so, to set up my question, i have 4 IP cameras around the house. as far as i know, they only create network traffic when there is a connection to them. i also have a zoneminder install ready to go to monitor the 4 cameras, but when i have this going, zoneminder is constantly monitoring all 4 cameras, completely clogging my network and making it difficult for me and my wife to surf the internet on our laptops.
so i thought i would divide the network somehow so that all the camera traffic was routed separately from our normal surfing traffic. i guess this entails buying another wireless router (as some of the camera traffic is connected by a wireless bridge). so, with a second router, i should be able to connect one of the numbered (not incoming internet) port of the second router to a numbered port on my main router, then connect all camera traffic to the second router instead of the first. then, camera traffic to zoneminder would be handled completely by the second router without the primary router knowing about it, i could surf the internet using the primary router and its internet connection without the secondary router being affected by it, and i could still connect to zoneminder as well as the individual cameras from my laptop.
does this all sound kosher?
so i thought i would divide the network somehow so that all the camera traffic was routed separately from our normal surfing traffic. i guess this entails buying another wireless router (as some of the camera traffic is connected by a wireless bridge). so, with a second router, i should be able to connect one of the numbered (not incoming internet) port of the second router to a numbered port on my main router, then connect all camera traffic to the second router instead of the first. then, camera traffic to zoneminder would be handled completely by the second router without the primary router knowing about it, i could surf the internet using the primary router and its internet connection without the secondary router being affected by it, and i could still connect to zoneminder as well as the individual cameras from my laptop.
does this all sound kosher?