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[sp1ke]

Can I power the camera via PoE but network it via Wifi?
I already have an ethernet cable going outside but it's not connected to anything in the house. I use wifi only. However, if I could use PoE to power the camera using a PoE injector, that would be convenient because I don't want to drill new holes into the side of my house.

Thanks!

[RYAT3]

Did you really mean POE splitter?

You have POE ethernet outside already wired?

Do I follow you correctly?

Can I power the camera via PoE but network it via Wifi?
I already have an ethernet cable going outside but it's not connected to anything in the house. I use wifi only. However, if I could use PoE to power the camera using a PoE injector, that would be convenient because I don't want to drill new holes into the side of my house.

Thanks!

[sp1ke]

I have an Ethernet cable going outside. The previous owner used it for something but as far as I can tell it's leading nowhere right now. Inside the house, the cable is connected to an RJ45 outlet. I don't have wired ethernet inside the house apart from this cable but I could use a POE injector (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PoE150S-Gigabit-Injector-compliant/dp/B001PS9E5I/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1386535829&sr=1-1&keywords=poe+injector) to power a security camera.

This would power the camera but and as far as networking goes I could use my existing WiFi. I was just wondering if the camera would still connect to the WiFi network if there's an Ethernet (power only) cable connected to it.

Hope this makes sense now.. . Thanks:)

[RYAT3]

Are you in the correct forum?

The 2332l doesn't appear to have POE ethernet.



  http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/view/network-cameras/dcs-2332l-outdoor-hd-wireless-day-night-cloud-camera

I have an Ethernet cable going outside. The previous owner used it for something but as far as I can tell it's leading nowhere right now. Inside the house, the cable is connected to an RJ45 outlet. I don't have wired ethernet inside the house apart from this cable but I could use a POE injector (http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PoE150S-Gigabit-Injector-compliant/dp/B001PS9E5I/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1386535829&sr=1-1&keywords=poe+injector) to power a security camera.

This would power the camera but and as far as networking goes I could use my existing WiFi. I was just wondering if the camera would still connect to the WiFi network if there's an Ethernet (power only) cable connected to it.

Hope this makes sense now.. . Thanks:)

[sp1ke]

Damn it.. I guess I am in the wrong forum. My question was related to the 2310L.

[Nikitos]

And 2310L does not support Wi-Fi. So you can easily use the same Ethernet cable that carries power to carry the data.

Damn it.. I guess I am in the wrong forum. My question was related to the 2310L.

[GaryNY]

I replied to your DCS-2310L post first, but actually, you might be able to do what you want with the DCS-2332L.  There is such a thing as a POE splitter, you could use one to supply power to the DCS-2332L's regular power connector (but if the camera is truly outdoors and exposed to the weather, you should try to figure out how to keep all the connections dry).  Here's one: http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=150_TPE-114GS, there's others.  You would need both a POE injector, and a POE splitter.  Or you could try to cob together connectors to run 5V through the ethernet cable directly (preferably using 4 of the wires for positive, and 4 for negative, to minimize voltage drop), but because you're trying to send 5V over a long distance over light gauge wire, it might not work well (as well as POE, which runs as high as about 50V over ethernet; then the POE splitter steps it down).