Patch Panels

[KirbyTech]

I am looking into installing patch panels for my home network (overkill yes) and am confused about how I would connect it. For say a 24 port gigabit panel with 2 10 gigabit. Would I just plug in security cameras to the front of the patch panel and then run the 10 gb links in teaming to my switch that would then run to my server? Or am I way off? If so could you explain how I would set it up?

[NumLock21]

You'll have to run lots and lots of ethernet cables throughout your house for it to be connect to a patch panel.

[KirbyTech]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

You'll have to run lots and lots of ethernet cables throughout your house for it to be connect to a patch panel.

There will be 16 camera that is enough. I also want to do it because I am thinking of adding that my company could do surveillance camera installation so looking online it seems it is standard to use patch panels so I want to figure it out before I sign any contracts that is why I am going to be doing my house first.  

[NumLock21]

Just now, KirbyTech said:

There will be 16 camera that is enough. I also want to do it because I am thinking of adding that my company could do surveillance camera installation so looking online it seems it is standard to use patch panels so I want to figure it out before I sign any contracts that is why I am going to be doing my house first.  

This is what the back of a patch panel looks like.

As for security cameras, most I've seen that sold in stores uses BNC connectors and the camera connect to the DVR itself.

[KirbyTech]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

This is what the back of a patch panel looks like.

 

As for security cameras, most I've seen that sold in stores uses BNC connectors and the camera connect to the DVR itself.

No the camera do not terminate in BMC connectors but instead use rj45connector. Also wht DRV are you thinking of? There is no DVR with the cameras and I much rather use my own built server to handle it.

 

I did find pictures of patch panels... not hard to do thanks.... I asked about patch panels not weather you like the idea of my set up. 

 

Here is a similar camera to the ones I bought.

http://www.amazon.ca/Amcrest-3-Megapixel-Weatherproof-Resolution-2048TVL/dp/B014E995K8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1455988071&sr=8-3&keywords=ip+poe+camera

[NumLock21]

18 minutes ago, KirbyTech said:

No the camera do not terminate in BMC connectors but instead use rj45connector. Also wht DRV are you thinking of? There is no DVR with the cameras and I much rather use my own built server to handle it.

 

I did find pictures of patch panels... not hard to do thanks.... I asked about patch panels not weather you like the idea of my set up. 

 

Here is a similar camera to the ones I bought.

http://www.amazon.ca/Amcrest-3-Megapixel-Weatherproof-Resolution-2048TVL/dp/B014E995K8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1455988071&sr=8-3&keywords=ip+poe+camera

There are 2 types (maybe more, but I don't know). Anyway one type uses BNC and the other like you're thinking of using RJ-45.

DVR is the device that you'll plug the cameras too for recording. There is the BNC type and there other that uses RJ-45 is called NVR or Network Video Recorder. Yes you can also build your own powerful server to handle the job, but you'll also need a DVR card for it to work.

https://amcrest.com/qcam-3mp-8-channel-nvr-4-poe-bullet-ip-cameras-264.html

[KirbyTech]

35 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

There are 2 types (maybe more, but I don't know). Anyway one type uses BNC and the other like you're thinking of using RJ-45.

DVR is the device that you'll plug the cameras too for recording. There is the BNC type and there other that uses RJ-45 is called NVR or Network Video Recorder. Yes you can also build your own powerful server to handle the job, but you'll also need a DVR card for it to work.

https://amcrest.com/qcam-3mp-8-channel-nvr-4-poe-bullet-ip-cameras-264.htm

The BMC connector is not a great option for longer runs and I will have 2 runs that is about 65 meters, so RJ 45 is the best option. From what I can tell I don't need a DVR card but I am not interested in that. I already know how to set up a IP camera system. I have done it with a few camera before. But as the title says I am looking for information about patch panels. Is there anything specific that i need to know about patch panels before I buy one and deploy it. 

[brwainer]

Cameras that connect using BNC are using an analog signal (NTSC or PAL) or possibly SDI for HD (I have never seen any of these) and plug into either a video capture card or a dedicated DVR. Network security cameras use normal IP protocols, and can either be configured to push their video to the server, or more commonly the server pulls the video from the cameras it is configured to monitor. My employer offers a security camera installation and management product, we build our own servers and mostly use IP cameras from AXIS or ACTi. For any analog cameras we have to support, we use an encoder like the AXIS 240Q that from the server perspective looks like a normal AXIS camera except with 4 video streams available instead of one.

 

Wires from the camera or ethernet walljack locations get wired into the back of the patch panel. You use patch cables to connect individual ports on the front to wherever on the switch they should be connected. Other devices on the rack normally aren't connected to the patch panel, so if you have a server connected to the switch you just use patch cables directly.