Thank you for the info! I guess I don't understand why a spec with 350mA or 600mA can trump 2A with a 12v transformer especially over a 100 foot run. I guess Voltage is key here not amperages, forgot electricity 101 or PIE
When you put power down a cable, a certain amount of voltage is lost. It varies based on what the wire is made of, the wire gauge, amount of amps being drawn, temperature of the wires, etc. The interactions between all these factors is complicated, but suffice it to say the PoE standards such as 802.3af take all this into account to deliver a usable amount of power. When you use passive PoE adapters and your own 12 volt power supply, nothing is guaranteed.
When you use standard PoE, you don't need any adapters. Just plug one end of your network cable into the PoE switch and the other end into the camera.
If you need to power microphones, then you can probably use your passive PoE adapters simultaneously with the standard PoE switch. Wires 1,2,3,6 will be used by the camera for data and power from the PoE switch, while your passive injectors separate out wires 4,5,7,8 to use for 12v DC power.
If you need to power something more demanding like a large
IR illuminator that uses more than about 6 watts, then it would be best to use real low voltage landscaping wire or something like that, instead of
cat5e.