Tafilad 0 Posted July 15, 2015 Hi, Can you help? I want to install four cameras in some out buildings and cannot run cables. I am looking at using network extenders for power and an ip connection which i think will work,But i am struggling to understand how to connect to a NVR all the advice i can find is showing POE.Can i just plug the NVR into the same network and receive all the cameras like this? Embarrassed i know so little about this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zr1 0 Posted July 21, 2015 If they're on the same local area network, then the NVR can see the cameras and connect up to them fine. If you were running new cables, POE is handy. But if: Building A: NVR Building B: Camera 1 Building C: Camera 2 It'll work...again...if set up to be on the same local area network. Just as if your PC was printing to a network printer on the network. However... With that said... WiFi is not the reliable choice. Wireless devices get knocked off all the time. Sure, there's the home-residential "wifi cameras" that work. But a small WiFi hiccup and the camera is offline. Unless you check it often, you won't know for quite some time. If your DVR has a "video loss" alarm, then it could email you when a camera loses connection. But when I do cameras for businesses, we wire-wire-wire. Why? Because the business doesn't want to have to even think about cameras. They want to focus on business and forget about the cameras until needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
