Thanks Dan & Arthur!
However I see conflicting information between post 2 & 3 if I understand them correctly?
[Post 2 says] to (1) plug the transformer powered “IPPTZ-EL2MPL-12X-Mni-O” into the non powered "5 Port Gigabit Switch, Product #Switch-5G", (2) the “ELI-SIP-EMVD-21-4R” into the “PoE-4G1G” switch, & then (3) the “PoE-4G1G” into the "5 Port Gigabit Switch, Product #Switch-5G". (4) the "5 Port Gigabit Switch, Product #Switch-5G" into ethernet port 2 on the DVR? As I was asking in my option #4, which I believe is the same as Dan's option 6:. So this option requires a new piece of hardware, being SCK's "5 Port Gigabit Switch, Product #Switch-5G"?
[Post 3 says] (1) plug the transformer powered “IPPTZ-EL2MPL-12X-Mni-O” into the “PoE-4G1G” switch, (2) the “ELI-SIP-EMVD-21-4R” into the “PoE-4G1G” switch, (3) the “PoE-4G1G” Switch into ethernet port 2 on the DVR? As I was asking in my option #1. This option would allow using my existing equipment, but I was worried that it might burnout something?
If there is not a potential problem with power overload to SCK's "5 Port Gigabit Switch, Product #Switch-5G" by connecting both the transformer powered “IPPTZ-EL2MPL-12X-Mni-O” & the powered “PoE-4G1G” switch with the “ELI-SIP-EMVD-21-4R” into it, I am thinking this might be the safest? As long as there is not going to be a multiplier in the power coming out of the "Switch-5G" to either the DVR or to anything else plugged into the "Switch-5G" that could blow out something? I do not know the details on how the “PoE-4G1G” or "Switch-5G" work when it comes to sorting out power flow, so that is why I am asking all these probably dumb sounding question here.
Am I safe to reason that it would be OK in the future to add more, say transformer powered “IPPTZ-EL2MPL-12X-Mni-O” cameras into the "5 Port Gigabit Switch, Product #Switch-5G"?
I sure do like that PTZ camera by the way. Really good video quality not only daytime, but the night video is a vast improvement.
Thank you Art for the link to that article, it really helps me get a better grasp on how the DVR works. It also confirms my DVR's TCP/IP Network menu is configured correctly.