wireless IP Camera to NVR

vincentclee · Apr 19, 2014

I am looking for help on how to.. take 4 wireless IP cams connected to a wireless router with 4-5 gigabit ports and use one port per camera to connect to a 4ch Network Video Recorder. Guess my first question would be can I take the data from one IP camera and segregate it to one port on the wireless router so that it is considered one channel on the NVR. if so then replicate the process on the others. The idea would be to trick the NVR into thinking the wireless IP Cameras are hardwired via the router. Thanks.

i7Baby · Apr 19, 2014

Each camera will be seen as a separate device. You'll need software to get each one to record and to specify the output location.

boosted1g · Apr 21, 2014

What is the model of your NVR and your IP cameras as well?

If it is a network recorder it should just need one ethernet connection to your network and then just recieve the streams of the camera bassed off of thier IP address and port number.

I do not have a dedicated NVR box, I have 3 different IP camears and I use Blue Iris software on a pc and that works great.

vincentclee · Apr 21, 2014

i7Baby :

boosted1g :

the model i am thinking of using is a Q-See QC814-1 it has four ports. My reasoning is I am unsure if one connection from the wireless router can handle the amount of date from four cameras. I have looked at some NVR's with one network connection but because of my previous thought, I have looked for the four port models.
here is my application maybe it help, I work with automation and they mess up sometimes every cycle which could be seen quickly, however some of our troubleshooting is need when intermittent problems occur, once an hour or six. Who know with these machines. and as no one can stand there and watch for hours. I need a system to watch it. As i do not feel like running cable everytime the system is used, I plan on using wireless with their own battery packs. My main concern is data acquisition. Any thoughts?

boosted1g · Apr 21, 2014

The ports on that NVR are POE ethernet ports for cameras that use a wired ethernet connection, and the POE means it can send power over the ethernet cable as well as the data.
Since you are using wireless those ports are pointless though
It is the 5th port on that model that you connect to your existing network. In fact if you hooked two cables from your router or switch to that device at the same time you would cause a spanning tree endless loop and slow your network to a crawl if your router/switch does not have the feature to detect this.

As far as enough bandwidth with one connection it is not a problem at all.
Check this link: http://stardot.com/bandwidth-and-storage-calculator
4 IP cameras with H264 encoding with 720P HD resolution at 25 frames per second (which is a pretty good camera) is only 19kbps for all 4; if you only have a 10/100 network connection then that is 100mbps, if you have gigabit it is 1000mbps, either way not a problem.

If you want a standalone box that is fine but it is not necessary. I have a desktop PC and use Blue IRIS software ($50) and it records to a hard drive and works really great, and has a good android/iphone app as well, and of course you can view a camera over a web browser as well. It is really versatile for the low cost point, you can even have multiple logins and profiles, motion and alarm triggers, scheduled recording, etc, etc; I would bet it has every capability the software on that Q-SEE has and then some.

vincentclee · Apr 21, 2014

boosted1g :

The ports on that NVR are POE ethernet ports for cameras that use a wired ethernet connection, and the POE means it can send power over the ethernet cable as well as the data.
Since you are using wireless those ports are pointless though
It is the 5th port on that model that you connect to your existing network. In fact if you hooked two cables from your router or switch to that device at the same time you would cause a spanning tree endless loop and slow your network to a crawl if your router/switch does not have the feature to detect this.

As far as enough bandwidth with one connection it is not a problem at all.
Check this link: http://stardot.com/bandwidth-and-storage-calculator
4 IP cameras with H264 encoding with 720P HD resolution at 25 frames per second (which is a pretty good camera) is only 19kbps for all 4; if you only have a 10/100 network connection then that is 100mbps, if you have gigabit it is 1000mbps, either way not a problem.

If you want a standalone box that is fine but it is not necessary. I have a desktop PC and use Blue IRIS software ($50) and it records to a hard drive and works really great, and has a good android/iphone app as well, and of course you can view a camera over a web browser as well. It is really versatile for the low cost point, you can even have multiple logins and profiles, motion and alarm triggers, scheduled recording, etc, etc; I would bet it has every capability the software on that Q-SEE has and then some.

Thank you for advice and info, I have looked at Blue Iris and it looks like a great piece of software. We dont have a PC to run the software available nor will I be allowed to buy one specifically for it. So the all in one will suit.
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