Newbie setup: NVR 7716 POE - Should I setup cameras plug n play or manual?

[Lemonjuice]

Hi all,

I have NVR 7716 which is POE and a bunch of HIK Vision cameras and intercom.

I wanted to ask is there a recommendation on weather I should set the cameras up as "plug n play" (which the NVR setups them up and they are on a separate subnet). I'm not sure what will be required for the intercom.

Or should I set them up manually and put them onto a separate VLAN on my network. I assume this would mean I dont connect the cameras to the NVR POE ports (which is kind of useless having a POE NVR)

Any thoughts or experience would be great.

 

[Phil]

Most people use the NVR's POE ports to connect their cameras.

The intercom will need to be separately supplied - connected to your network.