Use a PoE Switch with Outdoor Gateways

Use a PoE Switch with outdoor gateways to increase the power and number of ports for downstream devices

You can use a PoE switch with the outdoor gateway to increase the power and/or number of ports for downstream devices such as Verkada cameras. We recommend following this topology:

In this topology, the customer-provided PoE switch sends power to the gateway’s PoE In port and gets data back from the same port. To enable this setup, you need to change the PoE In port configuration to LAN.

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Change PoE In port configuration to LAN

Note: This configuration is only available on outdoor gateways.

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In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Gateways .

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Select the gateway you want to configure.

3

In the top right, click Settings .

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Under Network > Connection, select Local Area Network (LAN).

Note: The PoE IN port on the outdoor gateways is set to WAN by default.

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Click Apply, then Confirm to save.

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