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While discussing wiring, does anyone have experience with using Ethernet Over Power solutions with cameras? I am still going to rerun this copper, but was just reading up about the advancements in this EOP technology (used to not be good at all!), so I ordered a TP Link 500mbps kit to try out at home for computer equipment. I'm going to give it a test to see if cameras work this way as well. Would be a great way to add a couple more cameras in the future in some other spots that would be pretty difficult to get wiring to.

Yep, split pairs on the connectors. The old stuff is solid aluminum with copper dip, and new is solid copper. It's off a 500ft reel so no strand at the ends.

Tried this earlier tonight already actually and confirmed that longer cables did NOT work from my router to desktop computer, so obvious issue with the cable and nothing to do with NVR or POE. This test was with about 75-80ft. I ended up doing a lot of testing with cables and googling around about this problem and found that at longer distances (50-100ft+) it DOES matter what color order you crimp your connectors on with. I've never had issues with this on smaller cables for computers, and I guess my older non-IP/non-megapixel CCTV system didn't mind the noise. Anyway, Cisco has a specific order they go in, and I was slightly off from this despite having made all my cables before the same way with no problems. As soon as I re-crimped my longer test 75-80ft cable with the Cisco certified pinout, desktop to router connection got an immediate 100baseT! I'm confident in my connector abilities after doing it so many times the past few days, so I'm positive it was the wiring, not poor connection. So, at least I'm confident I can fix one of my cameras with this cable tomorrow. BTW, I went with 568B, and my previous pinout seems to die about 30-40ft out (I kept cutting 5ft off and re-crimp until I got it to work, determined to figure out what the deal was, haha). http://www.lanshack.com/make-cat5e.aspx I found another issue though. As you guys suspected, my older cable is NOT copper! The new stuff says 24awg and is clearly copper all through - and has thicker shielding. The older doesn't have a gauge listed but is probably also 24awg, however it is clearly silver in color, so probably aluminum. I didn't really pay attention to those things when purchasing this originally 8 years ago. After fixing the color wiring on my longest run of this old cable to the Cisco 568B standard, the NVR blinks a bit but does not stay on. The camera is powered up and IR working the whole time, so these blinks and then all lights going out for a few seconds (and repeat) must be failed communication and it keeps retrying. So, it seems as if I have an issue with either the length or the metal type with that older run and will replace it. I suspect metal type is probably 99% chance of the reason why it is not carrying signal well enough if just the order of wiring in the connector makes such a big difference in 100+ft cables! I am going to more accurately measure out how much I need for that replacement run and cut off the required amount with the new copper, then crimp off both ends to test it before stapling up the new run under the house eave since that is a lot of work! Thanks for your suggestions here. I'll report back if I have any more problems. If anyone wants a bunch of useless 5ft cables from my testing all night, you know where to find me haha.

True, that is a good point about which power source it uses. I did a test that eliminates this however. Ran POE through NVR (all 8 channels are POE) with and without external 12V directly into camera with long and short cables. Same result either way. Also ran camera directly into router (with no POE abilities) with 12V directly into camera. I could only get the software to see the camera if I used a short cable. Tried with both new good Cables2Go and my old reel that would have been more questionable. Without a scope, is there any way to test signal strength?

Thanks. The first runs were possibly with a lower end cable but I certainly don't see any aluminum coloring when cutting. I just bought nicer Cables2Go stuff from Amazon for the latest run that also has the issue. Really baffles me. I will try remaking the connectors on the ends again. I'll double check the old wiring to see if anything on it says AL. Yeah, power drop really cannot be an issue since I hooked 12V directly into camera and cannot see it still on either device.

I cannot figure out what is going on with the wiring I'm doing for my IP cameras. Seems like I'm having issues with long runs, but I'm no where near the maximum for Cat5e. I have a Hikvision DS-7608NI-SE/8P with 5 Hikvision cameras total, 3 that are working fine on wiring that is less than 50ft, however 2 strings I have run that are longer (one about 60, another about 80-90) cause the camera to come on but not reachable with my NVR or recognized at all with Hikvisions SADP (camera search software) when directly connected to computer. Lights on NVR and computer port are solid and show communication. When I use shorter cables with the exact same cameras, they all work fine. I don't suspect issues with the cable itself because my cable tester confirms all 8 wires are working. Also my longest run was an existing cable from a previous install, and the new camera DID work initially for a while but was not acting right. Delayed video, lost packets, couldn't set motion detection zones. So I reset the camera and put on a new RJ45 connector in case there was corrosion, but now the camera is not recognizable at all. When I added another camera I put the brand new camera on that line and it never recognized it at all, so I don't think I did anything to the camera. Confirmed all connectors are wired correctly, and I've even plugged alternate 12V power directly into the camera on the long runs. Has to be a signal issue and not power due to this, but I just don't know how to test that. Being no where near the max length has me puzzled regardless. Any suggestions? Thank you!

I can't find any searches where someone tried an ANRAN Camera on a Hikvision NVR. I'm looking to add a couple of these cameras indoors in my home http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EP5JO5I/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AOOM70BFN9DFG to my Hikvision DS-7608NI-SE/8P. The main reason this one is appealing is it's 2MegaPixel but ALSO lets me orientate the camera however I want, and specifically looking for wall mount in one area. I have yet to find any other cameras that I know are compatible with my NVR to work for direct wall mount (I'm not going to use a wall to dome adapter, that would just look crazy...).

Thank you both! I did both of these (config port 9988) as well as giving it an IP on the same subnet and that worked!!

I am running 4 HikVision cameras on this NVR, but I bought a Dahua 3200 to add indoors (one that allows me to rotate camera for wall mount). I thought that this would work Plug-and-Play, but it doesn't appear to. I can access the camera just find over 192.168.1.108 port 80 for web viewing and setup, but when I plug into NVR it cannot recognize it. I've tried messing around with several settings with no luck. I cannot seem to find good instructions for how to do this. Anyone able to help?

I have the same DVR and am having the same problem, however I have already switched off port 80, to port 888. It works fine within my network, but when i try to hit it over my dyndns.org domain, I get nothing. Any recommendations??

Yikes, that is still pretty pricey. $200 ...

Yeah, while looking for equipment, I'm definitely starting to notice that there is a bunch of knock off stuff out there from people trying to make a quick buck with inferior products.

Cool, thanks. I will see if I can find any others like these for possibly cheaper. I'm a good bargain hunter .

That one is a bit pricey for me. $220 on ebay. I think the one i mentioned above for half that would be ideal.

42%, ouch!!!!