Hello fellow techies. My name is Jamie. Im 37 years old and Ive been in the camera lane for about 2 years now. I worked for DirecTV for 3 years and Charter Communications for about 7 years. I went to vocational school after High School and got an Electronic Apprentice diploma. Ive been tinkering with electronics and pcs my whole life. Been looking to join a camera forum and this seems to be a pretty friendly community. I look forward to any help I may be able to provide.
Jamie from Tn
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Welcome to IPCT!
...and be prepared to receive some help, too.
Be sure to read the Wiki above and pay special attention to the Cliff Notes.....and be prepared to soak up a lot of info, but pace yourself.
...and be prepared to receive some help, too.
Be sure to read the Wiki above and pay special attention to the Cliff Notes.....and be prepared to soak up a lot of info, but pace yourself.
SouthernYankee
IPCT Contributor
My standard ... Welcome to the forum post.
Please read the cliff notes and other items in the wiki. The wiki is in the blue bar at the top of the page.
Read How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!) in the wiki also.
Quick start
1) Use Dahua starlight cameras or Hikvision darkfighter cameras or ICPT Night eye cameras (https://store.ipcamtalk.com/) if you need good low light cameras.
2) use a VPN to access home network (openVPN)
3) Do not use wifi cameras.
4) Do not use cloud storage
5) Do Not use uPNP, P2P, QR, do not open ports,
6) More megapixel is not necessarily better.
7) Avoid chinese hacked cameras (most ebay, amazon, aliexpress cameras(not all, but most))
8) Do not use reolink or nest cameras (they are junk)
9) If possible use a turret camera , bullet collect spiders, dome collect dirt and reflect light (IR)
10) Use only solid copper, AWG 23 or 24 ethernet wire. , no CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)
Read,study,plan before spending money ..... plan plan plan