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2 IP cameras over 1 cat 5 cable

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Hi 

I have been told you can run 2 cameras over one CAT cable ?

i have H265 plus hikvision cameras  and would like to add more but restricted on cabling 

Can anyone tell me if this is possible please?

many thanks

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I have 2 on separate cat 5 cables and want to add another one to each cable if possible- nvr has available ports

i tried a splitter adaptor off eBay to no avail

 

many thanks

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Hi problem with using a splitter is no power

you have two options …. Use a 4 way switch with Poe …. But you will need to call cameras back to nvr from your router

but quickest way is buying two tp-link Ethernet over power adapters 1 at camera end and one nvr end …… no cable needed

I use these all the time with no problems it is also the cheapest way

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/powerline/tl-pa717-kit/

 

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Many thanks for your reply

i clicked on the link - that seems to be for extending your WiFi via the electrics or I am not understanding how that then allows me to operate 2 cameras via the one cat 5 cable?

apologies- a bit of a thick mick at this end!

Would appreciate further feed back

cheers

 

 

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IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at only use two of the four pairs.  As long as your camera uses one of these PoE/PoE+ standards, you should be able to use one of these splitters.  One splitter has a female RJ-45 which connects to your second camera through a patch cable.  The figure on Amazon has it backwards- while it would work, who has two cameras really close to each other. 

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