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    Problems connecting to Blue Iris from WAN

    indeed, as it happens I had already arranged to collect a small tabletop UPS today before this even happened!
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    Problems connecting to Blue Iris from WAN

    Hi Guys I have resolved this problem myself, but thought it might be good to share with everyone in case anyone else has a similar problem in future. I set up an evaluation copy of BI a couple of days ago, and it worked great, from LAN and WAN. Then last night I had a small power interuption...
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    Appropriate Hardware

    @aristobrat, yeah, looking at costs and whatnot, I think I may as well go for the turrets over bullets. I thought that wall mounting would be more difficult, but looking at some of these links, the wall mounts look good for the turrets, and you get the PTZ option as well. I was thinking of...
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    Appropriate Hardware

    Thanks everyone for your replies. I'll need to scope out exactly what I need, probably one PTZ and 3 or 4 bullet cameras, then I'll contact Andy I guess. I've set up an evaluation copy of BI with a couple of old cheap and nasty IP cameras I had and I'm really impressed with it. The biggest...
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    Appropriate Hardware

    Thanks Both, it looks like I'll have to source a separate PC for this then, which is fine. @awsum140, I'm looking for good camera recommendations, looking for outdoor, PTZ, POE. I could find the one you mention on amazon, I'm based in the UK, if that makes a difference...
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    Appropriate Hardware

    Hi Everyone I'm looking at setting up a BI system at home. Looking at 6-8 cameras, not too sure whether 4k or 1080 yet though. I have acquired an old HP server from work, and I was wondering if you think it'll have enough grunt to run everything. Ideally I'd like it to run a Plex server and...
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