As an introduction, I have a Dahua 16-ch POE NVR with 14 Sony 3MP cameras plugged in. I could never get the NVR to initialize more than 12 at a time; I'd get a timeout error. Some say it's bandwidth; that the cameras are 3MP and the Dahua will only init 16 when they're 2MP. Could be, but I'm not going to replace them all now. Also, I could never get the motion detection on the NVR working. I'm told that Dahua will only do that with their (Dahua/Hikvision) cameras. Again, at this point, the Sony cameras are there to stay.
So, I've decided to change solutions. I've acquired a 16 port "smart" POE switch that supports the 802.3 af/at POE spec. and a copy of Blue Iris. I've got a separate Win7 computer to run it on. I've got a cable modem going into a router, and my main computer plugged into the router. I also have a gigabit switch plugged into the router, and I plan on plugging both the Blue Iris and the up-link port from the camera switch into two ports from that. Will that work? Then I'll plug in 2 cameras into the POE switch and try to get them working. After that I'll attack motion detection, port forwarding and remote visibility, etc.
Anybody who has information on this kind of setup that you think might be helpful, let me know.
Anybody out there with 12 cameras or less want a slightly used rackmount Dahua 4416? <grin>
So, I've decided to change solutions. I've acquired a 16 port "smart" POE switch that supports the 802.3 af/at POE spec. and a copy of Blue Iris. I've got a separate Win7 computer to run it on. I've got a cable modem going into a router, and my main computer plugged into the router. I also have a gigabit switch plugged into the router, and I plan on plugging both the Blue Iris and the up-link port from the camera switch into two ports from that. Will that work? Then I'll plug in 2 cameras into the POE switch and try to get them working. After that I'll attack motion detection, port forwarding and remote visibility, etc.
Anybody who has information on this kind of setup that you think might be helpful, let me know.
Anybody out there with 12 cameras or less want a slightly used rackmount Dahua 4416? <grin>