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Move cameras and VCR off main network
I have 3 wireless cameras connected to my home network that record to a LAN connected VCR. There is a LOT of traffic from these cameras and cause bandwidth issues when streaming video from the inte...
Welll it is time to close out this issue, so here is the answer....
It actually was a simplistic fix - just keep all the cameras and NVR (network video recorder) all on the same router. So I used a WMDR3700V2 router set as an AP then one LAN port went back to the modem/router, one port went to the NVR and then the wireless cameras were all attached to that same router. Now all the traffice stayed on that router yet I could get to all the devices from anywhere on the house LAN. The problem before was that I had the NVR at the other end of the house on the LAN and so all the camera traffice passed through the modem/router and reduced the BW for other competing devices. Some times a problem that seems complex and difficult turns out to be easy. Thanks for all your comments......
Richard
I don't have cameras. But, I'm curious, do your cameras need to talk to the outside world?