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Apologies if this is in the wrong section perhaps one of the mods could move it to the correct section.
I would like to put a security CCTV camera in my porch but I do not have a power socket into which I can plug my camera into if it needs power. I have been looking at the POE IP security cameras so that I could avoid having to plug the camera into the mains. I have a sensor light in my porch which comes on when you come into the house from outside. I wondered if the power source for this could power the camera in any way? Is it possible to connect the Poe camera to an Ethernet cable and have the other end connected to a Homeplug so that it is connected to my home network and possibly powered or would I need to use POE switch to power the camera?
I would like to put a security CCTV camera in my porch but I do not have a power socket into which I can plug my camera into if it needs power. I have been looking at the POE IP security cameras so that I could avoid having to plug the camera into the mains. I have a sensor light in my porch which comes on when you come into the house from outside. I wondered if the power source for this could power the camera in any way? Is it possible to connect the Poe camera to an Ethernet cable and have the other end connected to a Homeplug so that it is connected to my home network and possibly powered or would I need to use POE switch to power the camera?