Is a 10/100 mbit POE+ switch sufficient?

[final]

Hi all.

By mistake I bought the TP Link TL-SF1005P (10/100) instead of the TL-SG1005P (10/100/1000) - should I rebuy or is 100mbit per port sufficient for an IP camera?

Thanks

 

[alastairstevenson]

100mbit per port sufficient for an IP camera?

For the individual camera ports, 10/100BaseT is OK.
But the uplink port is not gigabit - so the aggregate camera traffic will be flowing through a 100Mbit link.
Given 4 cameras at up to 10Mbps each that should still be OK, just.

 

[IAmATeaf]

As above I’d make sure the uplink port was a gig, also and this is just me but I’d buy an 8 port or 9 port rather than 5 all of which are going to be used right away. It’s always good to have spare for expansion and for having a port free for testing.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Given the following -

Rule #1 - Cameras multiply like rabbits.
Rule #2 - Cameras are more addictive than drugs.
Rule #3 - You never have enough cameras.

I'd say a 16 port is the base starting level.

 

[final]

I'd say a 16 port is the base starting level.

Unlikely I will even use all 4 ports, but hey, time will tell.

 

[Teken]

Given the following -

Rule #1 - Cameras multiply like rabbits.
Rule #2 - Cameras are more addictive than drugs.
Rule #3 - You never have enough cameras.

I'd say a 16 port is the base starting level.

I have to agree with all three rules stated up above. I have a small system in place but live by the credo.

Better to have and not need. Than to need and not have! This is a really old photo of one of four 42U server racks and the wiring was being tested and cut to length.

There are four isolated networks that run on 10 / 40 GB fibre. Multiple redundant 48 port switches, 48 port POE switches, aggregate switches, 10 GB Firewall, and four levels of independent power systems.

Once the renovation are completed there will be almost 9 miles of wiring or 50K feet of power, Ethernet cable, and optical fibre.

 

[sebastiantombs]

Unlikely I will even use all 4 ports, but hey, time will tell.

I remember thinking two cameras was all I'd every want, too, now at 16 and planning for 25.

 

[final]

@Teken - thats quite a lot of unused ports

Honestly, it must take up so much time to supervise such a big system, let alone the amount of data involved. That is - fortunately - way above my time (and monetary) budget.

 

[Teken]

@Teken - thats quite a lot of unused ports

Honestly, it must take up so much time to supervise such a big system, let alone the amount of data involved. That is - fortunately - way above my time (and monetary) budget.

Yes, that was a really old photo during the initial stages of deployment of one of four 42U server racks. This is a photo of the second 42U server rack that were getting labeled and terminated:

Like they say Rome wasn't built in a day and this has been a life long journey for me to say the least.