PoE extender and two cams on 1 wire

[bigredfish]

I'm slow so I'd never had the opportunity to install one of these and use 2 cams on one wire.

I had a spot where I really needed 2 cams but only had one cable run there. So recently decided to try a PoE extender to run 2 cams off same wire.

I bought this, which is I think way overkill, but I like overkill.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CJBXMQTD?

Anyway it works!
*I found one issue though. When connecting to an NVR PoE port the two cams fought for the same port, even after assigning them separate static IPs on the 10.1.1.x internal switch.

So to resolve, I connected that one wire to an external switch that the NVR can see, assigned them both static LAN IPs (192.168.1.x) and it worked like a charm.

Very beefy unit, nice weather protected connections that were easy to use and I’ve got two cams working great off one wire.

 

[bigredfish]

Yes I still need to finish up getting the pigtail of the camera on the left up inside that junction box and sealing it up, but ran out of daylight

OR mebbe get a big ass junction box and stuff the extender and all inside of it.

 

[TonyR]

I'm slow so I'd never had the opportunity to install one of these and use 2 cams on one wire.

I had a spot where I really needed 2 cams but only had one cable run there. So recently decided to try a PoE extender to run 2 cams off same wire.

I bought this, which is I think way overkill, but I like overkill.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CJBXMQTD?

Anyway it works!
*I found one issue though. When connecting to an NVR PoE port the two cams fought for the same port, even after assigning them separate static IPs on the 10.1.1.x internal switch.

So to resolve, I connected that one wire to an external switch that the NVR can see, assigned them both static LAN IPs (192.168.1.x) and it worked like a charm.

Very beefy unit, nice weather protected connections that were easy to use and I’ve got two cams working great off one wire.

Ya got a bigger image other than that thumbnail?

 

[97JeepXJ]

Ya got a bigger image other than that thumbnail?

Gives me an error message when I click on it

 

[bigredfish]

Hmmmm works for me , here’s the full image. No laughing

 

[bigredfish]

I guess I should have just posted it in the Hall of Shame straight away

 

[CanCuba]

I had the same issue with the NVR port when I installed my first POE duplexer. Setting it to Bridge Mode in the settings fixed it.

Dahua NVR: Only one camera per port? **SOLVED: NVR MUST BE PUT INTO BRIDGE MODE**

I'm going to be installing another camera beside a camera already mounted. Not wanting to run another cable, I've purchased two POE splitters/extenders. To run a test, I unplugged two cameras from my NVR, plugged them into a splitter and then connected the splitter to one of the ports that one...

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[bigredfish]

Yeah that’s another way. I like having the PoE ports on their own subnet.

 

[rufunky]

I'm slow so I'd never had the opportunity to install one of these and use 2 cams on one wire.

I had a spot where I really needed 2 cams but only had one cable run there. So recently decided to try a PoE extender to run 2 cams off same wire.

I bought this, which is I think way overkill, but I like overkill.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CJBXMQTD?

Anyway it works!
*I found one issue though. When connecting to an NVR PoE port the two cams fought for the same port, even after assigning them separate static IPs on the 10.1.1.x internal switch.

So to resolve, I connected that one wire to an external switch that the NVR can see, assigned them both static LAN IPs (192.168.1.x) and it worked like a charm.

Very beefy unit, nice weather protected connections that were easy to use and I’ve got two cams working great off one wire.

Just a FYI for future reference. I just recently used one of these and they work great! A lot smaller footprint.
Obviously you'd need a poe switch on the other end as this isnt a poe extender though..

IPCamPower POE Combiner Splitter Adapter, Run 2 IP Cameras on 1 Cable IPCP-212X

Allows you to run 1 cable run to the switch for 2 cameras that are near each other, saving on time and material costs. Set consists of a sender "Combiner" unit and a receiver "Splitter" unit. Plug Combiner unit into 2 open ports on your POE switch or POE NVR. Run one long cable to the location...

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[bigredfish]

I actually have one of those in the box, haven’t tried it yet. Thx

 

[MikeLud1]

Another option is the below. With this you get 4 ports, port 1-3 POE+ 30W and port 4 being POE++ 60W. I just used this when I installed my new IPC-Color4K-T. The plan for port 4 is to use it for my SD5A425XA-HNR that I bought a while back.

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[TonyR]

Good for 1 cable, 2 cams:

Using ethernet splitter for two cameras

As anyone used an ethernet splitter on one port for two cameras?

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[TonyR]

Just a FYI for future reference. I just recently used one of these and they work great! A lot smaller footprint.
Obviously you'd need a poe switch on the other end as this isnt a poe extender though..

IPCamPower POE Combiner Splitter Adapter, Run 2 IP Cameras on 1 Cable IPCP-212X

Allows you to run 1 cable run to the switch for 2 cameras that are near each other, saving on time and material costs. Set consists of a sender "Combiner" unit and a receiver "Splitter" unit. Plug Combiner unit into 2 open ports on your POE switch or POE NVR. Run one long cable to the location...

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I've heard of several IPCT members that have had good results with this schema, including @wittaj .
But for readers of this thread just be aware that it takes 2 ports on your switch, 1 for each camera.

 

[wittaj]

Yes I have been using a couple of that one for years. And yes it does take two ports on the POE switch.

If your POE switch has the power budget but not the available ports, I use this one as well:

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[bigredfish]

I was able to run them off one PoE port on the NVR, but kept getting IP conflicts on any kind of reboot. It powered them fine that way but they were always fighting for the same internal IP on the 10.1.1.x switch.
So I simply ran that cable to an external Netgear switch on the LAN and work fine as I was able to assign each a separate IP on the LAN.

Better would be using the splitter @rufunky mentioned at the NVR and connect to the two NVR ports I think

 

[wittaj]

^True - the one port I linked would be for those using POE switches, not NVR POE ports.