We had a firmware upgrade a while back and afterwards PoE draw was too much which shut down certain ports. Had to reboot switch. Would spreading out the PoE devices across the switch decrease load in any way? Right now x6 cameras are clustered in ports 38-42. Would placing them in 1, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 create less issues? As far as I know, there's a single electrical line to the panel so this wouldn't change anything. Is it "bad" to cluster PoE devices in ports right next to each other?
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