A PoE switch is a device that combines the functionality of a switch and a power source in one. It has multiple Ethernet ports that can be used to connect other devices, such as VoIP phones, wireless access points, and IP cameras. In this configuration, an Ethernet connection includes Power over Ethernet (PoE) (gray cable looping below), and a PoE splitter provides a separate data cable (gray, looping above) and power cable (black, also looping above) for a wireless access point. The Layer 2 switch is the type of network or Ethernet. If I have a hybrid DVR (analog/TVI/IP) with only 1 ethernet port is there a way to stream the IP cams on a switch straight to the DVR and have the LAN connection to the DVR "pass through" the switch without the IP cams "passing through" the LAN first? Or do I have to send the switch to the LAN. A PoE (Power over Ethernet) switch is a network switch that delivers both power and data through a single Ethernet cable to connected devices such as IP cameras, VoIP phones, wireless access points, and IoT devices.
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