So, reading through threads on here has of course been useful and educational. Given the amount of issues I've seen with people trying to access their cameras through their NVRs (and the clear advice from nayr), I'm going to invest in a separate POE switch. I'm not a network engineer and this will give me the flexibility I implicitly expect, without fighting the user interface of an NVR to manage my cameras).
So that said, I'm double checking that a Dahua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 will be a sound choice (loaded with a couple of 1TB WD Velociraptors I have on hand). I'm thinking that I'll go ahead and get the POE capable version just in case I eventually decide to push cameras to it directly. FWIW, I'm thinking of pairing the NVR with a Ubiquiti US-16-150W. Link to overall build info: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/new-member-working-on-1st-sec-cam-project.15862/#post-144883
Two questions:
1) I am assuming the Dahua NVR52A16-16P-4KS2 is just a version branded for direct release in the U.S. and not substantively different than Dahua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 (that has a lower price).
2) Second, I am assuming that having a dedicated switch will allow me to put the cameras and NVR on the same IP network as the rest of my infrastructure and clients (e.g., all of my existing stuff is 192.168.0.x; I've only used ~30 numbers of the 254 fixed IP assignment (MAC based for my wifi clients).
Thoughts/alternatives welcomed.
So that said, I'm double checking that a Dahua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 will be a sound choice (loaded with a couple of 1TB WD Velociraptors I have on hand). I'm thinking that I'll go ahead and get the POE capable version just in case I eventually decide to push cameras to it directly. FWIW, I'm thinking of pairing the NVR with a Ubiquiti US-16-150W. Link to overall build info: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/new-member-working-on-1st-sec-cam-project.15862/#post-144883
Two questions:
1) I am assuming the Dahua NVR52A16-16P-4KS2 is just a version branded for direct release in the U.S. and not substantively different than Dahua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 (that has a lower price).
2) Second, I am assuming that having a dedicated switch will allow me to put the cameras and NVR on the same IP network as the rest of my infrastructure and clients (e.g., all of my existing stuff is 192.168.0.x; I've only used ~30 numbers of the 254 fixed IP assignment (MAC based for my wifi clients).
Thoughts/alternatives welcomed.