I'm Bill, a newbie, and have been studying IP Cam Talk Wiki and looking at the forums. It's like a graduate course in ip cameras. Thank you for all your hard work in preparing and organizing this information. I am trying to help a non-profit install network cameras on a limited budget, but with large multiple buildings. I have been in contact with Andy about purchasing Dahua cameras. The system will have a Dahua NVR starting out with 16 cameras across 3 buildings, but may expand to 32 in the future. I was looking at using 2 Networking Switches that I wanted to upload to a router using fiber optic, then connect to the NVR. I have been looking at used enterprise Cisco switches, and new BV-tech and Netgear. Calculating the wattage per switch, the cameras will use about 65W now, and as much as 130 in the future. I was looking at this poe switch, but wanted to know if 190 watts would be enough. The switches will be in a business setting. Any advice/direction would be helpful.
Netgear model: GS324TP 26 port | 24xPoE+ 190W | 2xSFP.
Netgear model: GS324TP 26 port | 24xPoE+ 190W | 2xSFP.
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