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Ahh yeah that makes sense - I’m pretty sure they were set static IPs

How do I find that out, if theyre connected to an unmanaged PoE switch connected to NIC 2 ?

Hi, I have the following- NIC 1 - 192.168.0.20 NIC 2 - 192.168.1.2 Managed switch - 192.168.0.46 Poe switch - connected to NIC 2, IP 192.168.1.?? the cameras were on the main network but I’ve since plugged them into the PoE switch.

Hi, yes this is the physical layout. For the IP config - I will check that when back home. Previous to this setup, I had the cameras running directly from the router via a different PoE switch and these had an IP assigned to them from the router config. Sure I had to do port forwarding on there...

Hi, this probably something really simple I’m missing …. so I have the following hardware (UK) Virgin Media Hub Zyxel GS-1920-24v2 managed switch Zyxel GS1008HP PoE switch HP elite desk PC (2 network cards) and the wiring is as follows: ROUTER -> managed switch Managed switch -> PC...

I ended up buying this: https://www.zyxel.com/uk/en/products_services/8-24-48-port-GbE-Smart-Managed-Switch-GS1920-Series/specification GS1920-24v2 According to that spec the max power consumption is 22.5w and it's fanless - Heat dissipation (BTU/hr): 76.73 compared to the other products...

Thanks - I can get this for a decent price (£165) - if it's worth it https://www.dlink.com/en/products/dgs-1100-26mp-26-port-poe-gigabit-smart-managed-switch

Thanks for your reply! The upgrades above are coming in at £100 or so so probably 4 times cheaper than a new build. These upgrades should also bring the power consumption down at a guess. On the second network for the cameras - just so I have this right, would it map out like the following...

Hi, I am currently running BI 5 off the following; HP Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF I5-6500 @ 3.20Ghz 4 Core 4GB DDR4 RAM 2133MHz OS HDD - Western Digital 500GB (WD5000AZLX-60K2TA0) Cam recordings HDD - Seagate Skyhawk I have 2 cams running currently (Starlight Varifocal Turret IPC-HDW5231R-ZE @...

Hi, I have the above camera for sale - bought from EMPIRETECH ANDY from these forums. It has not even been opened from the DHL parcel it arrived in -due to a change of building work it is now no longer required. I have the wall mount bracket for it also. Please let me know if you are...

Yes, that’s what I meant - to both power the cam and provide it with network access I need an injector with 2 ports, one to provide the power from the injector itself and secondly so the network access from the PLA can be passed through the injector to the camera. I just wanted to confirm this...

Will it work to connect a PoE injector to a PLA? So .. camera -> PoE injector -> PLA ? Presumably I’d need at least a 2 port injector. A switch could also do it but I’d never run another camera at this location and I have a switch at the router already.

Hmm .. must have just terminated it wrong, it would only connect the camera when using a crimped end. Could be the socket itself, I do have another so can test with that.

sorry if this is a dumb question .. Does PoE carry through walk sockets ? So a cable connected from the PoE switch into a wall socket, and a cable from the camera terminated in the back of that wall socket .. I am guessing this don’t work but thought I’d check ?

Great, thanks :) The last piece of the puzzle is how to tidy up that cable on the inside.. I can think of 3 options 1. Mount a faceplate at the height the cable goes out to the camera, and have a cable plugged into that running loose down the wall into the switch 2. Mount a faceplate at typical...

Right OK, so this way you feed the unterminated / endless cable through from the internal side, and terminate it outside into a connector to the camera ?

I had thought about doing an outside junction box, however my only concern is that given the camera height is easily accessible it would be easy to just snip the exposed cable between cam and junction box. I’d prefer to have no visible wiring to mitigate that, I guess I could always put an SD...

The cable from the switch can’t connect direct to camera, without me drilling a massive hole to fit the prefixed connectors through. I obviously don’t want to do that, so what I’m asking here is that the only way I can think to connect this camera is to cut at the splitter, feed cable through...

Here’s a pic of what needs to come through the wall .. so do I cut it before the splitter? Then terminate both a RJ45 and a DC into a wall plate ?

Thanks Mat, yes thought so that is done by a PoE injector is that right? Or just connected via the DC lead.

Also - not trying to be cheap again but wouldn't a lower speed PLA (500 lets say) be more than sufficient bandwidth wise for one camera?

Can I just check with someone then that this works for my set up ... - one camera (for now) directly linked to the PoE switch (PoE port) - ONE power line adapter into PoE switch (a non-PoE port) <-- Does this allow any number of cameras to be connected around the house via PLAs connected to...

Decided in the end to take the plunge and spend a bit more on a i5-6500. Managed to get one for £195 which included a 500GB Western Digital blue. At least it's a bit more future proof and 3.5 years newer.

Hi, So I will have an incoming cat cable from a camera mounted outside, coming into the wall at the height the camera will be at (about 6.5/7 feet) What’s the tidiest way of handling this cable internally ? Come into a blanking plate, out into trunking on the bottom of the plate, and down into...

Thanks for the reply. Currently I haven’t found an I5-6500 for less than £200 and that’s with low memory. £250 brings about a better spec. There are a far few I5-3570 @ £100 and I5-4590 @ £130. Maybe it’s different in the UK?

So I’ve spent the last few days monitoring various outlets for prices for the following models: I5-3570 I5-4570 I5-4590 I5-6500 From what I can tell in research (yes I have read the blue iris hardware wiki) there are only 2 reasons why you’d choose Skylake over the others - h265 native...

Ah great thank you for the tip,

Thanks all for your replies and info :) After doing a bit more digging off the back of replies here, I've decided instead a better route is to get a dedicated PC with Blue Iris installed, Western Digital Purple drive, an SSD drive to run Windows and BI off. I do own the property and although...

Thanks for all your replies. It was primarily incase there was a space issue with a PC I may end up buying. If it helps, I’ll only be running two cameras initially, maybe a third to add at a later date, so not a major system with loads of writes at all.

Hi, quick question - is it suitable to have a dedicated PC with an internal SSD drive for Windows, with a Western Digital Purple for the recording connected externally via USB 3 (assuming there's no room internally for it) ? Thanks :)