Recent content by gunnerdog

I have a deposit on a Rivian R1S to replace my Tahoe. (I have 3 kids and a 4th on the way so i need a 3-row) Going from 16 mpg of premium fuel to zero cost of fuel (free charger at work) will be nice. The 0-60 in ~3 seconds in an SUV is cool too. Now all we need is a supply chain so they can...

Thanks CC, actually i did not install the cameras with burglers in mind, i installed them to keep an eye on my kids when my wife and I were at work and they were with the nanny. It does a great job detecting people, but i get a lot of false alarms with all those trees blowing around. I have...

I apologize for the video cutting in and out, i am still trying to get the motion detection right... Backstory... my 18 month old hit one of the porch table inserts with a rock and broke it (you can see it missing in the video). I JB welded it back together and went out to put it back in when...

I am using a used Juniper EX4200 switch (EX2200 or EX3200 would also work just as well, get whichever one is cheaper) with 48 POE+ ports(10/100/1000). Found one on ebay for $145 and it even came with 1gbps fiber SPF modules for connection to my router. I have a separate VLAN set up for my...

I finally had my first hard drive crash (500 gb WD Black drive purchased in 2008). I was only getting 2-3 weeks of storage on it, so i want something bigger... I have settled on the WD Purple, but one 8 TB drive is about the same cost as two 4 TB drives... Would it be better to go with one...

Those settings didn't seem to help much... maybe its just the sensor. It actually looks a lot better in youtube than it does in BI.

This happened to me last week... a mouse got caught in a sticky trap in my server closet (damn exterminator put them everywhere and left me to find them on my own) and it managed to partially chew through a CAT6 cable. Caused a lot of intermittent issues and head scratching until i found the...

I just purchased a DS-2CD2432F-IW as a nanny camera for my son's room. I am bench testing it in my crawl space (that's where all my network gear is), which is pitch dark except for the camera LED. The video below is with the default settings. Is this normal noise for these conditions, or do i...

It is cheaper to sternly lecture my wife than install an alarm. This guy hit every car on the street that was unlocked. The police visited each house to get info on what was stolen and collected video (via YT links) from 3 houses that had cameras, including mine. I heard yesterday that my...

It is not a matter of camera brand, it's a matter of lense selection. The goal of my cameras is to make sure my nanny was taking care of my son properly during the day when I am at work. I am looking for gross actions not facial recognition. I went with a broad lense to cover the entire driveway...

I'm one of 3 houses with cameras (that I know of). One other guy captured some video of the same guy setting off his car alarm, worse quality video (older Foscam box camera) but it captured an accomplice standing out in the street. looks like a girl in a pink shirt. The people in the 3rd house...

I've had cameras for 3 years and this is the first time I have captured anything other than the neighbors cat or the occasional racoon.

They hit every car on the street that wasn't locked. Made off with some good loot, a wallet and a few Ipads and laptops. Makes the blood boil, that's for sure. My wife drove my car that day and forgot to lock it........ luckily I didn't have anything worth stealing.

I like the camera, 3mp hikvision exit turret, but you are right, it doesn't have the lense for facial recognition. It was designed for keeping track of my son and his nanny... capturing a thief in progress was incidental.

I wish I had gotten better video... I already cut the tree back and I am looking into additional IR leds... And yes, it was unlocked, the wife drove my car last night and forgot to lock it when she got home. Luckily I didn't have anything valuable to take. and