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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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      @BRRABill said:

      I was thinking ... how do you prevent people from stealing these.

      Then I thought, well, the camera would catch them. But perhaps it wouldn't, if they snuck around the house and took it from the ground.

      Who watches the watchers 😉 You need enough cameras to look at each other.

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      • BRRABillB
        BRRABill
        last edited by

        Are these cameras typically wired, or Wifi?

        Also, do all of them need wired power?

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          Power is definitely needed. Most good ones will be wired and PoE.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            Ubiquiti are PoE, that I know.

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            • coliverC
              coliver
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              You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run. Having to run a single Cat 6 cable to the camera vs running a power cable and the network cable is nice. Ubiquti also sells a fairly inexpensive PoE switch to do this.

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              • BRRABillB
                BRRABill @coliver
                last edited by

                @coliver said:

                You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run. Having to run a single Cat 6 cable to the camera vs running a power cable and the network cable is nice. Ubiquti also sells a fairly inexpensive PoE switch to do this.

                Good to know.

                I can probably run Cat6 myself to anywhere in the house. Electrical cable is a whole different animal.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @coliver
                  last edited by

                  @coliver said:

                  You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run.

                  I see what you did there.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    @coliver said:

                    You'll pay a bit more but PoE is worth it in the long run.

                    I see what you did there.

                    LOL.

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                    • BRRABillB
                      BRRABill
                      last edited by

                      Also, how do you know WHERE to put the cameras? Obviously it's on a case-by-case basis, but say I have a regular rectangular house. How do I cover the entire outside while also keeping an eye on all the cameras?

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                      • hobbit666H
                        hobbit666 @BRRABill
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                        @BRRABill said:

                        Also, how do you know WHERE to put the cameras? Obviously it's on a case-by-case basis, but say I have a regular rectangular house. How do I cover the entire outside while also keeping an eye on all the cameras?

                        Do you need 360degree viewing?

                        Most systems will have a software viewer, just install on a PC and let it run. Also some will have mobile apps.

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill @hobbit666
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                          @hobbit666 said:

                          Do you need 360degree viewing?

                          Don't know. 🙂

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                          • hobbit666H
                            hobbit666
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                            I would say just cover main entrance(s), car maybe if on a drive by house. Then any side windows?.

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                            • J
                              Jason Banned
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                              ring.com is a nice addition to a surveillance system as well.

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                              • RamblingBipedR
                                RamblingBiped
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                                Trendnet sells some very reasonably priced cameras, and gives away a Windows-based Server to manage multiple cameras for free. You can also use Zoneminder on a Linux-based system to manage them, I believe it works with all of the Trendnet models that are out there. Hikvision also makes very similarly spec'd devices at a much cheaper price and I believe you can use Zoneminder to manage those cameras as well.

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                                • gjacobseG
                                  gjacobse
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                                  How outdoors are you going? Pole mounted - fully exposed, or eaves of the house?

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    I don't have direct experience with these so take it literally when I say "check these out" just because I know that they look interesting...

                                    Ubiquiti and Netgear have nice looking options and are vendors that I otherwise like. If it were me, I would start there.

                                    I need to add a few here, and I am leaning towards Ubiquiti.

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                                    • BRRABillB
                                      BRRABill @gjacobse
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                                      @gjacobse said:

                                      How outdoors are you going? Pole mounted - fully exposed, or eaves of the house?

                                      Not sure?

                                      We have a roofline, so I could put them up there under that.

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse
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                                        Something to think of also,.. some cameras have the ability to have SD cards in them... Great and yet not so.

                                        Do want a NVR for the cameras?

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                                        • BRRABillB
                                          BRRABill @gjacobse
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                                          @gjacobse

                                          Yeah I imagine I'll get a NAS and store to that. Or some sort of storage like that.

                                          I'm not climbing up on my roof to retrieve footage. 🙂

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                                          • gjacobseG
                                            gjacobse @BRRABill
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                                            @BRRABill said:

                                            @gjacobse

                                            Yeah I imagine I'll get a NAS and store to that. Or some sort of storage like that.

                                            I'm not climbing up on my roof to retrieve footage. 🙂

                                            LOL,.. me either.

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