Serious design fault with VIGi NVR with POE ports. I connected my 3rd party cameras to the VIGI NVR and they did not connect. Technical support told me to add the camera manually using the camera IP address. Camera does not have an IP address and it needs to get the IP address from the NVR. I am being told by Technical Support that NVRs do not have DHCP servers and needs to get IP address from Premises DHCP server. This is absolutely gob smacking. NVRs are supposed to work as a private networks. Wired devices should get their IP from the NVR not from a premises router. If this has been designed to get IP address from a premises router such as your home or business network router it is as good as your wiring a Network port on the outside of your premises such that any device plugged in is on the premises network. For a business premises this strictly a NO and not even a home network where security is relatively week. This is supposed to be a security device, yet basics of network design ha been ignored. Correct me if I am wrong that the NVR has a DHCP server (which means my NVR is faulty).