I have no idea. But I do know that in the past Hikvision support has been wonderful. May be worth an e-mail.

You do not need the uplink port. The router can be connected to any port. The uplink port is usually higher speed and may have some other features you will probably never use than the other ports. A good idea is download the manual before buying. You typically need a non-managed POE router. I like T...

Have you looked at the camera web interface? On the Hikvision cameras, it is in Live View. I also needed it to establish focus.

I tired posting this .. but it didn't take.

I am using Blue Iris on Windows.
2-5 seconds.

Not sure it this is helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9rC8HN2Umc

I have been using ZeroTier since day 1. I have no interest in playing with a router and potentially leaving myself open security-wise.

Anything with the words "McAfee" or "Norton" should never be installed on any computer.

Are you running sub-streams to all or some of the cameras? Running at full-res. can really bog a system down.

Just curious. Why are the cameras and the Internet connection (assuming the router) not all fed into the switch? Why do you have 2 NICs?

Is there some way to reduce the amount of time to wait for the primary (high-resolution) stream to appear when viewing a camera?

The only macro I have in the text is @CAM
I am thinking I need to add something to include a picture?

Thank you. I will check this out. I am with Bell Mobility in Canada.