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This is my best so far.

I'd like to see this software get a section in the "other than Blue Iris" softwares section. It is a quality product for Mac users.

I started using Security Spy, a Mac software about a month ago on a Mini M1 and am pretty happy with it. The NVR thing just got old. The menu system and window options are well organized for different tasks / operations and It is very intuitive if you want to dive in before reading. There is an...

I get it. Thanks.

I thought it was a pretty good vid and rewatched parts of it a few times. Much of the first part I was familiar with and this pulled allot of it together. His explanation of 8 bit was really good.

I didn't state it correctly, but check out the vid at 1:00:50 (one hour : 50 seconds). That's where he is explaining how to allocate the space in the subnet mask for the second network. Is the IP address 192.168.2.xxx going to reference the space he creates with the 255.255,255.198 subnet mask...

This is a great video for the concept of subnets but it stops at the practical. It shows that If you want a second network within your network you would use a subnet mask of 255.255.192.1 and why. Now that you understand how this subnet mask is derived with 8 bit octets, and that is used for...

This is not difficult to understand, it's just difficult to get specific answers with out getting joked around by someone who would put more effort into messing with someone than it takes to answer a specific question. Thank you for that and please don't try and help me any further. I don't...

Doesn't help me. I use a 16 core Mac. Just looking for a simple answer.

It's really hard to find good ones. That's a really good setup. I got a second wireless router to take that next step. Running some wireless cameras without bogging down the home network was the goal and, having security like that is the best. I'm using Mac and Security Spy. Is there some way...

FWIW, I go with cameras that can be factory reset manually (with a button inside) and then set a static IP address with my user name and password. Then I label them with my assigned IP to skip the search process and log into the camera directly. The IP address starts at the router and propagates...

Good call. Thanks Kameraad.

All three switches are 1000s. Replacing one cable brought the speed up.

The new ones are called Ezlo and they are all local, no cloud, with the fastest processors. I'm using a VeraPlus and it's been bulletproof with 80 devices. The Ezlo is on hold and not yet ready for prime time. Z-wave plus doubled the range and improved the mesh. I don't know how they do it. It...

It was the 50' cable. I put a 50' cat 6 cable in and yeehaa. Still 3 5e cables in the line and the speed is great.

This is Vera . I've been using it for seven years now. Our whole house runs on it, lights, ac, fireplace, garage doors and most of it is scheduled and/ or voice controlled.

Just started using this with a Mac mini for a server. The IOS app is decent and the Appletv app is adequate. After buying my last worthless NVR this combination works.

Anybody using Vera?

Network Utilities just got deleted in Big Sur. Looking at the apps there are a couple that would do the job.

Good idea. Honestly, I knew the lights showed activity but didn't know they were coded to indicate speed.

There are three switches involved. Two of them are Netgear gigabit switches and the third switch a POE switch that has 8 100mb ports and 2 1G uplink ports. The POE switch is just being used for the POE cameras and it's gigabit uplink port is connected to one of the Netgear gigabit switches...

I've got a new cat6 50 foot cable arriving tomorrow. It will be easy to try it direct, through one switch and then through both. It's a new Mac Mini 16 core with 1G ethernet.

Right, but why the difference? Same servers, same everything - Wifi vs. ethernet. Ethernet looses miserably.

The router, Eero: Dual auto-sensing Gigabit ports for WAN and/or LAN connectivity. The server is a Mac mini M1, wired through two Netgear Gigabit switches to the router. I used speedtest.net on a couple different servers comparing wifi and ethernet. The longest run involved is 50 feet and there...

It should only be 100 to each camera from the POE switch. The rest should be 1000. Right? 5e, Some from 2012.

Yes, It's this one. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJ9VLXH?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details That switch (uplink) connects to a Netgear GS205 switch which goes to the same Netgear switch at the router (50 foot cat5 cable).

I get 350 mbs on wifi and only 100 on wired LAN connections. From the router there are two gigabit switches to the server and the POE switch has gigabit uplink. I used cat5 cables that were left over from camera installs. Probably was a dumb idea to use them, but need confirmation this is the...

It's a Mac mini M1 that will be mostly dedicated with a USB3 connected mirrored NAS. I have 8 wired cameras on a NVR and may add 3 or 4 wifi cameras using a separate wireless router. High res is the way to go with 4K cams. It makes PTZ obsolete. Looking forward to dumping the NVR. I found and...

Sighthound looks good but does not yet support h265.

I'm looking for a Mac software that will be able to utilize a NAS for storing video. Any recommends?