Recent content by Kevman

Thanks. So to simplify, make indoor and use indoor cable, I guess. :P

How do you deal with indoor rated cable and outdoor rated cable if some part of cables must be exposed to sun? I tried to find some cables like CMP and UV resistant but most of UV rated ones are not CMP or even CMR.

If your subnet mask is 255.255.0.0, then 192.168.1.xx and 192.168.255.xx can talk. But usually subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, so they talk within the last octet (last segment of IP address)

Thanks. I was interested since I'm looking for mini pc for firewall and it looks almost same. Looks like Frigate requirement is lower than Blue Iris. I may play with my old HP N40L and Mac mini 2012, but their cpus are not enough..

BTW how did you attach 8TB storage to the machine? USB? Does it perform fast enough as internal?

Yeah luckily the front one and patio door at back are the only openings in ground level.

Possible if I make another hole thru garage, but trying to minimize the number of holes in outer wall since woodpeckers have already made bunch. Probably paint or conduit would be fine for me. (Is it just me reluctant to drill the outer hole blindly? :lol:) Hope this could block carpenter ants...

Thanks for the pic. That would double the number of cams. :) BTW, somehow my reply to @wittaj needs moderator approval. :oops:

Thanks. Front facing ones can be wired a bit easily since there are already coax cables, which I can expand the hole and run ethernet cables. (A bit worry of ants/silverfish coming from there, thou.) Problem is Cam D and E, which I failed to reach the soffit near the flood light. Hard to crawl...

Hi, this is my first time to install and hope you would give some advice/opinion of camera placement for a starter. My property is very rectangular except the recess of main entrance and small enough not to worry about the distance, I guess. Probably it may need more cameras for full coverage...

lol thanks. I'll stick with your famous post. ;)

Btw while reading thru the reviews in the forum, I just wonder if the light on overnight with cheaper cameras (like high res/small sensor) would give similar image as expensive low light cameras? or is there some point misunderstood - maybe no light can be enough like real daylight? (Not sure of...

Thanks for all warm welcome!

Price is right here??

Thank you!