Recent content by Boston_Engineer

@looney2ns This is super helpful. Thank you.

@bigredfish Ah okay, I understand now. Thank you for the clarification.

@TonyR Thank you for the advice. Here's the updated diagram. I have a question about setting up the IPs for the cameras. When I configured the NVR, I put it on my subnet and enabled P2P. But when i connect cams to the NVR ports it doesn't even let me initialize them myself. They automatically...

Hi everyone, I've attached a photo of what I'm trying to do, which includes the camera models and NVR model I'm working with: I'm wiring my IPCs myself. I have a plan to get three 3 of the cams into the front end of the house and into my network cabinet in the basement. I also have a plan to...

@TonyR Thank you, that's good to know. I'll have to get into the manual (and Andy's videos) and start playing around with the configuration on this thing.

@bigredfish Thank you for the reply. To the best of my knowledge, my modem is simply a modem(not a modem/router), so I believe it will only deliver a raw, unmanaged WAN connection to the NVR. I'm assuming I will need to add a router to achieve proper configuration, but I'm curious if my NVR has...

Hi all. I have an ARRIS SURFboard SB8200 DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem. It has 2 ethernet ports on it. 1 port is occupied by my Google Smart Mesh Wifi base station. My entire home and all devices run very well on this wireless mesh network. I recently purchased NVR5216-16P-EI / NVR16CH-16P-2AI from...

Hi everyone, A week and a half ago I started a thread with some general questions, here. I learned a lot, and it gave me some direction as to what I want to do. Now I'm back with my property layout and some of my ideas on how to move forward. I'm looking for feedback so I can dodge mistakes...

Thank you for the thorough response. You answered a bunch of my questions, especially about the NVRs. Really appreciate it.

Thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed, comprehensive response. I read through everything you shared. I also dug into all of the links you supplied and dug further into other threads provided inside of those. I learned a lot. I really was blind to the importance of focal length...

Thank you! I'll look into it.

Hello all, This site is a gold mine of information. Thanks for having me here. I'm a first time home owner. I'm coming from SimpliSafe outdoor wireless cameras that were absolute garbage. What I want to achieve is: 5 camera PoE system with a budget of roughly $300/camera. Ability to view...