Lightning protection for PoE camera

Hello

maybe someone has already dealt with the following topic:

My outdoor cameras are powered by PoE. I would now like to install a lightning protection device so that my PoE switch in the patch panel is not destroyed.

But since I do not have grounding/potential equalization near the camera, I thought of the following: I will buy such an RJ45 lightning protection Power Surge and install it directly in the patch panel, since I do have grounding/potential equalization there. Does that make any sense if lightning strikes, since it is very close to the switch? In other words: Does such a surge protection only help if it is close to the "source" (camera)?

Maybe someone knows about this ;-)

Thanks
Best regards
Jochen

very sensible. We also have several outdoor poe cams and the following protection in use: ALLNET ALL95112

Regards, Steffen

I also got the Allnet (95100). Where did you install it? Right at/after the camera?

Best regards
Jochen

Surge protection starts in the meter cabinet. Next to the SLS switch is the surge protection module. This is mandatory for every new installation. The downstream components then provide fine protection for particularly sensitive devices.