No, we recognize that you do not have wifi cameras, but what you are saying is that the hardwired cameras will be connected to POE switch that is connected to the wifi router for internet.
You said in your edited post "
My goal for them is to add a 2nd router with wifi so they can not only have internet (< internet only) in the back building but to have it and the PoE switch all on the same network." and in another post "
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" That is the cameras going thru the router.
That is considered having the cameras go thru the router, even if the router is not "routing" the cameras. If point A is the cameras and Point B is the NVR and the router is anywhere in between them on the same line, that is considered going thru the router. Plus that then brings up the whole potential of exposing the network to cameras that can talk to the internet.
While not exactly the same issue as it is BI and not an NVR, they are both a VMS system and the results would be the same, but here is a thread from yesterday where someone had a similar setup (POE switch with hardwired cameras connected to the router (thus going thru the router) and when the router lost internet, he lost the cameras as well even though the router wasn't routing the traffic.
I have an issue with my router where it shuts itself down about 1x/day. This is annoying, but it's covered under warranty, and I'll have a replacement in place in a couple of days.. Meantime, I'm seeing an unexpected side effect where, if the router is down, BI doesn't record. You can see gaps...
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