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If you go to Empire Technology Aliexpress page, click on the "Starlight 2MP" category under the "2017 hot selling camera IP" under the Store Categories section at the left of the screen. The first camera shown is the IPC HDW5231R-Z. I just ordered 4 of the IPC HDW5231R-Z from Andy...

Nayr, thanks for the feedback. I now understand what you are getting at as if I want to access the WebUI for the camera, I would not be able to do that through the NVR if the camera is plugged directly into it. Do you have any good HiPoE switch recommendations? I'm overhauling my home network...

Nayr, I'm new to all of this and I was planning to buy this switch and connect the cameras directly to the NVR since it has the POE ports in the NVR. Is there an advantage to that over a separate POE switch? My Cat runs will not be that long as I have a small house. From what I've read in...

I just wanted to say thank you to Nayr, Andy and everyone else for all of the great information. I just recently just discovered and joined this forum as I am buying my first camera setup with an NVR for my home security. After reading the many posts, I feel more confident in going down this...