Recent content by jlppilot

I live in a rural area and there aren’t any really high quality businesses that focus on low voltage stuff so I feel like if I’m going to do it right, I’m going to have to do it myself. Looking to you guys for advice as I feel there’s a lot of good knowledge here. For now I really want to focus...

Thanks for the description and pictures. I appreciate it. Glad to hear it’s still working well for you!

Are you still happy with it? If you were to build again today would you do the same? I’m thinking about buying or building something similar now. if space weren’t a concern and you had not stumbled upon the $5 case would you have found a 3U?

Without anything fancy like a router that can connect to a cell tower? I have been doing it with two old Linksys WRT54GL routers. I have DD-WRT loaded on them and I set the first one up as a repeater bridge. Second one is just set up normally. I turn a hotspot on one of my iOS devices. Then...

-20 is very rare here. -5 happens a handful of times per year though. Maybe I need to build a heated enclosure...

As I look at the two it looks like the 108LP has less power per Ethernet port compared to 408epp? I guess I don’t have plans for any PTZ cameras. Maybe zoom only? My camera budget will focus on good images aimed in specific locations. Maybe $180 to $250 per camera so I assume I won’t be...

I’m still using a pair of Linksys WRT54GL routers:) Granted they were in storage for 5 years or so until I found another use for them but having something that will be useable 10 years from now is not too much to ask in my opinion. My business laptop is a Lenovo T430 I bought at the very end...

I know nothing about brands. Reading between the lines you guys believe Netgear is a good brand? I want it to be likely to last 10 years while operating in an unheated, uninsulated building running 8 cameras. Will be subjected to temps from -20F to 120F. If it only needs to be 10/100, that’s...

I don't see it on the list but I thought it looked interesting to me. I like that it only has POE ports. No need to have a bunch of non POE ports that I'm not going to use... Looks like it's $114 on Amazon. Thinking of giving it a shot. Thanks https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YH2TTKV/ref=emc_b_5_t

Well heck, I finally truly checked line of sight. Does not exist. Really thought I would have it from the top of the barn to the top of one of the grain bins. I don’t though, the trees block it. I don’t want to cut a tree or 3 down for this. I think another 15’ or so on each end and I would...

Location A is where I will start. That's where I live. Both locations have equally valuable stuff that can be a tantalizing target.

I should mention that anything I buy needs to operate from minus 15 degrees F to 115 degrees F. All of the buildings other than houses are unheated.

I don't know if this changes anything or not but there is 0 chance that any of this will be any wired connections between buildings. It would be a project to get overhead runs high enough that I could get my farm equipment under the lines. I'm simply not willing to trench in ethernet to each...

Thanks. I am searching through this site for the resources you and others have mentioned now.

Good plan. Footprints from the recent robbery indicate they took a totally different route than I would have anticipated. Really frustrating having to try and think like a thief.