samsara SG1-G Site Gateway Installation Guide
- June 6, 2024
- Samsara
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samsara SG1-G Site Gateway
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* Plug the power cord into the Site Gateway.- Plug the power plug into a 110-120 VAC power outlet.
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- Power the Site Gateway on by the switch (on the back left of the Gateway).
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- Plug the ethernet cable into the top ethernet port of the Gateway.
- Plug the same ethernet cable into your network switch port that provides Internet over 443 (TLS) the back left of the Gateway).
- Screw on the LTE Antennas to the back of the Site Gateway.
- Verify power and network activity status lights on the front of the Site Gateway:
- Power Off: Red
- Power On: Green
- Network Activity: Flashing Blue
- Disk Activity: Flashing Blue (Minimal)
- The Samsara Site Visibility solution is easy and flexible to deploy in to pre-existing or new networks. The following diagrams will help you identify how best to physically add your Site Gateway (SG) and Site Cameras to your network. During the install, login to your Samsara cloud dashboard and navigate to Settings > Devices and select the Site Gateway you would like to configure. On this page, you can also view diagnostics mid-install and adjust any settings.There are two general configurations that you will likely choose between in setting up your Site Visibility deployment:
- Figure A – your internet access and cameras are in the same network.
- Figure B – your internet access is in one network, and your cameras are in another.
To simplify this, we’ll refer to the network where you have internet access as your “Corpo-rate Network” and the optional second network where your cameras will reside as your “Camera VLAN.” Configurations are presented on next page Visit samsara.com/activate to get started with setup.
Figure A
If your cameras are already in your corporate network, deploying the SG
simply requires an ethernet connection from the SG’s top ethernet port to your
existing corporate network. By default, the SG will acquire an IP address in
the corporate network via DHCP. Alternatively, a static IP may be configured
via the cloud dashboard.
Figure B
In the case that your cameras are in a separate Camera Network from your
Corporate Network, the SG can either join a pre-existing Camera Network or act
as a DHCP server and host a new Camera Network.
If you already have a pre-existing Camera Network, you may deploy your SG by
connecting the top ethernet port to your corporate network and connecting the
bottom ethernet port to your
pre-existing Camera Network. Both the ports can be configured to either accept
DHCP-issued IP leases or have statically assigned IPs via the cloud dashboard.
If you want to create a new Camera Network, separate from the Corporate
Network, the SG can act as a DHCP server. Connect the SG’s top ethernet port
to your Corporate Network to accept DHCP issued IP leases, or assign a static
IP through the cloud dashboard. Then, connect the SG’s bottom ethernet port to
the new camera network.