To my understanding: In a traditional NVR setup the IP cameras are connected directly to the NVR and the NVR assigns the IP addresses to the cameras. In this setup the NVR is in no way reliant of router for IP assignment or routing and can function offline or without internet.
A BI setup is done like this: IP cam cameras --> POE Switch --> router <-- Blue Iris Machine
A good setup would be to have a static IP for each camera and the BI machine and call it a day HOWEVER, what happens if you get a new ISP or the router goes out... everything goes down.
Is it possible to have: IP Cameras --> POE Switch <-- BI Machine and Router (plugged into different ports on switch)
Then on the BI machine have 2 IP addresses basically creating a VLan. Cameras on 192.168.1.X subnet with BI machine and rest of home network on 192.168.8.x subnet. But still being able to access the cameras remotely via app or UI3.
My thoughts on this would be to eliminate losing camera feed and recording if someone got a new ISP or has router problems giving me time to go out and config BI to new router.
Am I overthinking this or is there an easier way to accomplish this?
A BI setup is done like this: IP cam cameras --> POE Switch --> router <-- Blue Iris Machine
A good setup would be to have a static IP for each camera and the BI machine and call it a day HOWEVER, what happens if you get a new ISP or the router goes out... everything goes down.
Is it possible to have: IP Cameras --> POE Switch <-- BI Machine and Router (plugged into different ports on switch)
Then on the BI machine have 2 IP addresses basically creating a VLan. Cameras on 192.168.1.X subnet with BI machine and rest of home network on 192.168.8.x subnet. But still being able to access the cameras remotely via app or UI3.
My thoughts on this would be to eliminate losing camera feed and recording if someone got a new ISP or has router problems giving me time to go out and config BI to new router.
Am I overthinking this or is there an easier way to accomplish this?