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I'm asking in the context of the original thread: using switches (no, not "hubs") in series. I think I read somewhere that external switches won't work with many NVRs. Is that true? Strikes me as odd, if so.

Just along the lines of this thread: Does this apply equally to NVRs as well as BI-equipped PCs, or more just the latter, please? Thanks!

I'm looking at an installation covering a fairly large area, so I'd like to be able to daisy-chain 3-4 POE-enabled switches in series, each of which will be up to 200' away from one another, and each one of which (aside from the main one in the closet, which will be progressively farther away)...

Wow, that article is truly alarming if accurate! I was hoping to (relatively) "future-proof" my upcoming installation by using CAT-6, but now I'm wondering whether just using a quality CAT5 (e.g. Toughcable) would prove just as capable given the lack of conformity. Geez....

Yes, thanks for that, but I guess I was looking at TC since part of this run will be outdoors where it will be exposed to a lot of sunlight. Not sure that the MP stuff is heavy-duty enough. I want Cat-6 since I want this to hold up for the next couple of decades...!

I'd love to find something comparable to Toughcable that's cat6. Anybody suggest anything?

Just want to comment that I appreciate the polite and informed back-and-forth on this topic--very informative and impressive. Strikes me a bit as what some might characterize as a "religious issue". But thanks to several of you! - thisGuy

I have much the same question as the OP, though in my case I'm researching for my condo association, so it's for a semi-commercial installation. We've had bid for a NVR-based system in the multi 10's of thousands of dollars, although we only need maybe 10 cameras, with most of them clustered...

Hi! TOTAL newbie here (though NOT to computers...) Hope to annoy several of you with LOTS of questions!:wink-new::wink-new: Thanks in advance! - thisGuy