Adding a switch to a DS-7716NI-I4-16P

[RBW]

Do I need to plug the switch into the Lan port or into one the 16 camera ports?

Think I remember reading somewhere that it can be plugged into a camera port and a maximum of four cameras can then be added.

First time I've connected a switch so looking for any tips please.

Many thanks.

 

[RBW]

 

[alastairstevenson]

Think I remember reading somewhere that it can be plugged into a camera port and a maximum of four cameras can then be added.

If it works the same as the 76xxN-Ex series NVRs, you can only configure one camera IP address per PoE channel.
That's logical if you think about it. One channel=one camera.
No problem using LAN-connected cameras though, even on a 16 channel NVR with 16 PoE ports.
With a 16 channel NVR with 16 PoE ports you will need to point a PoE port to a LAN-connected camera by changing the selected channel to Manual and specifying the LAN camera IP address.

 

[ibuyufo]

Just plug it into the LAN port. The only thing that should go into the POE ports are cameras. The NVR has a DHCP server specifically to assign an internal IP address to the POE ports.

 

[RBW]

Ok thanks both. So it should be just plug into Lan port and the Nve DHCP will take care of assigning the ip address.

 

[alastairstevenson]

Ok thanks both. So it should be just plug into Lan port and the Nve DHCP will take care of assigning the ip address

Yes, to plug both the switch and the NVR in to your LAN.
No, the NVR does not do DHCP even on it's PoE ports (it configures those cameras directly), you will need to assign known IP addresses to your LAN-connected cameras either by the gateway/router DHCP reservations or static manually.