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    Installing larger than recommended HDD in computers?

    Definitely do not buy your WD purple drive from Amazon, I got mine from here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/
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    Installing larger than recommended HDD in computers?

    That’s not unusual, lots of people online complaining about the surveillance drive noise on both WD and Seagate. Seems like some are definitely more noisy than others but it could have to do with isolation inside the enclosure as well. Mine makes a slight clicking sound but I don’t really care...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Never tried that, I’ll see if I can get anything from it with VLC.
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    Long outdoors netwok cable run

    Ok, so you were using it for power only not data……that makes alot more sense.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    All the other doorbells from Reolink both wifi and POE work great. I have the black POE one and had no issues setting it up at all. Plenty of others have the wifi ones and no issues. Now I decided to try the new white POE version with a different FOV and for some reason it’s being a bit of a...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    It's literally the same settings as I set up the other one with and the other one worked great, no issues at all. This one with the exact same settings just gives me the camera no signal available error in BI. Also it's very slow (compared to all the other cams/doorbells I've tried) when doing...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I finally recieved the new Reolink doorbell and got it installed, but it's giving me some heartburn. First, I definitely do like the new format and the white looks nicer on my house since my trim is also white. The 3:4 ratio also works better to be able to see the full person standing at the...
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    Long outdoors netwok cable run

    I totally agree, not a fan of CCA cables at all. Same reason why you need to upsize conductor size when you run aluminum electrical wiring. At least the high voltage aluminum stuff is heavily regulated so you know what you're getting vs some of the el cheapo CCA junk on the market. You...
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    Long outdoors netwok cable run

    I agree, 1500ft is definitely well into fiber territory distance wise.
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    new router, now security cameras don't work

    We used to give stuff like that the automatic “PITA” charge……like when you dial 911 because your cat is stuck in a tree.
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    Installing larger than recommended HDD in computers?

    I suspect the Dell table refers to Bios maximums under legacy MBR formatting (Windows XP, VISTA , 7 non secure boot, etc). Usually MBR maximum is 2TB. Anything somewhat modern with GPT UEFI booting (Windows 8, 10, 11) should be more than able to handle all the hard drive you can afford to put...
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    Help with initial setup

    It really depends what you want to do with this setup. If you just want to add a few cameras and play around, then by all means use the Synology Surveillance Station NVR and whatever associated free licenses for cameras they give you and see what you think. If you're looking to add quite a few...
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    You’ve definitely got a great start so far. The BI system should handle all you can throw at it. Fiber looks solid too. If you are doing VLANs then you definitely do want managed switches to keep the traffic in its own lane and flowing where it’s supposed to go. If you like TP-link then you can...
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    Very helpful to have the diagram. I’ve had good luck with the 10Gtek stuff I would have been surprised if they were the cause of your problem. Luckily now you can take your time and upgrade at your own pace. Are you planning on using VLANs to manage the traffic in your network?
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    That’s actually really good news! I know there’s lots of ways to do this but if this was my system I’d put a managed switch with an SFP port at both ends of the fiber and cut out the separate media converters entirely. Then if you still have an issue you can have the fiber tested to ensure it...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Love the failover setup, definitely came in handy. What sort of hardware are you running the PFSENSE on? Any thoughts on PFSENSE vs OPNSENSE?
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    I totally agree. My thought was just if a $2k camera was going in here maybe an upgrade would be useful for managing it all. Maybe just run Advanced IP Scanner and see if you can pick up all your devices or if there might be a conflict in there?
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    It definitely would help in a situation like this. I always use managed switches unless it’s just a pass through for another managed switch and I need more POE ports at a certain location on my main network (ex VOIP or additional wifi access points). All my cameras have fully managed switches...
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    Also helps to use managed POE switches (Ubiquiti, Netgear, etc). Then if you lose a camera you can locate both the current IP and the MAC address by simply logging into the switch and looking at the port info that it’s plugged into. Once you have the IP you just switch the ipv4 settings to match...
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    Long outdoors netwok cable run

    I know the conduit is a bit small but even at large distance I bet using a good electrical wire lubricant and some compressed air to help move it throughout that you’d get it run alot easier than you think even with the connector on there. Fill up the conduit with the foam lubricant then use an...
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    The most important settings on the camera to get right are IP address, subnet mask and gateway. As long as you have those correct, you can always access the camera again to make changes. The DNS doesn’t matter since it won’t be getting to the internet at all so usually I just enter 8.8.8.8 for...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    There was already a 20% off coupon for it when I placed the order, not sure what the sale price will be. If it’s better then I’ll just order 2 and return 1 since I have 2 doorbells.
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    It would be nice to know what your local IP of your router is so we can be more specific for your situation. If you want to see something on your network then it needs to be on the same subnet or you won’t be able to see it. So hypothetically if your camera is currently at 192.168.56.100 and...
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    As mentioned above only the side that needs access to the internet needs a gateway. Think of a gateway like a pathway out of your system. So on NIC1 most people usually use 192.168.1.x or 192.168.2.x (whatever matches your router IP subnet, then subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and gateway would be...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Just ordered one of the white Reolinks to try out, should be here Thursday. Also they are only available right now on Amazon.com so if you’re up north don’t worry they will ship to Canada too for a few extra bucks.
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    More Reolink recommendations from a professional youtuber.

    With results like that it sure does make you wonder when they tell you it’s a “sponsor free review”.
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    More Reolink recommendations from a professional youtuber.

    I think many folks start out on Youtube (yes I was one of those people too back when) and then when you get stuck trying to make it all work you quickly find IPCT and then all that YT knowledge quickly gets flushed down the toilet and the real learning begins. Hilariously if you watch his...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I noticed the aspect ratio also changed on the white one from 4:3 to 3:4 so field of view is smaller but you get a better look at people (more head to toe vs cut off at thighs) and packages that arrive on your doorstep. Might need to get one and see if I like it better. I wanted white anyway but...
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    Help with initial setup

    Short answer is that nothing beats Blue Iris for control on your surveillance cameras. Synology does have some ability to do this and NVR is good too but nothing near BI. If I were designing your system with what you have, I would also add a good POE switch (Ubiquiti, Netgear, TPlink, etc) and a...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Right there with you! We use wood in both the house and garage to keep things toasty in winter. Definitely helps when it gets really cold and the heat pump’s efficiency goes into the toilet.
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