Do I need multiple HomePlug adapters (the one that connects to the router/switch) if I have multiple cameras?
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No, one adapter will do it. So, if you buy one complete system, that comes with an adapter, and add-on cameras after that, you'll be fine.
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No. In fact, they do not recommend that. I had to have two on my network to support six cameras, but that's because the three cameras on my dock/boathouse were so far away from the main house that the Power Line signals from the cameras would not reach the adapter connected to my house router. I added a second HomePlug adapter in the boathouse, connected to a router in the boathouse (connected by Cat 5 to the house) and they work fine. As long as all of your cameras are close enough to your HomePlug adapter to get good signal strength, you only need one adapter connected to your Cat 5 Router. No. In fact, they do not recommend that. I had to have two on my network to support six cameras, but that's because the three cameras on my dock/boathouse were so far away from the main house that the Power Line signals from the cameras would not reach the adapter connected to my house router. I added a second HomePlug adapter in the boathouse, connected to a router in the boathouse (connected by Cat 5 to the house) and they work fine. As long as all of your cameras are close enough to your HomePlug adapter to get good signal strength, you only need one adapter connected to your Cat 5 Router.
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as others said, no you don't.Also, if you have the cameras next to an Ethernet outlet, the cameras will run off POE, then you don't need any adapters.
1663627
I use Powerline, so any of my power outlets in my house can be used and do not need to connect to the router physically.
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as others said, no. I have six cameras with one adapter.The cameras also work off POE, so if you mount the cameras next to an Ethernet outlet, you don't need any adapters.
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You can't 'daisy-chain' one adapter to multiple cameras. You will need an adapter for each camera. The adapter is connected to AC and a Cat5-type cable is connected from one adapter to one camera. Hope this answers your question.
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According to Logitech's documentation "good-to-know.pdf" on page 13 it says you can have up to six camera's per master system. I personally have two running...Link: http://www.logitech.com/assets/32688/good-to-know.pdf
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No, the only thing that will plug into the router is the networker adapter cable. The cameras only plug into electrical outlets. Hope this helps.
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No you do not. You only need the one supplied with camera "kit." The whole system runs off of your electrical box. All the circuits run back to the main breaker panel. In one installation, although it was the same business, they had two breaker panels, so I had to run a plug off the one panel I was connecting the system to. It worked well.Good luck.
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No you do not. You only need the one supplied with camera "kit." The whole system runs off of your electrical box. All the circuits run back to the main breaker panel. In one installation, although it was the same business, they had two breaker panels, so I had to run a plug off the one panel I was connecting the system to. It worked well. Good luck.
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Not close to cameras now. But. If I remember correctly, cameras connect via 110V line to a single box which is then connected to router. Good luck.
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Yes. I have 2 cameras - 2 light switches - 4 switches. They all perform as expected.
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Unless you are using just one camera, a POE switch is nice. It provides camera power through the network cable. I'm using http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-8-Port-100Mbps-Switch-TPE-S44/dp/B000QYEN1W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389139282&sr=8-1&keywords=trendnet+poe+switch The advantages of a POE switch are less wire clutter, and less traffic on your "Normal" home network. (4) 3.0MP cameras can generate a lot of traffic. By running the cameras to the POE switch, then my PC running Blue Iris to the switch I don't bog down my home wireless router with all the traffic.
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Yes you can. But use a switch, not a router on the far end. Assuming you have a router/gateway on the sending side. I have 6 pc's and 12 ip cameras running off the far end of one of these, no issues. Cams are on a separate vlan and work great.
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Yes. This should work with no problem. Just don't plug the feed side into a network switch and the camera shouldn't even know the Ethernet has anything connected camera side.
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do not cut them off as you will need them from time to time. One has a button to reboot the camera.........you will need that puppy. Another is the ethernet port that connects the camera to your router for firmware upgrades which you will need also.
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I don't think that will work. The system allows for only 4 cameras to be seen at a time. Poe switch provides only power not video. Thank you.
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I would limit to 2 as you are essentially daisy chaining off your source router. They will tell you can't or shouldn't but I have multiple appletv, roku, sonos, etc and these ports work great.
1862133
Yes, but not using the conventional, ratified IEEE protocol. This camera pack comes with an injector for each camera, which has to be powered individually. Ubiquiti also sells their ToughSwitch PoE, which is a 5 port gigabit PoE switch. I didn't purchase it but I did use the injectors, which work fine. A little annoying when I have a perfectly good IEEE 802.3af compliant switch.
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Add - On: I actually believe there is pigtail that you can use a plug-in transformer too, but the whole point of using POE is having one wire from your network all the way to your camera.
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Four ports are 10/100 only (no poe) and would act like a normal switch. The other four ports are poe which will power cameras, wireless AP, ect. Normal hookup would be to plug a camera into poe port, then plug router into the non-poe port (10/100). You can also use the other non-poe ports for other devices that do not require power over ethernet.
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If you are asking if this switch can replace your NVR, then no. This switch has 10 ports 8 are POE, and you have 9 cameras. You may have to go with a 28 port POE. (SG300-28P) it is higher in cost, but it gives you the option if you want or need, to increase the number of cameras, and add any other POE devices without having to upgrade again. (i.e WAPs.) Hope this helps. Here is a link if you would like to see your options. http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/csbms/sf30x_sg30x/quick_start/78-19252-01.pdf
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No. No smart or unmanaged switch can be configured. It CAN power an IP camera, but you can't assign the bandwidth. Buy a managed switch for that functionality.
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Used mine for analog cameras one at the camera and one at the DVR (bnc) & wall wart (power). The IP cameras are connected to a PoE switch for power and data transfer over CAT5.
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Yes you need to have a POE device, you don't have to buy a new router/switch though. You can buy an injector such as this one http://amzn.com/B001PS9E5I. I did a measurement on the load of this device and with everything hooked up it draws about 4.5 watts and with the LEDs enabled it bumps up to 5.5 watts. This is your best low cost choice. If you want, there is also a barrel power connector pig tailed onto the camera. But it doesn't come with a power supply and I don't really know what the power requirements are. You would have to buy the power supply after finding one that works.
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This DVR can have up to 8 cameras hooked up to it and doesnt need adapter for it , at least my set up didnt need any adapter. It has 2 four-way hook ups that came with the QS558-852 8 channel system.
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It sounds like you want to know if you can connect the cameras and the NVR to the same switch.Probably can if only wants to access the cameras on the local network, but to be able to access them from a remote location you would need to connect them to a router.www.AffordableHomeElectronics.com