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Any suggestions on a good PTZ camera as well?

Ok perfect, I'll give that a try and report back once I start to get a better idea of how I want to set this all up.

Ok looks like I have some work to do on the layout (thanks again everyone for the input). My thought was originally to cover as much area as possible but it sounds like I really need to just cover the entrance points alot more carefully. We live out in the country so the best security is...

I've attached the property layout and proposed locations for cameras but I need help with selection of specific cameras that would work best in my situation. You can see the rear is heavily wooded and it's rough going to approach from there (still possible via snowmobile). The blue dots...

X2 It’s always important to create the proper VLANs / network rules to isolate your cameras so they never have access to the internet. That way any cameras vulnerabilities are then rendered useless.

As long as you have a lower speed internet connection and basic firewall rules then the USG is fine but if you get above 300mps then start looking at the higher end Edgerouter gateway setups (works fine with unifi APs) or a PFsense box.

If you go with the Ubiquiti 8-port version I prefer the Edgeswitch8-150w (vs 60w version) which runs POE+ to all 8 ports and has gigabit capability. That’s the switch I run and it’s very easy to do VLANs to sandbox everything off if you add an Edgerouter on the front end.

Smart move on the Edgeswitch, you’ll be alot happier with that setup, definitely rock solid and lots of ability to upgrade if you want to grow the network.

The ER-X is a pass through POE device only, to power a camera you’d need either a POE injector or a POE switch like the Edgeswitch8-60w.