curious lobster

Understand, feel free to go for FTP cable then, just in case. Better spend a little bit more on the cabling, than waste a lot of time replacing cable that does not fit your needs. I didn't even look at the NVR you had posted. The POE ports will serve you for the cameras that are near the NVR. For the cameras that are farther away, as I said I trhink it is just better to put some smaller POE switches along the way, making a tree structure. Sorry, I am a complete noob when it comes to cameras. What would putting a PoE switch do along the way that would help with distance? Would this act as a booster of some sort? Also would the PoE switched need to have their own power source?

Hi There, Thanks for the reply. As far as my knowledge goes the NVR will act as a 16 POE switch as well as record the camera feed at 1080p and broadcast the live camera feed online for all 16 Ch, which is why I decided to go with it instead of using a computer. I could be wrong but I am not sure. As for the Cat 6, I need it shielded because there will be alot of electrical interference from machinery below.

Hi, I am thinking about purchasing a camera system from Hikvision for my business and came up with this: DS-2CD2512F-IS = 4 Cameras @2.8mm DS-2CD2032-I = 6 Cameras @4mm DS-2CD2032-I = 6 Cameras @6mm DS-7716NI-SP, 16CH NVR = 1 NVR I have a few questions and I figured why not pitch it to the pros before trying it out: 1.) All the cameras are PoE, but my business is 72m L x 55m W (3960m^2) and some of the cameras will have to go beyond the 100M limit. Should I get repeaters for this or would it be fine without? 2.) What cable should I use, I was looking at the Cat 6 FTP cable but I'm not 100% sure as yet. Also should I get Solid or Stranded? 3.) I have been reading on several forums that in terms of hardware ONLY, the English-Chinese Hacked Cameras + English-Chinese Hacked NVRs are the exact same as the Hikvision USA cameras and NVRs. If this is true then how would I go about changing the firmware of these specific cameras and NVR to that of their English counterparts? 4.) Also are the English-Chinese Hacked Cameras compatible with an English NVR? (All of this is from Hikvision). I apologize if this has been posted before, but this has been bugging me for the passed 2 weeks and I have no idea what to do, whether I should get them or not. Looking forward to your reply. V