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Looking forward to setting this up on a DS620slim. (A great little machine.)

Thank you!

You can go full screen using the double-arrow icon at the top right corner of a sub-app, such as the Monitor Center, Roger.

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Thanks for your help, Jim

Assuming you use hardware of the same speed grade (i.e Gigabit) it makes no difference between 1 and 2. And #3 won’t work.

Generally, think of a switch as extra LAN ports of the router.

Background: new house, wired with Cat 6a cable. Main router Synology RT6600ax, with a second one in wired backhaul on the second floor. Previously used a DS214+, but new place so purchased DS923+. Setting up home security system, outside first. I installed/wired 4 Synology BC500 cameras, they all power on, but I haven’t installed onto Surveillance station yet. For the main wired network I have an unmanaged 16 port switch; for the cameras a separate unmanaged POE switch. So there various options in terms of what cable goes where, and what would be best.

For wired backhaul, the second RT6600 is directly connected to the router (ie not through a switch).

I see 2 main options for the other devices:
(1) connect the NAS and the POE switch/security cameras to the network switch, and then a single cable to the router, or
(2) connect the NAS, POE switch, and network switch individually and directly to the router.
(3) I did wonder about connecting the POE switch/security cameras directly to the second ethernet port on the NAS, but I’m not sure re +/-‘s with this

Is one better? Would I be better off long term to get a managed switch, and set up the security system on a VLAN (never used a VLAN before). Planning to add 2-3 interior cameras later, hopefully wired but may need to be WiFi.

Sorry about the many questions, your help is most appreciated.

Jim

I don’t use any DVA, Len. But with a NAS, you can do so much more than just a NVR. More here.

Thanks Dong. Two of them per camera isnt bad. Doesnt sound like you think its worth the extra cost. It comes with 8 licenses so that is helpful to offset the costs. Still trying to figure out the DVA model does different than the general Synology NAS?