Hey Everyone,
I am new to computer networking, which is why I am here. This is my first post and I hope I'm in the correct group.
I am trying to set up a bird cam system and I keep running into issues that I didn't anticipate and I'm hoping I might get a little help.
I have a couple of miniture cameras I am installing inside of some bird boxes. They are PoE cameras, and I bought a PoE NVR that was supposed to be able to support 3rd party cameras. After I got the NVR, I found out that in order to support these cameras, I must plug them into a PoE switch and plug that into a router and then plug the router into the NVR, rather than plugging the cameras directly into the NVR. There is only 1 ethernet port on the NVR, so I won't be able to use it to connect a Wi-Fi Bridge so that I could access this system on my home internet. I want to keep the cameras and NVR on a seperate network so they won't be using bandwith on my home network, and will always be working regardless of my internet connection, but I would like to be able to access my NVR remotely so I can share videos and live shots with others.
For a switch, I am looking at the ANNKE 8FE PoE+2FE UP.
For a router, I am looking at the TP-Link AC1900.
I have attached a picture of what I was hoping to do, and a picture of what I have right now and would like to get some feedback on my plan before I invest another $160 on network equipment that I don’t know much about.
Thanks for any advice you might be able to share.
I am new to computer networking, which is why I am here. This is my first post and I hope I'm in the correct group.
I am trying to set up a bird cam system and I keep running into issues that I didn't anticipate and I'm hoping I might get a little help.
I have a couple of miniture cameras I am installing inside of some bird boxes. They are PoE cameras, and I bought a PoE NVR that was supposed to be able to support 3rd party cameras. After I got the NVR, I found out that in order to support these cameras, I must plug them into a PoE switch and plug that into a router and then plug the router into the NVR, rather than plugging the cameras directly into the NVR. There is only 1 ethernet port on the NVR, so I won't be able to use it to connect a Wi-Fi Bridge so that I could access this system on my home internet. I want to keep the cameras and NVR on a seperate network so they won't be using bandwith on my home network, and will always be working regardless of my internet connection, but I would like to be able to access my NVR remotely so I can share videos and live shots with others.
For a switch, I am looking at the ANNKE 8FE PoE+2FE UP.
For a router, I am looking at the TP-Link AC1900.
I have attached a picture of what I was hoping to do, and a picture of what I have right now and would like to get some feedback on my plan before I invest another $160 on network equipment that I don’t know much about.
Thanks for any advice you might be able to share.