POE switch / network setup for 12x IP cams?

[AdamDaze 0]

Hi all. Recommend me a 12-port POE switch? (13 including comp link!)

 

Planning out a system and I've not had to research POE switches before.

 

I'm planning a system with 12x IP Cams, they draw 5w day, 7.5w night. After some brief research this looks like really good value, the netgear FS726TP. Sure its 10/100, but with a couple gigabit ports it should have a beefy enough back-end to handle the traffic generated. http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-FS726TP-ProSafe-Switch-Gigabit/dp/B0009WRU8O

 

Or would I better off going 2x 8-port switches (just thinking about power draw = heat = noise). I'd be pulling 90w out of the 100w budgeted for POE on that switch at night. "Unmanaged" switches is fine I suppose...I'll just set everything up statically.

 

I hear good things about zyxel for unmanaged? Like this guy ZyXEL ES1100-16 http://www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-ES1100-16P-16-Port-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B005GRETMM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388659590&sr=8-2&keywords=zyxel+poe

 

Anyone got suggestions in the $250 ish price range for ~13 ports and up? (guessing the next step above 12 is 16).

[varascope 0]

How much are your IP cameras worth?

[AdamDaze 0]

They are cheap Hikvision domes.

[AdamDaze 0]

Just bumping this up. I'm looking for a 12 port POE switch, low noise, unmanaged is fine. Recommendations?