Hello all. So, I currently have (10) IPC-HDW5231R-ZE cameras hooked to my NVR-5216-16P-4KS2 in my garage. All the wires come from the attic through a hole in the ceiling. I am wanting to move all my equipment to a closet in the office for better temperature control. I really don't want to have to make such a big hole in the ceiling of the closet to run the wires from the cameras, so I was thinking about putting a PoE switch in the garage for all the cameras to connect to, and then just run an Ethernet cable to another switch (non-PoE) in the closet, and from there branch out to the back of the NVR. Is this even possible? How would connecting a non-PoE switch to the NVR work? I still want the NVR to be able to be accessed remotely. Can you turn off the PoE function of the NVR, or is it automatic sensing? I hope this makes sense.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
Thanks in advance,
Mike