Hi,
I'm running two Empiretek T5442T-ZE cameras via POE from a POE switch, to one interface on my dual NIC home server. The camera network is separate from my home network. I use Frigate & Home Assistant to monitor these.
During the night a few nights ago one of them went offline. There is power out of the switch to the camera, it is powering on since I can see the infrared lights at night, but there's no network connectivity.
Here's what I know:
The fact that one still works rules out server networking issues.
How can I go about debugging this? Is it possible for water damage to stop data transmission but still power on the camera?
I've checked the feed and there was no tampering before it went offline.
I'm running two Empiretek T5442T-ZE cameras via POE from a POE switch, to one interface on my dual NIC home server. The camera network is separate from my home network. I use Frigate & Home Assistant to monitor these.
During the night a few nights ago one of them went offline. There is power out of the switch to the camera, it is powering on since I can see the infrared lights at night, but there's no network connectivity.
Here's what I know:
- One camera still online, I can ping it
- One camera suddenly offline, I can't ping it
- The offline camera is still powering on
- I've unplugged and replugged the offline camera, changed port, no luck.
- There was bad weather when it went offline, I've checked and a little water could get inside to where the ethernet is plugged in.
The fact that one still works rules out server networking issues.
How can I go about debugging this? Is it possible for water damage to stop data transmission but still power on the camera?
I've checked the feed and there was no tampering before it went offline.