Guys, my dad has gotten a new office for his business. I'm setting up a hybrid LAN consisting of 4 wired PCs, ~10 security cameras and a few wireless devices (laptops, cellphones).
The network cabling is Category 6. I need suggestions on a good router to bring the network together. I'm thinking a 5-6 port router and a switch should do the trick of bringing the network together.
I need suggestions on a router that is durable and can handle high amounts of bandwidth. Cost has to be reasonable as per the need of this setup, so I'm not specifying a budget. I've seen that Cisco and Netgear have good options, but I'll leave specifics to you guys. I'm hoping that the suggested router is firewalled and has gigabit ports. If a hybrid wire+wireless router is a better performing solution than a wireless AP and wired router, then suggest that kind of a model. Wall penetration of the signal is of highest priority BTW.
I'm thinking a switch with 100mbit ports to connect the cameras and a 1gbit port to connect to the router should do a good job. Please suggest a good switch, smart or otherwise for this purpose. I will be able to assign separate IP addresses to each camera if I use a switch right?
My internet line will be 20Mbit.
So far this is the grid:
Internet Line>>>>>Router>>>>>PCs
|
|>>>>>>>(if router is wired)Wireless Access Point
|
|>>>>>>>Switch>>>>>>Security Cameras
As far as security cameras are concerned, I am thinking of using I.P. cameras. CCTV is also an option if the following can be achieved:
Watch live feed anywhere through the internet.
Record the stream on a computer (I'm guessing a TV Tuner can do that).
Please suggest cameras for this. H.264 720x480/640x480 should be a high enough resolution, but feed should be of decent quality.
If there are any suggestions/ improvements possible, please advise. Also, please suggest how I can go about accessing an IP Camera feed through the internet.
Thanks guys. Any quick response is much appreciated.
The network cabling is Category 6. I need suggestions on a good router to bring the network together. I'm thinking a 5-6 port router and a switch should do the trick of bringing the network together.
I need suggestions on a router that is durable and can handle high amounts of bandwidth. Cost has to be reasonable as per the need of this setup, so I'm not specifying a budget. I've seen that Cisco and Netgear have good options, but I'll leave specifics to you guys. I'm hoping that the suggested router is firewalled and has gigabit ports. If a hybrid wire+wireless router is a better performing solution than a wireless AP and wired router, then suggest that kind of a model. Wall penetration of the signal is of highest priority BTW.
I'm thinking a switch with 100mbit ports to connect the cameras and a 1gbit port to connect to the router should do a good job. Please suggest a good switch, smart or otherwise for this purpose. I will be able to assign separate IP addresses to each camera if I use a switch right?
My internet line will be 20Mbit.
So far this is the grid:
Internet Line>>>>>Router>>>>>PCs
|
|>>>>>>>(if router is wired)Wireless Access Point
|
|>>>>>>>Switch>>>>>>Security Cameras
As far as security cameras are concerned, I am thinking of using I.P. cameras. CCTV is also an option if the following can be achieved:
Watch live feed anywhere through the internet.
Record the stream on a computer (I'm guessing a TV Tuner can do that).
Please suggest cameras for this. H.264 720x480/640x480 should be a high enough resolution, but feed should be of decent quality.
If there are any suggestions/ improvements possible, please advise. Also, please suggest how I can go about accessing an IP Camera feed through the internet.
Thanks guys. Any quick response is much appreciated.
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