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    How To Increase Camera Sales

    I don’t even have a PTZ yet but if they get the S3 upgrade I’m in too.
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    Indoor Camera Recommendation

    Are there any other higher end cameras I should be looking at for indoor use? Is there an equivalent to the 5442 but designed for indoors (ie is there a gold standard indoor cam)?
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    Indoor Camera Recommendation

    I was looking at the Amcrest PRO HD but I know there’s other good ones out there too. What are other folks using inside with Blue Iris?
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Yes, that was already discussed and Tony provided the answer that it’s absolutely doable.
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    EmpireTech 9th Anniversary (Summer)Sales

    Got a 5th place prize, big thanks Andy and the rest of the volunteers!!!!
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    Indoor Camera Recommendation

    Now that I've got my outdoor camera situation well on the way (work in progress anyway), I have one door in the back that's very hard to get a camera on outside. Also this is in our basement entrance where my dog sleeps during the day so I'd like to have an indoor camera that could see what my...
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    WTS Bosch MIC612 36x Infrared (thermal) Dual Sensor Military-grade PTZ Security Camera

    I was thinking about it but I don't even know if they would let this equipment out of the US since it had DHS all over it. Very nice cameras though!
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    HDW3849H-AS-PV vs T5442TM-AS for longer distance

    This is why most folks sacrifice a bit on the performance and go with the ZE for a general purpose camera. The Z4E is exceptional in the right circumstances though.
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    Redbox revokes access to ALL PURCHASED MOVIES & TV: Piracy is COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED! ‍☠️ : Louis Rossmann

    That's what happens when you listen to a guy that's so smart his lips are desperately trying to catch up with his brain.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Isn't the doorbell being pushed also an ONVIF event in BI which can give you a push notification? Seems like it's covered both ways.....only thing missing in BI vs Reolink app is the 2-way audio (which could get added later). I'm with Tony, very happy with this doorbell in BI, works great.
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    Restarting cameras causes Blue Iris to pick up factory IP address?

    On each camera you should have a static IP set (I put info below based on your other thread). IP address: 10.11.12.xxx (unique for each camera, make sure you don't have any conflicts with other devices) Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 10.11.12.xxx (this should be the same as your added...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Wow, that’s a really deep well. Ours is around 180ft and we have a large pressure tank but no separate holding tank at all. Forget the wiring, drilling that thing must have cost a fortune since they charge by the foot.
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Yes exactly, there was no loops in the design I laid out on purpose so that it would all play nicely according to STP. According to the OP there is a very low probability of someone plugging into any of these ports at the pole (although the switch should still be physically secured). It seems...
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    Looking to hire someone to integrate Blue Iris

    I’ve been in the same boat as you. Not sure if Mike is just too busy right now but was really hoping he could help me set everything up right.
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    I think alot of this network limitation stuff is getting thrown around without really understanding how it applies. Again the big issue here isn’t using STP (or RSTP or MSTP) even with tons of daisy chained switches, the problem is looping or multiple paths to the same place. If you eliminate...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Ok now I understand why you kept mentioning that. That limit is on legacy STP stuff, the limits on modern RSTP using VLANs is way higher (ie in this situation it’s literally irrelevant). The only thing you need to be careful of is creating too many redundant loops and also limiting devices to...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I think you missed the fact most of us are using this POE Reolink doorbell with Blue Iris (not their app). POE (hardwired) is definitely the best connection you can get to any security device (consistent, prevents jamming, won’t clog up your APs, etc). Wifi is certainly acceptable in a retrofit...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Yes exactly and the reason for that is because the IPs are handled by the BI PC’s NIC card and not the router. The router has no idea that other network even exists and for good reason (you don’t want that camera network to ever even get back to the gateway).
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    A managed switch simply looks at the tags on the data as they come and go from the switch and the VLAN port tagging provide the rules it follows in use. The only time the gateway is involved is when it’s handing out an IP for a device or if you’re assigning certain VLANs to certain ports on the...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Here’s a great video on understanding how VLANs work and how to set them up.
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    The reason for using a separate connection on VLAN 1 vs VLAN 20 is that it creates a physical separation in the router for each VLAN. The lower bandwidth (10G vs 1G) on VLAN 20 isn’t an issue in this situation. If he never added anything more than the gate controller he could just connect the...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    The trunk is just the connection between your switches/router where all the VLANs are carried. Sometimes they have a trunk you can tag on the VLAN table but just setting the VLANs correctly will have the same effect as selecting it as a trunk port (it just sets the VLAN tags on that port for...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Yes, VLAN 1 is there by default (which makes it easy to assign the main network to that) and you’ll need to add the rest of them. The number of the VLAN doesn’t need to match the subnet at all (although some folks do like to do that as a way to stay organized). Usually you would assign IP...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Sounds like you got it. Here's how I would do it......I just picked numbers for the VLANs, you can make them anything you wish except default is usually always VLAN 1 (I think it would be easiest for you to just make that the main home network). Both VLAN 1 and 20 have access to the internet...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    https://ipvm.com/reports/hikua-bans Not sure what more you’re looking for? They are banning them for a reason (ie they are a security risk if you don’t set your network up right). I absolutely agree any networking equipment at the pole should be physically secured but worst case I wouldn’t...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Glad we’re back to a civil conversation, point here is to help the OP get something that works for him. Cameras from China have been proven to provide access to networks so much so that some governments have banned them from being used. Most of this comes from improper network setups but it...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    Managed switches and VLANs to solve this issue entirely.
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    LOL, ok bud. You’re not the only engineer in here either but thanks for being such an adult about it. A network engineer that hates VLANs, that’s definitely a new one.
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    I’ve done plenty of both corporate and residential networking myself but regardless of anyone’s qualifications the wrong solution can be problematic. Happy to help but the issue here is that simply saying I need internet to the pole can be solved several ways but the performance of it may not...
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    Setting up VPN/VLAN and Dual NIC

    @duplo may be surprised but I actually agree with most of what he’s saying in here. I have no idea what @tech_junkie is trying to do so I can’t comment on that at all. The original plan didn’t require internet at the entryway from what we knew but now that’s obviously changed as more details...
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