POE camera issue

[blaczero]

Hey all, not sure where else to ask this, although I did send a question to Hikvision

I have a DS-2CD2183G2-I Acusense 8MP IP PoE Dome Camera that works fine when I have it plugged to a 6' RJ45. When I plug it to my 50' one, to mount it outside, it lights up, but never becomes available on SADP, never gets DHCP address.

I tested the 50' with my laptop, works fine, and with a RJ45 Klien tools tester, it says it's fine. Do I need to run a power supply or something after a certain # of feet away from the POE switch?

[iconnor]

50' isn't that far. My guess would be that even though it tests ok, it actually isn't.

[dougmccrary]

I'd check the poe voltage at the camera end, loaded. Might be too much drop to run the cam.

[blaczero]

saw this too late, it was the switch (presumably not providing voltage as doug was saying)

put in my new 16 port POE and camera works fine

[dougmccrary]

Were all the ports bad?

[blaczero]

Didn't seem to be a port issue, I think the switch itself couldn't handle the wattage of the cameras. It was a cheapie

[dougmccrary]

Could be. Thanks.