How Do I configure Nikvision NVR to add several remote cameras using a POE switch?

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I have Nikvision NVR (DS-7616NXI-K2/16P) and various Hikvision cameras (dome, panoramic, bullet). I setup the NVR using the installation wizard (i.e. accepting the default addresses etc). My NVR is connected to a router with internet access, and, when connectd to the NVR ports, I am able to view any of the cameras on by mobile via Hik-Connect.

I want to add 4 cameras in a remote location by connecting them to a TP-Link POE switch (SG1005P) and running a single cable from the switch to the NVR. I believe I should be able to connect the incoming cable from the switch to a regular NVR port. But when I do this, I can only see one of the switch-connected cameras at a time. Seems to me there is some configuration requred to get all 4 cameras to display. I have looked for help online and various YouTube videoas indicate that all you have to do is plug the cameras into the switch, and the switch cable to the NVR port and - Voila!

How do I configure the NVR \ Switch to see all the remote cameras?

Thanks in advance
Sean (Leodan)
 
So what is important is that your NVR and cameras are on the same network.. I will be using mine as I know how they work and I don't know yours numbers..

So for one of my NVRs the normally IP is 10.0.0.225 and the POE NVR ports are 10.2.25.xxx.. So if I want to connect some IP cameras on my remote area of my property using a POE switch or 12v/24v power supplies then i can do this just need to make sure that my cameras are setup with 10.0.0.xxx ip range.. Then because my NVR is setup to work with POE connected devices and standard Ip devices then I can go to my NVR camera page and do a search for the cameras and they can be pulled into the NVR..

However if your NVR is like one of my Hikvision POE NVR is then that POS can't even do local IP range cameras would need to port into one of the POE ports for the cameras to come online.. That POE NVR has no local IP camera ability and only works with POE connected cameras.. In this case I have not checked but might require 1 cable per port as it don't share any like most of my others.. On most of my others If I connect to port 5 I can connect 5, 6, 7 and 8 there. But can't add one to 4 or 9 because only 4 channels are shared and have to be 1-4 or 5-8 or 9-12 or 13-16.. In the other POS NVR I would have to setup a Vlan and mirror cameras from POE port of the switch to a normal switch port and plug that mirrored port into the NVRs port for the NVR to think it is connecting to a camera directly.. If I connect the switch with 1 cable it will only detect 1 camera so I would need to setup 8 ports on one of my 24 port managed switches to power 4 cameras and mirror the incoming data to 4 ports that I would plug into that POS NVR switch ports..

Would need to look at your NVRs manual or Datasheet to confirm what it is able to do.. All my higher quality Dahau or Amcrest NVRs work with POE switch connected and local area connected cameras so in that case would only need to connect yoru cameras to the Local Lan Ip range and add in the camears over the normal Lan Port of the NVR.. Some NVRs might have 1 or 2 Lan connected devices all other require POE.. That 1 or 2 LAN was becasue others were ticked they couldn't connect Wifi Doorbell cameras to there NVRs becasue they were not POE devices so they give ability to limited LAN connected devices maybe that is what the issue is with your NVR.. It has a limited LAN connected to only support 1.. ?
 
As stated by @looktall above, regardless of how connected, by NVR POE or via LAN, you cannot exceed 16 cameras or the bandwidth rating of the NVR.

Consider assigning unique static IP addresses to those 4 new cams, all in the same subnet as the NVR's LAN, but outside of your router's DHCP pool. Connect the NVR's LAN to the POE switch and the POE switch to the router. Connect the cameras one at a time to the POE switch and add them to the NVR.

The cameras connected to the NVR POE ports will be on a subnet completely different from the 4 new cameras connected to the NVR's LAN via POE switch.
 
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Yeah don't listen to me.. My POS is an older model OEM same model number as yours with different letters.. Mine isn't as new and don't offer 12mp.. However looking over somethings.. Something to try.. if you have your NVR setup for Plug N Play. Try to disable that.. Then if your extra cameras are not Hikvision cameras but maybe you picked up some EmpireTech Cameras.. The NVR in PnP might not find them as it is looking for the Hikvision.. Then if your other cameras no matter what Brand they are if they are not Hikvision, double check that they have ONVIF enabled. If they require an ONVIF user make one. Then do search again.. Here is what mine supports networking wize.. TCP/IP, DHCP, Hik-Connect, DNS, DDNS, NTP, SADP, SMTP, NFS, iSCSI, UPnP™,HTTPS, SSH what is missing? ONVIF..

However I did look up your model. again newer and it does offer ONVIF, So again it could be either your camera isn't a Hik product and or will need ONVIF enabled and or ONVIF user added?

Sorry didn't think 16ch that someone would try to Connect more then 16 cameras lol, So I was trying to give some answer off My real world experience and not trying to say that you would be trying to connect more then you could to your NVR.. Wish you luck..
 
Leodan said:
I want to add 4 cameras in a remote location by connecting them to a TP-Link POE switch (SG1005P) and running a single cable from the switch to the NVR. I believe I should be able to connect the incoming cable from the switch to a regular NVR port. But when I do this, I can only see one of the switch-connected cameras at a time.
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As you've discovered, a Hikvision NVR with PoE ports will only see one camera per PoE channel, even if multiple cameras cameras are on a PoE switch that is connected to one of the NVR PoE ports.
The switch with the multiple cameras connected should be connected to the same LAN that the NVR LAN port is connected to, maybe another router port (which might stress the router and degrade internet performance) or to another switch on the main LAN.
Then, in the NVR camera configuration web GUI, a selected number of the NVR PoE ports can be re-designated for LAN-connected cameras.
On the newer firmware, there is a tickbox to disable the PoE function.
On older firmware, the PoE channel needs to be changed to 'Manual' mode instead of 'Plug&Play'
Then the LAN IP address of the camera needs to be configured on the NVR channel.
And either way - the total number of cameras must not exceed the number of channels that the NVR supports.

Here are a couple of sample screenshots from a DS-7616NI/K2 /16P NVR :


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Thank you for your replies. It will take me a while to understand and experiment as my IP knowledge is very limited.

If the only way is to connect the switch line to a router, then I assume I can connect the NVR to the same router using the NVR's uplink port. I want to be able to monitor all cameras on Hik-Connect, not just the ones on the switch.

Can I connect the NVR uplink and switch line to a router that gets it's internet feed off another router?
 
Can you connect the NVR LAN port to the PoE switch, and another port on the PoE switch to the router?
That way, the camera traffic will not go across the router.
 
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Leodan said:
I want to be able to monitor all cameras on Hik-Connect, not just the ones on the switch.
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That doesn't matter. If the NVR's LAN and the new cams are all on the same subnet, then HikConnect can see them.

Leodan said:
Can I connect the NVR uplink and switch line to a router that gets it's internet feed off another router?
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As mentioned in my Post #4 and by @alastairstevenson , "Connect the NVR's LAN to the POE switch and the POE switch to the router." Do not run cameras thru the router to get to the NVR.

The second router you mentioned, the one with the "internet feed", can be connected to the router that is connected to the POE switch but depending on how the "internet router" is configured can provide a "double NAT" which should be avoided.

Is the Internet router's LAN/Gateway IP in the same subnet as the NVR's LAN?
 
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