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  1. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    I've modified my test rig with three 5231 cameras mounted at three different heights ... 4'4", 6', and 7'2'. It's sitting on my front porch stoop which is 8.5" higher than the driveway so there actually 5', 6'8" and 7'2" high in relationship to the vehicle images below. I'm going to grab some...
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    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    FYI - for anybody else who reads this, my Blue Iris iOS app took at least 4-5 seconds to open and was slow to load the cameras when the switch and PC where connected to the router or when the switch was connected to a second NIC in the PC but now opens almost immediately with the PC to the PoE...
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    Pfsense on Blue Iris PC or Separate PC?

    How would I go about checking whether my Linksys is a bottleneck to VPN traffic? When I run the speedtest app while connected to the router with OpenVPN I'm getting about 2 to 6 Mbps download and .5 to 2.5 upload. Using the iPhone while connected to WiFi immediately afterward produces 36 down...
  4. bugsysiegals

    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    Perfect ... thanks fenderman ... now it's absolutely clear! Thanks looney2ns ... I'll use your method and firewall the cameras from all but the specific devices I wish to have access to them. :)
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    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    I didn't know that, thanks! Is there any reason or advantage to why people use this method versus connecting the camera PoE switch to a 2nd NIC in the BI PC and then connecting the BI PC main NIC to the router? It seems the method here is better since the cameras can still be accessed by other...
  6. bugsysiegals

    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    Thanks for the info and that's very close to what I've done. I have all the cameras connecting to the PoE switch and the switch connecting to a port on the router but instead have the BI PC connected to another port on the router rather than to the PoE switch. I'd done this to keep them on...
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    Pfsense on Blue Iris PC or Separate PC?

    I'm not sure what would be considered a "sophisticated" network warranting the need for such firewall ... I guess I need to do some more review but I figured it would be worthwhile since I run OpenVPN to remotely watch the cameras. I have netdata entware on the router but haven't used it yet to...
  8. bugsysiegals

    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    Thanks Fenderman, I suppose I really need to learn all the settings!!!
  9. bugsysiegals

    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    Thanks!! 1) Done 2) The cameras are on there own vlan/subnet and are properly firewalled ... is it still bad to run through the router? I understand they create extra traffic on the router but when looking at netdata entware software, they’re only creating 10Mbps traffic at this point with all...
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    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    Here they are ...
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    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    Isn't that what I provided?
  12. bugsysiegals

    Pfsense on Blue Iris PC or Separate PC?

    Thanks! After a month of really playing with iptables I've got it locked down nicely and have OpenVPN working it's just slow with DD-WRT because of bad drivers for Marvel chip routers. I guess I'll try to add the other router as an AP and if it's still bad I'll trade out for something with...
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    Video Skipping 10 Seconds Ahead During Playback

    I've got my test rig setup, am having Blue Iris record me while I pretend to be interested in breaking in our vehicles in the driveway, and as I watch the video back, each of the recordings skips ahead ~10 seconds. It happens in every video and seems to happen about 10 seconds into each video...
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    Pfsense on Blue Iris PC or Separate PC?

    Another option, keep the WRT1900ACSv2 and deploy the WRT610N with stock firmware as an AP ... I'm not sure whether the Linksys router with stock firmware allows you to disable routing and turn it into AP mode only?
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    Pfsense on Blue Iris PC or Separate PC?

    I currently have a Linksys WRT1900ACS v2 router with DD-WRT flashed on it for firewall rules. The router works wonderfully when it's stock but WiFi performance is lacking with DD-WRT because of the Marvel chip and lack of good third party drivers. I'm considering flashing the Linksys back to...
  16. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    According to the calculator used to create the photo above in post 27, the garage cameras which are set to 31 degrees FOV can Identify at 35 ft with 100 ppf; however, according to the chart below from Dahua, with lens set to T (max zoom 31 degrees FOV?) can Identify at 46 ft with 250 ppf and set...
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    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Is the zoom on dahua cameras the same as changing the FOV? If so, do I use math to convert the zoom value to the actual FOV angle? Ex. For the Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-ZE, the equation would be Zoom Setting = 34.14 * (101 - Desired FOV) If this is correct, then I've created and attached a...
  18. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    When you mention the garage camera's crossing paths, do you mean like the image below? How about these angles, do they cover enough? I'd prefer wider but then I can't retain 100 ppf as recommended.
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    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Thanks ... I've been in the settings but don't recall a night time color setting. One thing I did notice is the camera can send notifications when there are issues with the SD Card, etc. but I don't think that's possible for those who are running the camera switch directly to a 2nd NIC in the...
  20. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    How do I do color mode at night, turn off smart IR or is there more to it? The pictures I took yesterday where by using BI iOS app and pressing the camera icon to take a snapshot. When you mention walk, are you suggesting I take a video instead, review the frames, and post one of the frames...
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    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    I’ll put a hoodie and hat on and take photos in the same positions at 6 and 8 foot elevations. I’ll try to get both day and night photos. With regards to night photos, my face was way to bright to be easily identified. The camera was angled downward so I don’t believe it was from the IR...
  22. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Here’s a camera I installed above the back garage service door. Now you have me all confused whether I should be mounting under the soffits at ~8 feet tall or on the siding at ~6 feet tall ...
  23. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Everything I've read so far seems to say about 8 feet is ideal to prevent vandalism/theft and still get good image ... Are you recommending all the cameras around the house be mounted to the walls at 5 feet or just specific ones?
  24. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Here's some additional photos taken from the actual camera itself rather than my iPhone. I've positioned the camera about 7" away from the wall, not sure how far they should be, and tried to simulate the height it will be when attached to the PAF130-E mounting box. NW garage corner ... I've...
  25. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    With such a skinny driveway and the goal of having good coverage on the front door ... what if I move camera 1 from the NE corner of the house to a foot East of the front door and eliminate Camera 7 from the NE corner of the garage with camera 1 taking it's place for covering the garage and...
  26. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Would it make sense instead of dome cameras on the wall at eye height to get some sort of doorbell like the ring (but not the ring because I don't want to pay subscriptions)?
  27. bugsysiegals

    Proposed Camera Layout - Any Changes Needed?

    Would you put 5231's on each side of the door, at eye height, crossing each other like the driveway? Perhaps they're a little big and would look funny or are to expensive to put in a place people might vandalize or steal them? And here's one from the soffit above which isn't eye level but...
  28. bugsysiegals

    Multicast Enabled - Latency Issues?

    That said, To clarify, both Xbox's are connected with WiFi and surprisingly have no issues keeping up. Let me take a second to explain my setup before asking my next questions. My router connects to my cable modem which has ~200Mbps WAN connection. The router provides WiFi to Xbox's, TV's...
  29. bugsysiegals

    Multicast Enabled - Latency Issues?

    Thanks for the explanation. I've shared specs below. I bought my switch for $250 back in 2014 and unfortunately am finally coming to use it 4 years later when it's only worth ~$50! The switch has 48 Ethernet 10/100 ports with IEEE 802.3af and Cisco prestandard PoE and 4 SFP-based Gigabit...
  30. bugsysiegals

    Multicast Enabled - Latency Issues?

    I’m not a network expert so is it true to say if they’re burning almost 100Mb/s but it’s all Lan2wan traffic that it doesn’t impact, or impacts little, wan2wan traffic? If the router is a gigabit router this means theoretical limit of 1Gb/s lan2lan traffic and lan2wan has little or no impact...
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