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    I don't care what ya'll say....

    It will be in conduit. No kids to worry about so the only person to dig it up will be me. Right now the cable is just ran alongside the outside of my house and I think conduit will look better. Plus burying it is the best way to get it to the 3 cameras on the garage. I'm back inside now. It's...
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    I don't care what ya'll say....

    This is deep enough! I'm running outdoor rated (but not direct burial) cat 5e in conduit to get back to my garage, and to get to the cameras on the house since my attic design sucks. It's a 98 degree heat index right now and only getting hotter. Ditch is maybe 6-8" deep. I'm leaving several...
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    Eight Is Enough

    I hate ticks with a passion, so I smile big everytime I see a possum here. They say one possum will eat about 5,000 ticks per season. As I said before, they also like to kill snakes, so I'm going to complain about that either. I view them as friends and not foe.
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    I really hate eBay

    The docking station is just for use with this Lenovo tablet/laptop that I'm using. I'm not going to be using it with cameras and blue iris. I only posted about it in case someone needed a good laugh. This is the dock I have. The power circled in red is what I had it plugged into, and green is...
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    I really hate eBay

    Just thought I'd post so that everyone can get a good laugh at me. I'm an idiot. It kind of ties in here because I said having no Ethernet sucks because my USB-C hub is completely unreliable. That was the truth. But that USB C hub is a cheapo I purchased to replace my much more expensive Lenovo...
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    Eight Is Enough

    A possum would be more closely related to a kangaroo than rodents. They do eat loads of ticks and other bugs you don't want around, I've never heard of them tearing anything up, other than maybe doing some light digging. They have a natural immunity to rabies, and they are immune to snake venom...
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    I really hate eBay

    Yes, see my edit. I meant on the computer I'm using. The laptop/convertable style that's basically a tablet with attachable keyboard. I purchased them for work use as I have need of a highly portable yet capable "computer" that has good pen support and is capable of connecting to an external...
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    I really hate eBay

    It does have a NIC. Arjun was talking about adding a second NIC to the machine. Edit If you mean the machine I'm currently using, it's not a desktop. I have a Surface Pro and a Lenovo Thinkpad that is extremely similar to a surface pro. I'm using them with an external monitor along with a...
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    I really hate eBay

    Yes, it has a PCIE slot available. I'm holding off on a second NIC for now until I play with the machine a bit and decide what and how I want to do things. It's a Dell Optiplex 5050 Small Form Factor. I'm too ashamed at what I paid out of frustration almost immediately after requesting a return...
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    I really hate eBay

    The computer is on it's way back to the Ebay seller. I have another one coming, this time from a place a couple of hours away, so I guess if I had to I could just drive this one back. No ethernet on the computer really sucks. I have a usb c hub that has ethernet but it's not very dependable. The...
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    I really hate eBay

    I've already ordered a different Optiplex off Ebay. I wasn't sure about the enclosure as I've never ran one, so I was going to ask here first. This is probably more of "playing" than anything, as since I'll need long term unattended reliability for several months at a time after I get back to...
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    I really hate eBay

    So I haven't shopped on eBay for years, but decided maybe I wanted to run a blue Iris server or at least see what it's really about and if I didn't like it I could just use the desktop as I'm currently using my surface pro that doesn't have an Ethernet port...... I shop around for a while...
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    Recording audio outside of your home?

    Bigredfish beat me to it. IANAL either, but there is no reasonable expectation to privacy on a public sidewalk.
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    A Tale of Two Delivery Drivers...

    It's amazing the differences between drivers. I've had the same (mostly) UPS driver for over 20 years. He will come through the gate and place packages in my, I call it a breezeway, some may call it a vestibule or mud room, and he rings the bell before walking away. He doesn't deliver all the...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    I've been working on trying to get some lighting upgrades done. I've been pretty much exclusively on the road for 2.5 years with never more than a few days home on holidays until now, so there's sooo much to catch up on and I get sidetracked easily. The PTZ is the IP4M-1053EW. Depending on...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Well I promised an update so here's where I'm at. I think I'm getting there really. I haven't heard anything about work so it's looking like I'll have time to tweak my setup but I'm already a lot better off than I was. Camera's are placed exactly where the old ones were (Gotta cover the holes...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Thank you all very much. I had decided to just go to Nelly's today, but I had a fishing tournament this weekend and in a sleep deprived state on Saturday morning I ordered some Amcrest cameras and NVR. Ya'll feel free to shake your head at me, I know back when I used to regularly frequent forums...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Thank you everyone. You've all given me some things to consider. Samplenhold, my time issue is that I just don't know. The likelihood of going back to work before July 4th is extremely low, but after that, I just don't know. I could get a call next week or I may be home for months. I'm hoping...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Now that it's good and dark, here is my night view with the current system
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    SouthernYankee, you just made my day. I've been having issues with spiders already with this system, and I've been wondering what I could do about that if I wasn't here. The little blink camera I had outside for a year never had spider issues. Turret camera's it is! I'll have to buy or build a...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Yes, my current system is an analog system using coax cables. I still have about 900 foot of siamese cable that will go in a closet I guess when I move to IP Cameras. Access to the cameras is via a Swann app on either mobile or desktop. At the moment, with my research and estimated arrival times...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Thank you everyone for the replies. I had previously checked out Andy's amazon store but saw no Dahua cameras there, and I was unsure about shipping time since I want to have a new system installed before I have to leave for work. SouthernYankee, my main issue with my Swann setup is that they...
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    New member, trying to sort this out.

    Hello everyone. New member here from Oklahoma. As I'm sure a lot of people got their start in security cameras, I recently had my truck rummaged through that has sent me on a camera journey. I am currently running some Swann 5mp cameras that were free to me. It's a 16 channel dvr with 8 cameras...
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