Hi all,
First of all I'm a total noob to all this and new to the forums, so please bear with me. The house is completely gutted so it's the perfect time to do the wiring. I need to solve this before the weekend because we will be closing walls then!
With the help of a professional I wired the whole house with Cat6, including wiring for 5 cameras (4 outside, 1 in garage). The house is a perfect 40' x 40' square and the cameras will be on each corner.
He suggested the following setup :
DVR with 4 ports to save money (8 ports are more expensive). He suggested Provision brand.
4 x cat6 cables for the 4 cameras outside running to the DVR
1 x cat6 + 1 power cable for the camera in the garage, the cat6 running to my 24-port switch (which will be used for the house network)
He says the DVR will "find the 5th camera on the network"
(see attachment for diagram)
However I'd rather use a 6 or 8 port DVR and run my 5 cables to it, to simplify things. I feel like the 5th camera in the switch would be a headache, but I could be wrong... My other option I guess is an NVR with a POE switch? I'm even contemplating a Costco kit. I'd like it to be as turnkey/simple as possible. I'm knowledgeable with computers (built my own), but I can't say I know enough about networking to set everything up on my own.
What do you guys think?
Thanks!
First of all I'm a total noob to all this and new to the forums, so please bear with me. The house is completely gutted so it's the perfect time to do the wiring. I need to solve this before the weekend because we will be closing walls then!
With the help of a professional I wired the whole house with Cat6, including wiring for 5 cameras (4 outside, 1 in garage). The house is a perfect 40' x 40' square and the cameras will be on each corner.
He suggested the following setup :
DVR with 4 ports to save money (8 ports are more expensive). He suggested Provision brand.
4 x cat6 cables for the 4 cameras outside running to the DVR
1 x cat6 + 1 power cable for the camera in the garage, the cat6 running to my 24-port switch (which will be used for the house network)
He says the DVR will "find the 5th camera on the network"
(see attachment for diagram)
However I'd rather use a 6 or 8 port DVR and run my 5 cables to it, to simplify things. I feel like the 5th camera in the switch would be a headache, but I could be wrong... My other option I guess is an NVR with a POE switch? I'm even contemplating a Costco kit. I'd like it to be as turnkey/simple as possible. I'm knowledgeable with computers (built my own), but I can't say I know enough about networking to set everything up on my own.
What do you guys think?
Thanks!