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The cable I bought came with the connectors already attached. If I need to do it, I think it would probably be easier to just put a new termination end on the possible bad cable. Is that feasible?

Yes, I've tried almost all of the different ports on both switches. We have fiber optics for our Internet. Would that make any difference?

It's a no go with the extended mode turned off.

Not sure. The camera is far away from the next closest one. Would be a challenge and take a bit of time to test out that theory. I did notice last night that the infrared lights were on. Not sure if they stayed on consistently though. The link light on the port for the one bad camera on the...

I unplugged my third camera and only have the shared camera cable, Internet, router and NVR in the switch and it still won't recognize the second shared camera. But it will recognize one of the cameras plus the 3rd camera when I plug that one in with the other. Wondering now if it's a camera...

I did try that, I plugged the Cat6 from all three cameras into the switch with the Internet and had that switch plugged into the NVR and it still didn't power the one camera. Maybe I had the cable from the POE switch to the LAN port on the NVR plugged into the wrong port on the switch? That...

The NVR only has one LAN port and I have it connected to the Internet. Can I move it to a numbered port?

Okay. So, can I not have one cable going to the nvr from another poe switch that contains two cameras? Do those have to be on separate switches?

Hey all! Thanks to you all, I was able to run cables for my camera. I went ahead and bought three cameras and an NVR. Thinking that I can send the NVR back if I decide to go the Blue Iris route. But, I've run into a bit of a snag with one camera not being recognized and need further guidance...

Yes, I do have a pretty good idea of the construction of the ceiling. We had the frame of the house built by a contractor, but my family and I did all the interior finish work, including putting in insulation, sheet rocking, etc., the inside of the house. My dad wired it, but he hasn't done...

I was following along perfectly until I got to the 3rd paragraph. Then, my brain started to freeze up and everything that I had read previously dissipated. You all have such a high level of knowledge on this subject! I can say that yes, I have coax in all of the rooms, including the basement.

Yep, this makes sense. But, I'm not sure there's any space to get the pull rod through as the ceiling rafters run the opposite direction that I would need to pull the cables through. Basically I would be trying to push and pull in a perpendicular direction across the rafters. And the vault...

Blue Iris sounds like a good option over a NVR. What would you say are any negatives to using BI instead of NVR? I will have to do a bit more research in the adapters. They might be the easier way to go for now.

Thanks for this. It pretty much confirms by original idea that POE cameras are the way to go.

I really like this idea. There is a city light/siren pole (I live on the edge of town) that sits on the outside edge of my property that I would love to use for this purpose. Save a bit on electrical wire and pvc pipe. Thinkin' that the city wouldn't be too happy with me if I did that though, lol.

I "think" it might be starting to click a bit in my head. Let me test it out. So, if I put a Ethernet switch in my attic on the far side of the house, I would need to run some type of power line from the switch to a power source in the attic . I could then plug the POE camera on that side into...

I'd love to have someone else do it! Especially someone with experience and specific knowledge on it. The problem is that I'm on a bit of a budget and with the price of the cameras, ethernet, etc., paying for labor, too, would put me way over budget.

Welcome @Nixer22 Thank you! Yes, I probably would get more than 4 cameras down the road. I have read about the different zones: observation, detection, recognition and identification , and that a person wants different cameras for those different zones. But, for right now, I'm mostly looking...

I have about 2 acres and actually kind of like the idea of putting the cameras on a pole, but I'm not sure it would cover the areas that I would like to monitor. Did you just run underground conduit from the pole to the house?

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and provide this information! I have done quite a bit of reading, both here and on other sites. For some reason though, the information on this topic just doesn't want to stick in my head so that I can analyze it in a meaningful way. My modem and...

I have been researching outdoor cameras and installation for PoE for awhile now and am a bit overwhelmed. Terms like PoE switch, injectors, and powerline adapters, junction boxes, nvr are circling around in my head to the point that I don't feel like I know anymore now than I did when I first...