I can't tell you how much I appreciate your response! I wish I had your response before I bought those two switches :-( Now I am truly back to "square one". One problem I have is that I have devices (including AP's) on different floors of my home. Some devices should be on the same subnet ...

I have created a detailed layout of my proposed network but I still cannot figure out the correct way to configure the VLANs/ports in the switches and the proper firewall rules that I need to create to route traffic and limit access. This whole surveillance scene is new to me. I have been searching ...