Connect IP Camera to PC directly using Ethernet cable

Question

I am trying to connect my IP Camera directly to my PC using Ethernet (I don't user any router). The manual guide said that I can visit the network camera via web browser by 192.168.1.64, but that is when I connect to my camera using a router.

When I run iwconfig, there is nothing happen with my Ethernet interface (enp3s0f1).

wlp2s0b1  IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"Wifi-Network"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 10:56:ED:32:19:82   
          Bit Rate=36 Mb/s   Tx-Power=19 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-40 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:90  Invalid misc:730   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

enp3s0f1  no wireless extensions.

In https://amcrest.com/forum/technical-discussion-f3/connect-ip-camera-directly-to-laptop-t1487.html, they said that I have to set up a static IP address for my PC. How can I do that?

IP Camera: HIKVISION (model DS-2CD2125FHWD-I)
PC Operating System: Arch Linux

`iwconfig`is for wireless NICs and doesn't make sense for wired Ethernet. Try `ipconfig`. — Zac67, Nov 23 '17 at 12:40
There is no `ipconfig` in Linux. Did you mean `ifconfig`? How to do that with `ifconfig`? — pexea12, Nov 23 '17 at 16:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 23 '17 at 18:40

You can configure the Ethernet NIC like this:

sudo nano /etc/netctl/enp0s3

Description='NIC to camera'
Interface=enp0s3
Connection=ethernet
IP=static
Address=('192.168.1.10/24')`

(save)

sudo netctl start enp0s3

For a full description, check https://www.ostechnix.com/configure-static-dynamic-ip-address-arch-linux/

Connect IP Camera to PC directly using Ethernet cable

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