I'm looking to create a 4 camera setup and I was wondering if any PoE switch with 4 ports + up link would be sufficient? I'm looking at the IPC-HDW5231R-ZE and IPC-HFW5231E-Z12E cameras and it seems that they each max at a rate of 1 mbps for H.264 encoding.
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I saw your other post with pix of the proposed locations. I'd get a 8 port; not much more than a 4 and money well spent in case you want to add 1 or 2 more cams later....and you will!
I'm considering getting an 8 port UniFi switch to create VLANs and also power my APs, so I would only have 2 PoE slots left on it. I'm thinking if I get one more 4 port one, I would have up to 2 more that I could expand to. I just wanted to confirm that even a 100mbps PoE switch would be sufficient given the low bandwidth these cameras appear to have.
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If you go with Ubiquiti, please look for a switch with real PoE, like 802.3af / at, 802.3at for PoE+ devices.
Most Ubiquiti stuff uses their own 24 volt passive PoE, and that will not power up your Dahua camera's.
Most Ubiquiti stuff uses their own 24 volt passive PoE, and that will not power up your Dahua camera's.
Would the Unifi US-8-60W work? It claims "4 Auto-Sensing IEEE 802.3af PoE Ports". Ubiquiti Networks - UniFi® Switch 8
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It should be ok for powering up the camera's, but from the 8 ports, you can only use 4 of them for PoE.
You could eventually look at the Netgear ProSafe switches, like the GS510TP, which has 8 ports, 802.3af/at, gigabit, and is also a managed switch for remote management.
You could eventually look at the Netgear ProSafe switches, like the GS510TP, which has 8 ports, 802.3af/at, gigabit, and is also a managed switch for remote management.
Good point...I've used some Unifi and knew that but overlooked that fact.
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Another option if noise isn't a consideration (equipment room installation) is to look for used switches on Craigslist, et al. I found Cisco 24-port and 48-port PoE switches for less than a couple glasses of decent beer.
That was an option for me as well, but i was scared of how power hungry they are and the noise. Mine would be in the closet in my office at home.
Looking at this unit:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...VBR-tBh26YAnSEAYYAiABEgKZZvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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Where I live I can buy a lot of power for the difference of a $10 older switch and a $XXX somewhat comparable new switch.
I understand though; power costs a lot more in other places. And, depends on the price of the older used switch too. Just have to look at the total picture to see if might be worth it.
Another aspect is the Cisco switches I bought probably will outlive me from functional standpoint. I'm not necessarily as confident about that with some other stuff out there.
I understand though; power costs a lot more in other places. And, depends on the price of the older used switch too. Just have to look at the total picture to see if might be worth it.
Another aspect is the Cisco switches I bought probably will outlive me from functional standpoint. I'm not necessarily as confident about that with some other stuff out there.
Where im at here in california, power is very expensive and for something that needs to be running 24/7. Lucky for you, power is lower cost. Rock on! I would be getting this business class switch for free, but i bet after a couple months of seeing my pge bill increase, it wouldnt for me be worth it.
If you go with the Ubiquiti 8-port version I prefer the Edgeswitch8-150w (vs 60w version) which runs POE+ to all 8 ports and has gigabit capability. That’s the switch I run and it’s very easy to do VLANs to sandbox everything off if you add an Edgerouter on the front end.
I'm sure the OP has already found a switch, but for others looking for a good quality managed switch, I found that the netonix switches are far superior to the ubiquiti and around the same cost. The only thing they don't have that ubiquiti has is the 24 volt poe, so might be an issue for some if you're running other ubiquiti gear.
If you don't mind using used switch, Nortel Baystack 5520-24T-PWR Gigabit PoE Network Switch is a great choice. It's very loud, though!!!
Either you go for a layer 3 switch (which can route inbetween vlans) which means $$$ or you go for a (classic) layer 2 managed switch (which supports vlans) and an Edgerouter (eg ER-X) to do the intervlan routing. Less $$$
Choice is yours
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