ALLIED Vision Technologies AVT GigE Vision Cameras - Manual (Page 20)

AVT GigE Cameras Installation Manual V1.0.1
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Installing hardware
Adjust camera packet size
[Windows 7, Intel Gigabit CT]
– Start, Control Panel
– Hardware and Sound
– Device Manager
– Network Adapter
– Right-click Adapter device name
– Properties
– Advanced tab
– Settings: Jumbo Packet - Value:
9014 Bytes
[Linux]
– Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
– Add: mtu 8228 to appropriate interface.
– Or, to temporarily increase packet size:
Terminal: sudo ifconfig eth0 mtu 8228, where eth0 is the camera NIC.
Note
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The settings list in the advanced adapter settings may be dif-
ferent between different types/brands of Gigabit Ethernet net-
work cards. Common expressions are Jumbo Frames or Jumbo
Packet.
If Jumbo Frames or Jumbo Packet does not appear in this list,
your network card may not support it. Without this capability,
you may not be able to achieve the full performance of the
camera.
Figure 5: Setting jumbo packets