Recent content by Dave

It does. I'm setting it up right this moment. As far as I know, its the only extender out there that does that. I'll use the 5ghz band to talk to the router and the 2.4 ghz band for the cameras. Since both the router and extender have dual core processors I might just have enough to run all...

I'll keep that in mind. The antennas are relatively cheap but so are those ubiquiti radios. The range extender I have is pretty fancy. Its my understanding that it can act as kind of an access point where one frequency band sends data to the router and the other band to my cameras. That should...

If I were running 30 cameras on a machine with BI where would the bottleneck be? I'm thinking the network can handle the data and the computer should be able to process it because it is a dedicated machine with good hardware. Would the BI software be the problem or is it hardware?

I'll be sure to watch out for CCA cables. I'm afraid that fiber optics is out of the budget on this one. For this job, I probably don't need 3 mp. All the bossman needs is to keep an eye on his employees punching in and out and make sure they're not lounging around too much so 1.3 should work. I...

The layout is basically a square city block. 8 buildings total. 10 outdoor cameras positioned on telephone poles (with permission from the city) and 20 indoor cameras. I could possibly do PoE for the main building which has about 8 cameras. I might be able to get 2 of the outdoor cameras on the...

So it seems like the general consensus is that this system won't work and if it does it won't be reliable. Thanks for all the help. I needed a little perspective. I'm not saying that I was right in the first place but I would love to prove you guys wrong. I'll be sure to let everybody know how...

I'll be sure to check that out. Thanks for the input

Yes, indeed I am. My partner who is no longer doing the project with me ordered the Foscams. After what you said I wish he hadn't. They're 1.3 MP so maybe my computer can handle it. I'll look into finding some cameras that support power over ethernet. I think I'm stuck with blue iris tho. I...

That minimum wage business seems like a preconceived notion to me. You're right tho. This stuff is hard. Network engineers should definitely get paid more than minimum wage. I can't imagine a scenario where they do but if thats the case for you I'm really sorry. Maybe I should've looked into...

Okay. Thanks. That makes sense about the static IP's. I'll be sure to do that. Is there a difference between an extender and a repeater? When I configured the repeater it game me a second SSID. Should that be the case? So if I use a repeater do I have to forward the same ports as the router?

The company's networking guy may or may not swing by sometime this week. If he does I'll be sure to post whatever we end up figuring out. I wish I could've been more specific with my question. Somebody would have had to have figured this stuff out at some point. I hope whoever did put it on the...

I'm new to these forums and somewhat new to installing IP cameras. I recently took on a fairly large job installing 30+ cameras for a local business. I'm having a little bit of a hard time figuring out how to configure my wireless network. The business is a good size and has 5 or 6 houses that...