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, 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

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.