Adding a building to my network.

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Hi all, I did search to see if this has been gone over, but found nothing that matches my situation.

Currently I have a barn with 5 cameras all hooked directly via POE to a Hikvision NVR. The NVR is connected to a wireless bridge to my shop where my internet AP is. It works pretty well for remote viewing.
Now I have added a new barn, I have added another wireless bridge to access the internet at the sop. I have it connected to a multi port switch.
Can I just connect my cameras to the POE switch and access them on my Hikvision app, or do I need another NVR. If I use another NVR can I have it on the same network to view all cameras in both barns simultaneously? Looking for some pointers to finish this project up.

Thanks
 
Cache said:
Hi all, I did search to see if this has been gone over, but found nothing that matches my situation.

Currently I have a barn with 5 cameras all hooked directly via POE to a Hikvision NVR. The NVR is connected to a wireless bridge to my shop where my internet AP is. It works pretty well for remote viewing.
Now I have added a new barn, I have added another wireless bridge to access the internet at the sop. I have it connected to a multi port switch.
Can I just connect my cameras to the POE switch and access them on my Hikvision app, or do I need another NVR. If I use another NVR can I have it on the same network to view all cameras in both barns simultaneously? Looking for some pointers to finish this project up.

Thanks
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Depends a bit on some of the topology choices you make as well as bandwidth constraints of various parts of your network. It's always helpful to draw a good diagram.

NVRs have a maximum number of channels (cameras) they support, regardless of how they're connected to the NVR. Some NVRs have a built in PoE switch and some don't. On many NVRs with a built in PoE switch, it's also possible to connect to cameras via the LAN instead of it's private internal subnet used with the built in switch (if applicable).

How are the cameras in the new barn connected? How many are there?

What's the model of the NVR?
 
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Can we clarify some terms you're using since you're new here so there's less chance of misunderstanding and wasting each other's time?
  • What do you consider a "wireless bridge" ?
  • What does it consist of and how is it configured?
  • Is "internet AP" the source of your Internet?
A simple sketch of what you have now and are wanting to add or accomplish would help a lot. :cool:
 
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Thanks for responding.
Here is a crude sketch. I want to install 4 cameras in barn 2, maybe even expand in the future. I have Aivo ANCP300 bridges set up. The shop is the access point, the barns are clients. Barn 1 is set up and functioning with 5 Hikvision cameras connected by Ethernet cable directly to the Hikvision NVR. Not sure of model, but it is only 8 channel. I have a Hikvision 16 Channel 4K NVR DS-7616NI-Q2/16P PoE Embedded that I was planning on replacing it with if I could do this with just one NVR. Otherwise I would use this NVR in barn 2.
The bridge at the new barn (barn 2) is connected to access point at shop, as well as a router in the barn so I can have wifi there. This is working well. This bridge is connected via Ethernet cable to a 8 channel Poe switch. I do have another NVR that I could use if necessary, or if push came to shove I could run a temporary Ethernet cable on the ground between barns to hook directly to the NVR in barn one, and bury it properly when the ground thaws. Ideally I would like to have the cameras from both barns visible at the same time on my network.

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You could just simply run burial grade cat6 for your runs between all 3 locations and abolish all the point to point headache. I'm always 'skittish' when folks use radio signals as their main transmission of IP cameras and/or NVR.
 
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Holbs said:
You could just simply run burial grade cat6 for your runs between all 3 locations and abolish all the point to point headache. I'm always 'skittish' when folks use radio signals as their main transmission of IP cameras and/or NVR.
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I don't know about "simply", but it would be a great idea as long as both of these conditions can be achieved, IMO :cool: :
  • ESD damage from nearby lightning strikes rarely occurs in the vicinity and so therefore is not an issue.
  • One has the time, budget and wherewithal (do-it-yourself or contract someone) to trench, bury and connect all the required runs between locations.
 
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If you drop another nvr in there you can have redundancy by linking channels from the other one so if someone stole the primary or burnt the house down you’ll still have footage on the other one.
 
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I don't know about "simply", but it would be a great idea as long as both of these conditions can be achieved, IMO :cool: :
  • ESD damage from nearby lightning strikes rarely occurs in the vicinity and so therefore is not an issue.
  • One has the time, budget and wherewithal (do-it-yourself or contract someone) to trench, bury and connect all the required runs between locations.
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Example: I'll be relocating my IP cameras off the 90degree edges of my house, run a Cat6 burial cable out to the corners of my fenced lot. I'll have to trench but only 5-6" deep (I will not be doing any plowing or such in these areas so it's safe). Easily done by hand. With burial cable, it is weatherproof and waterproof so safe in the ground (this cable has the "flooding" agent / gel injected into it).
 
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My system isn’t for security, shoot I lost my house keys shortly after I built the place in 2005. I’m in this to monitor cows at calving time.
So what I ended up doing is just installing another NVR in barn 2, so now when I log into Hik-Connect I have the choice between the two NVRs which isn’t as cumbersome as I thought it might be. In a perfect world I would see all my cameras on one screen without having to switch between NVRs but this works.
 
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