For professional surveillance applications, avoid, as much as possible, cross-use of a network for general purposes; i.e. it's an advantage if the IP-Surveillance network has its own dedicated switches that are connected to a high capacity (backbone) that can handle the video traffic.

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Define the scene and type of network video products required

Application requirements: features, recording and storage needs

Assess your network needs: local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN)

Existing networks

New, dedicated IP-Surveillance network, together with the general purpose

Dedicated IP-Surveillance network