Recent content by JohnH

Fixed this issue for me.. couple of key points to help others who stumble across this post: 1. Google Nest creates it's own network. Issue was I already had a network for hardwired devices on my L3 switch (resulting in a double NAT setup). I could not static route between the 2 networks, as...

The issue is when I look at footage from at night on the new NVR it's dark and black and it looks like colorvu is not working. On the last NVR the same cameras were color at night.

I've recently changed from a Hikvision DS-7604NI-K1 to a DS-7608NI-K2 as I wanted to add more cameras. However I cannot get ColorVu to work on the 8 camera 76 series k2, but it worked fine on the 4 camera 76 series k1. Are there some settings I can look at for this, or is the newer K2 model...

Hi @ant-1 and @araczek , have you had success? I've got the same issue, an existing wired network on a separate subnet to the wired.. My switch which has Google Nest and my PC's plug into is a layer 3 switch, but even setting up vlans and vlanif I could not get it to work.. I'll keep trying...

OK, well I don't want something that sucks nuts :D I'll consider a turrent, maybe a DS-2CD2635F-IS VF 2.7-12mm would be within my budget to play around with. Is the lens focus motorised or manual?

Thanks for the great info, a few things for me to consider there. I like the idea of a top level overall camera still, but I could add another lower camera to the get detail of faces etc. See the image below for my setup, the garage doors are recessed into a brick house to I could mount there...

Hi All, I'm looking for a cheap IP camera to setup above my driveway as a tech/hobby project. I'd prefer to purchase off ebay and have been searching this forum but would like some advise on the model that best suits my application. Info: * Camera to be mounted under eave on 2nd storey *...