use an
> IPv4 link local address (169.<mumble>?) which pretends to be random
> with OUI or something like that to bootstrap.

@rgb: 169.254.0.0/16; see RFC 3927 or the Bonjour protocol

@rpjday: Run avahi-browse -alt if on the same layer 2 to detect the
device's advertised services.