Question on garage setup of switch and pc

[Artes426]

Hello there,

I want to setup a PC and switch for a 6-8 camera setup in my garage to avoid running camera cables to my router location inside the house. Does the below make sense?

Would I need to add a second 10/100/1000 network card to the PC allowing for the blue CAT wire to communicate from the PC to the wireless router for a future VPN connection? Thanks for your feedback!

Also, if the switch does not have two uplink connections, I can use one of the regular ports instead?

 

[fenderman]

Hello there,

I want to setup a PC and switch for a 6-8 camera setup in my garage to avoid running camera cables to my router location inside the house. Does the below make sense?

Would I need to add a second 10/100/1000 network card to the PC allowing for the blue CAT wire to communicate from the PC to the wireless router for a future VPN connection? Thanks for your feedback!

Also, if the switch does not have two uplink connections, I can use one of the regular ports instead?

That will work. You dont need a second network card unless you want to specifically isolate the camera from everything on the network and dont have a router with vlan. Otherwise you can simply block cameras from having internet access.

 

[IAmATeaf]

Unless as fenderman has pointed out you are going to put the cams on a separate subnet you won’t need a 2nd card in the PC and therefore the connection.

 

[Chocman]

I've trying to work out my own set up where the router is located away from the NVR. Could someone please explain in 'simple terms' as I'm a newbie, what purpose the switch plays in the set up above? I've got the dahua NVR and cameras from @Empiredirect. Note: none are currently in use.

Also, does an NVR get hot and require good ventilation? I'm thinking of building a secure space, in a cupboard

 

[th182]

I've trying to work out my own set up where the router is located away from the NVR. Could someone please explain in 'simple terms' as I'm a newbie, what purpose the switch plays in the set up above? I've got the dahua NVR and cameras from @Empiredirect. Note: none are currently in use.

Also, does an NVR get hot and require good ventilation? I'm thinking of building a secure space, in a cupboard

Switch provides power to camera’s and allows all camera’s to share one Cat5/6 line back to the computer. Rather than run 8 lines from each camera all the way to the computer where you’d need a switch anyways, you run 8 shorter lines to the switch and then one long one to the computer.

An NVR will put off some heat. I had a Lorex one in a small cabinet and it kept rebooting itself. Removed it from the cabinet and the rebooting stopped, I assumed it was overheating.


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[Chocman]

Thanks BIT, I guess I'll have to try it out and find out whether I have issues after what you've said.

 

[Walrus]

Hello there,

I want to setup a PC and switch for a 6-8 camera setup in my garage to avoid running camera cables to my router location inside the house. Does the below make sense?

Would I need to add a second 10/100/1000 network card to the PC allowing for the blue CAT wire to communicate from the PC to the wireless router for a future VPN connection? Thanks for your feedback!

Also, if the switch does not have two uplink connections, I can use one of the regular ports instead?

Just want to add, if you do this setup with a 2nd NIC, you wouldn't use the purple.

 

[Artes426]

I appreciate all of your feedback! Time to starting assembling the system.