Hi all - I've been motivated by this site to not go the easy route of a pre-packaged subscription based solution. As such, I've started to piece together my equipment which consists of Dahua 5231ZE cameras, Dell Optiplex, and Netgear GS510TLP managed POE switch. The house is already wired for the cameras so I'm hopeful that the hard work is already out of the way and now just need to understand the networking side of things. I'm planning to use Blue Iris as my software solution.
Would appreciate if someone can confirm or correct my understanding of the following initial process:
Thanks
Would appreciate if someone can confirm or correct my understanding of the following initial process:
- Connect POE switch to router (note that I already have a large un-managed switch that handles all my other wired devices)
- Connect PC to POE switch (or should I connect PC directly to router?)
- Connect cameras one at a time to POE switch and use Dahua config tool to identify each camera and set IP address of the camera outside my routers DHCP range (does it matter if I use an address under or over the range?)
- Use Blue Iris to find cameras at the IP addresses set up in step 3
- Will completing the above steps separate my cameras from the rest of my network and block them from accessing the internet? Setting up a VLAN (or separate LAN) and block internet access seems to be critical based on information here.
- Will I only be able to view my cameras on the PC connected to the POE switch? Ideally this PC will be located in my av rack closet so I'd like to be able to view my cameras from different PCs around the house or via iOS app.
- Would I be able to view my cameras when I'm away from the house, such as when I'm traveling for work?
Thanks