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I have an NV4116E NVR. This has 8 dedicated PoE ports and supports a total of 16 cameras.

I have existing cables but may need to try and put a PoE switch on one of the dedicated ports. I need two cameras where I only have one wire so a small PoE switch (I have power available) will deal with the hardware requirements. Doing this will not exceed my total of 16 cameras.

Questions: Can the built in PoE ports support more than one camera? Will my NVR hand out more than one IP address per port?

Thanks in advance.
Pete

Yes the NVR 4116E-HS can use 1 cable for up to 4 cameras on the back. Keep in mind that you will need to do it on 1-4 or 5-8 in your system. Meaning you can't connect 1 cable at 1 and try to enter it as a Ch8 or Port 8 camera.

One more thing that you will want to keep in mind as well, If you put it on your normal network your NVR will try to hand out IP to non Camera devices because it will work as a DHCP server. However if it will only be on a Hub or POE Switch stand alone then only things connected to that Hub/Switch will get IP's handed out.

Also will need to have your cameras setup for 10.1.1.xxx range for best results. OR what ever your NVR Switch range is anyway. Meaning like in my case on my 4116E-HS, if I try to access my 10.0.0.xxx on the POE port of my NVR it will fail to connect just like if I try to connect a 10.10.1.xxx from my normal IP range from the front. That is the IP for my POE Switch of the NVR and won't come though the normal network side (it does on my 4216E-AI NVR) non of my other HS or lower NVR's work that way..

Revo,

Thanks for confirming that it will work. Yes, I shall keep the wiring separate. It seems that the 4116E has its own DHCP server and anyway the wiring is separate so the camera will pick up a 10.0.0.nnn address.

Thanks again.