Fiber Optic Cable vs Copper Network Cablingįiber optic cables are made up of tiny strands of glass that use light, rather than electricity, to send and receive computer data. You can combine PoE switches with available fiber optic uplink connections together to form a heterogeneous system that takes advantage of both copper based cable for PoE, and fiber optic cable for long distance transmission between switches in the network.Ĭomplex installations involving interconnects over 100m or 328ft bring us to the point of comparing Fiber Optic Cable vs Copper Cable such as CAT5E.
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A fiber optic solution is far simpler, economical, and allows for greater distances between switches when designing and deploying a network to install IP cameras. Thanks to advances in cabling technology, fiber optic equipment and cabling is becoming more affordable and within reach for the everyday user. A switch can be linked back to another switch or router up to 100m away over CAT5e or CAT6, but if your cabling runs are longer, then a more modern cabling option is needed. If you have several cameras, the cost of long range PoE setups can be costly when you account for the cost of the extenders, and difficult to accomplish for locations where it is difficult to enclose an extender in the middle of the line.įor some IP camera setups it may be easier to deploy the cameras in sectors where they are supplied PoE connections from a PoE switch that is within the 100m distance, and then connect the PoE switch back to a switch or router closer to the NVR. The usual solution involves using a PoE switch with at least 30W power output, and a PoE Extender every 100m to re-energize the data signal.
The most common method of extending beyond the 100m limit for each PoE camera is a PoE Extender. While that is adequate for installations for a home or small business, large scale installations may need to use a couple of different connection methods. IP cameras that are part of a modern surveillance system are deployed using PoE technology that involves the use of copper based network cabling like CAT5e or CAT6 that has a data transmission limit of 100m (328ft). A common challenge when installing a security system is the transmission distance limitation of Ethernet cabling.
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