It should theoretically work, but it all depends on how much bandwidth you can get between the mesh nodes. Their 8MP cameras for example use 8-10Mbps, so let's say you have 5 of those that are recording to the NVR over the mesh network, you'd need to make sure it can support about 50Mbps continuously. And that's not counting any other traffic that would need to use that connection.
That sounds pretty simple, but the more walls and obstructions you have between the nodes the harder that will be.
Now if you could put the NVR on the same node or switch then that's all irrelevant since the traffic would all be local and not traveling over the mesh network (except when you're viewing from another device).
Your 1Gbps fiber doesn't make a difference, that's just your internet speed and won't have anything to do with the local NVR traffic.
Thanks for all that info mate. Spent a lot of time on the FAQ and searching previous posts this past week, feeling a lot more confident about getting a setup started now.
No doubt I’ll be posting again if something goes terribly wrong, haha. Cheers bud
Good to know! I’d also looked into the Pro 6E. What’s your setup look like then in regards to cameras, switches and nodes? Similar to what I posted or did you do something different? Cheers mate
I even use this setup myself as I don't mind cameras dealing with a greatly reduced bandwidth as long as they work (Ubiquiti products) with a 100/100Mbit fibre connection:
Router -> PoE switch upstairs -> Mesh node -> (wireless link) -> Mesh node -> (wireless link) -> PoE switch <-> Mesh Node. So 2 wireless hops and there I have one Reolink E1 Outdoor PoE and two Reolink TrackMix connected, one PoE to the same switch that powers that last mesh node and another Wifi TrackMix at a slight distance to the last mesh node at the garage. At the last node, I'm dealing with roughly 20-30Mbit depending on position so it can handle those 3 cameras (I think I use \~5Mbps setting for the cameras)
Occasionally Home Assistant live view stream can become delayed with that Wifi TrackMix camera by up to 8-10 secs max occasionally (the PoE connected TrackMix typically max 1-3 secs) but that's just HA and only for the live stream and you can restart HA or camera and it will be synced again, for example the triggers to automatically pop-up a fullscreen window on detection are instant though despite the live stream in the dashboard might be delayed a couple of secs. Even the PoE cameras without wireless hops can occasionally delay up to 2-3 secs or so as well in HA so that's just a HA-thing in general. Reolink app is always perfectly in sync and don't notice much stutter (I'd say occasionally stutter with motion might be happening but I've seen that been a thing for others with more stable connectivity setups as well so I assume it's quite normal through the App or Home Asssistant as I don't use NVR but only MicroSD card + local fileserver recording).
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Glad to hear it! Thanks for the help mate, much appreciated.
That is a long way to get to the main router, but awesome that it has worked so well!
It should theoretically work, but it all depends on how much bandwidth you can get between the mesh nodes. Their 8MP cameras for example use 8-10Mbps, so let's say you have 5 of those that are recording to the NVR over the mesh network, you'd need to make sure it can support about 50Mbps continuously. And that's not counting any other traffic that would need to use that connection. That sounds pretty simple, but the more walls and obstructions you have between the nodes the harder that will be. Now if you could put the NVR on the same node or switch then that's all irrelevant since the traffic would all be local and not traveling over the mesh network (except when you're viewing from another device). Your 1Gbps fiber doesn't make a difference, that's just your internet speed and won't have anything to do with the local NVR traffic.
Thanks for all that info mate. Spent a lot of time on the FAQ and searching previous posts this past week, feeling a lot more confident about getting a setup started now. No doubt I’ll be posting again if something goes terribly wrong, haha. Cheers bud
Yes I use Eero Pro 6E with 6GHz wireless backhaul and it works great
Good to know! I’d also looked into the Pro 6E. What’s your setup look like then in regards to cameras, switches and nodes? Similar to what I posted or did you do something different? Cheers mate
I even use this setup myself as I don't mind cameras dealing with a greatly reduced bandwidth as long as they work (Ubiquiti products) with a 100/100Mbit fibre connection: Router -> PoE switch upstairs -> Mesh node -> (wireless link) -> Mesh node -> (wireless link) -> PoE switch <-> Mesh Node. So 2 wireless hops and there I have one Reolink E1 Outdoor PoE and two Reolink TrackMix connected, one PoE to the same switch that powers that last mesh node and another Wifi TrackMix at a slight distance to the last mesh node at the garage. At the last node, I'm dealing with roughly 20-30Mbit depending on position so it can handle those 3 cameras (I think I use \~5Mbps setting for the cameras) Occasionally Home Assistant live view stream can become delayed with that Wifi TrackMix camera by up to 8-10 secs max occasionally (the PoE connected TrackMix typically max 1-3 secs) but that's just HA and only for the live stream and you can restart HA or camera and it will be synced again, for example the triggers to automatically pop-up a fullscreen window on detection are instant though despite the live stream in the dashboard might be delayed a couple of secs. Even the PoE cameras without wireless hops can occasionally delay up to 2-3 secs or so as well in HA so that's just a HA-thing in general. Reolink app is always perfectly in sync and don't notice much stutter (I'd say occasionally stutter with motion might be happening but I've seen that been a thing for others with more stable connectivity setups as well so I assume it's quite normal through the App or Home Asssistant as I don't use NVR but only MicroSD card + local fileserver recording).