ferguson 0 Posted March 12, 2015 Hello, Am new to ip cameras and am wondering is it possible to run more than one ip camera over a cat6 cable? as i dont want to run individual cables to each camera as they are very far away from the nvr Thanks for your time and help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogieman 1 Posted March 12, 2015 Hello, Am new to ip cameras and am wondering is it possible to run more than one ip camera over a cat6 cable? as i dont want to run individual cables to each camera as they are very far away from the nvr Thanks for your time and help Yes, you can attach a switch at the camera end and then run shorter cables to each camera....thats the beauty of ip cameras...if the cameras are POE then you will need a poe switch... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferguson 0 Posted March 12, 2015 Hello, Am new to ip cameras and am wondering is it possible to run more than one ip camera over a cat6 cable? as i dont want to run individual cables to each camera as they are very far away from the nvr Thanks for your time and help Yes, you can attach a switch at the camera end and then run shorter cables to each camera....thats the beauty of ip cameras...if the cameras are POE then you will need a poe switch... Thank you for your reply, Does it matter if the nvr has POE built in? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
khx73 0 Posted March 12, 2015 No it does not matter that your NVR is PoE. The NVR's poe function won't be used if you use a separate poe switch near the cameras. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ferguson 0 Posted March 12, 2015 No it does not matter that your NVR is PoE. The NVR's poe function won't be used if you use a separate poe switch near the cameras. Thanks i will try that, can you use a ptz camera with the switch? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssmith10pn 0 Posted March 13, 2015 Thanks i will try that, can you use a ptz camera with the switch? Sure you can. If the camera requires POE+ you will need a separate injector between the camera and the switch unless your switch is POE+ POE+ is 30 watts of power instead of 15 watts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites