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Platinum Tools 100010C EZ-RJ45 Cat 6+ Connectors, Clamshell, 50-Pieces Weather Report Sold by: Amazon.com LLC $31.58 This type of connector makes it easier to put RJ45's on round cable. You can pull the cable through and verify it before crimping the connector. There is an associated crimping...

Thanks for the useful advice. I tried googling for network tools before and did not find what I was looking for, your suggestions gave me more to google with and I will be investigating possibilities. A good reviewer link is Five free network analyzers worth any IT admin's time -...

I have about 40 cameras networked using a variety of methods, wireless, hard wired, multiple switches in series, subnets xmitted via Ubiquiti Nanostations, etc. While BI seems to find all of the cameras most of the time, the tools I am using for network analysis (Windows 10 Explorer - Network...

It appears no one has responded to your request. This forum has some wonderfully talented people who will help immensly, but you need something for them to go by. Tell them what you have to start with, what you would like to end up with and they will help you fill in the how to get there...

Hi All, About a year ago I realized I needed a serious, cost effective computer for my security camera system. I got some wonderful advice from some of our senior forum members and ended up with links to a great buy for a refurbished Dell system (i7-4790, 3.6GHz, 16GB, 1 TB HD, Haswell...

After my lights got shot out, I tried a couple of game cameras. They disappeared a few days after I installed them. I am not certain, but they might be used to spy on me now. The networked cameras give me positive feedback when they are tampered with. The downside is running cables/power...

I am looking at a Speco HTINTB9H 700 TVL Intensifier H Indoor/Outdoor Bullet Camera, 5-50mm, but it looks like it uses a BNC connector and it did not see it on the BI list of supported devices. I bought a couple of BNC to ethernet adapters a few months back, but have not tried them. I would...

No, never any traps, I play strictly legal. I am determined to beat these people without sinking to their level. Since I installed a number of cameras around my home the vandalism there virtually ceased, except in a few blind spots that allowed some. Frankly, it freaked me out that they were...

Thanks for your suggestions and comments. I do not have much of a clue as to how they are figuring out how to do this stuff, only that it is being done. I will try to follow up on your suggestions.

I have mostly Hikvision bullets DS-2CD2035 (4, 6 & 8mm) with a few Huisun ptz turrets HS-SC8405IP in the mix. The varmint nest is nearly a mile from where the vandalism is taking place. I will investigate an IR illuminator solution. Thanks for the suggestion. PS Before I had cameras, I had...

Thanks for your comment. After the first couple of damaged cameras, I did just that, have cameras watching cameras. More costs, but cheaper than replacing the cameras that might otherwise get smashed. It is difficult to add watching cameras as fast as I would like, some cameras have been...

Thanks for the excellent advice. Obviously thermal is not the way to go. I will investigate the PIR / Microwave option.

Hi All, I seem to have a 2 legged, intelligent varmit problem. I have over 2 dozen IR cameras on my property, but incidents have increased lately and my cameras are being damaged. It appears they are identifying the IR light and reacting to it. I think a thermal imaging camera may help me and...

This is a copy of the description taken from my order on AliExpress. H.265 New wireless ip camera DS-2CD2135F-I W S, audio,Wifi ,3MP Mini dome, replace DS-2CD2132F-IWS and DS-2CD3132F-IWS I have been wrong about things I thought I had down cold before, but this should mean I do not have to...

Hi All, I am repeating this using the correct model description. Please forgive my earlier post. I am trying to use my new DS-2CD2135F in wireless mode. I must be missing something simple like a firmware switch to activate it. Hardwired, it works just fine, but I want to locate it where all I...