Searched here and googled a bit this morning already and either find none or conflicting information.
With a mixture of POE and non POE cams and switches - does it matter if the POE switch is before or after the non-POE?
Hi
@StratRider, well, I had to re-read your question a couple of times, but I'm still not sure what you are trying to achieve
So first things first:
- a POE Cam can only get its power from a POE Switch (or POE injector)
- a non POE switch will never give power to any (POE) device ever
- hence putting a POE cam to a non-POE switch will render it useless, except if you provide it power over a POE injector.
So, networking wise, a switch is a switch, and you can indeed mix-up POE switches with non-POE switches. There is nothing wrong with having one main POE switch (with 2 cams), and 1 downstream non POE switch (with playstation, NAS, BI pc, NVR, ...) and 2 more downstream POE switches with all your cams. The IP traffic will find its way to your NVR/BI pc/...
But power-wise: POE devices need to be connected to a POE switch.
Happy Camming!
CC