Apologies for late reply (Was in Hospital for the past 4 days).
I am running Cat6 to the cameras (only future proof). Then running Cat8 between the trunks in a pex tube for the potential to swap to fiber.
What was tripping me up was the PoE on the switch and it couldn’t talk to the NVR hosted on another switch.
Ya think I would have clearer sense on this as I did the CCNA exam facepalm.
Thank you for the reassurance!
I never really got into Twitter format. Been more of a fan of long form discussion that can bring more insight. Mastodon and bluesky just fill that void, although has replaced twitter for me.