How to build your network

We sell networking for the whole shop, not just cameras. Cameras, door stations, access readers, indoor monitors, and WiFi all ride on the same Cat 6 network. House, apartment, shop, office, or plant.

Four pieces:

  1. A PoE switch when you have more devices than PoE ports, or you are mixing cameras with door stations and access points.
  2. Cable. Cat 6 from each device back to the switch or recorder. Bulk box if you are pulling runs. Premade jumpers for short hops in a cabinet.
  3. WiFi access points when phones, indoor stations, and computers need wireless. Not a replacement for a wired camera or door station.
  4. A cabinet when the recorder, switch, and drives should sit together, locked, off the floor.

Skip a long trench with a wireless bridge to a barn, gate, or second building.

Not sure you even need a switch? Read When you need a switch.

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