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That was a typo, the PoE is 300 feet away, the NVR is feeding the front building and cameras.

That's a bridge we will have to cross when the time comes. They bought the system long before I agreed to help them. They are commited to it now.

Just confirming. Lot of answers being thrown at me. A lot to take in.

This is a system that Lorex sells. The NVR feeds 16 cameras and the PoE switch feeds the remaining 16.

So then put a switch after the ISP modem, the one feeds to the front office wifi router and one to the NVR 300' away?

I'll edit my post as I think a lot of answers are thinking I want to use the wifi router for cameras, I only want it for internet.

Can I ask, what is the purpose of needed the 'New Switch' you have listed coming off of the Router? Is there a reason I can use the active ports (1-4) on the router to feed the NVR then to the PoE at the remote location? That is how Lorex has it shown in their diagram. Only question I have is...

That was just a snipit from Lorex's manual. It doesn't show the 2nd router I wish to add.

This is precisely what I want to do; utilize the one LAN I have running from the source router in the front office and have wifi (for internet only) and the rest of the cameras connected via the provided PoE switch.

Thank you. No, I have no intention of running any cameras through the wifi router.

Thank you, this is kind of what I was thinking as well.

Hello, n00b here and first time poster. I have basic networking skills, enough to be dangerous as they say. To my friends I am an IT guru so I try to help them where I can on their struggling business. A few months back they bought a 32 camera system from Lorex. The model they got was the...