I have amended the diagram above for more clarity. I still can't believe this is what Hikvision support (although there is NO official documentation about this).
From a network/security prospective it doesn't make any sense. Of course with a good firewall (like codlord said) you can get around...
Hi Dan (and everyone else),
can you please confirm that I have understood correctly?
If I have a 32 channels Hikvision NVR (like the iDS-7732NXI-I4/16P/X) that has 16 poe ports and ONE LAN port,
the only way to connect all the cameras is to:
1 - Connect the first 16 cameras to the PoE ports at...