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    Installation and test equipment

    It's been a while. Do modern/current NIC's do auto mdi/mdix?
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    Newbie looking for some help

    How about this one? https://www.amazon.com/Premium-network-Copper-32-8FT-Snagless/dp/B01AGU53PU/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1474912902&sr=8-13&keywords=10m+ethernet+cable+pure+copper
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    Installation and test equipment

    What about one of these battery powered POE injector along with a crossover cable and your laptop? You can just hit the default IP address of the camera with your browser...
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    Can the cameras connected to BI be on their own LAN coming off of the BI computer?

    Re: Can the cameras connected to BI be on their own LAN coming off of the BI computer I was going to mention that, but thought better of it because of the reasons nayr mentioned. The DHCP server would have to be bound to the camera network. I'm much more familiar with a linux dhcp server...
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    Newbie looking for some help

    You also want to find pure copper conductor vs copper clad aluminum (CCA). Data cable is very susceptible to tight bends and kinks as well.
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    Can the cameras connected to BI be on their own LAN coming off of the BI computer?

    Re: Can the cameras connected to BI be on their own LAN coming off of the BI computer It should. People dual-home servers all the time. If you are going to use the camera to encode the date/time into the stream, you are going to want to make sure the cameras have a way to get to an NTP...
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    Outdoor Motion Sensor

    https://www.surveillance-video.com/security-rls-3060.html - $2,648.88 - Ouch!
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    Putting Together a New Dahua Based System

    I've used VNC in the past and have had great success with it. http://www.realvnc.com is one of the flavors. For a non-commercial use, the key is free. Set up the VPN as suggested and access the desktop through the VNC client. Simply install the app on the server and you have access to the...
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    Ipcam SriCam Sp011 - Port Forwarding

    You shouldn't use the internal IP address of the camera, you should use the external IP address of the router and the port you used when you port forwarded the camera. Your camera is on a private ip address behind the router. Port forward opens up a hole on the router between the external...
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    Foscam software nightmare

    Browsers are moving away from plugins and with each version upgrade of the browser, they move further and further away from it. The last hold-outs are IE and Firefox. It's why browsers like Chrome don't work. Eventually plug-ins will be completely phased out and depricated. At work, we have...
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    Rainbow Corruption

    Isn't H264+ a Hikvision proprietary algorithm and not compatible with anything other than a Hikvision NVR? I'm asking for my own education.
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    Fanless Windows PC Configuration

    I'm with Q. My optiplex 5040 i7-6700 is so quiet I have to bend down next to it just to tell if it's running.
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    TL-SG1008P Question

    The other cable is even harder to see because of the flash or reflection. It's hard to see if it's right or not. I suggest checking the ends again and make sure they are all identical. ETA: Terminating cables is not the easiest thing in the world to do. I can't tell you how many ends I had...
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    To Ken if you look at your forums

    I ordered on a Friday at 9:35pm Eastern time and had my key in my email by 9:47pm Eastern. That was a little more than 10 minutes. Even if Ken is on the West Coast, that is after what I would consider working hours, especially for a Friday night.
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    TL-SG1008P Question

    Are you sure your colors are right on the POE side of the direct burial cable? The picture makes it hard to see, but I think you white/blue is in the wrong order.
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    powerline question

    Also, if you want to pay for shipping, you can have mine.
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    powerline question

    That is the exact adapter that I have used at my house. I didn't use it for IP cameras, but for a wifi access point and getting internet to a satellite receiver. I did not have very good luck with it, but that could easily have been my home's electrical wiring. The AP would go offline often...
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    Are all POE injectors the same?

    Which Ubiquity injector is it? The ones I have are all passive POE. If the camera is expecting 802.3af/at, this could be your problem. Do we know if the Dahua IP cameras support passive POE? Active POE devices negotiate which pairs to use for power as well as power requirements. Passive POE...
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    Mac Safari Remotely to P2P Camera

    Don't you just access the P2P address or gateway directly on your Safari browser? I thought that is the purpose of p2p in the first place.
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    Remote site

    It will be best to keep the camera traffic local to the warehouse, hence the NVR on-location. Do you know if there is line-of-sight between the warehouse and the office? That means that if you stand on the roof of the warehouse, and you had a telescope, could you see the roof of the office...
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    Remote site

    I would put the NVR and POE switches in a wall mount cabinet enclosure (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Goplus-9U-Wall-Mount-Network-Server-Data-Cabinet-Enclosure-Rack-Glass-Door-Lock-/351191843901?hash=item51c4aa443d:g:rWYAAOSwBP9UYLzq), and leverage internet access and a VPN to access it remotely...
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    Lots of (hopefully interesting) setup questions

    Brennan, Can you verify the powerline adapters are working correctly? I've had issues like you describe with powerline adapters in my home (others on this forum have not so YMMV). Also, what channels/frequencies are you using for the two wifi networks? Are they overlapping?
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    Surveillance for Dummies

    This is the truth. I am a tinkerer and I almost always try to build first before I buy. Most of the time it's cheaper and way more satisfying to build it yourself. HOWEVER, when friends and family see what you have done, they want it too. I made mistakes in the past trying to replicate what...
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    HikVision and Powerline Adapter help please! (And Synology)

    The brand I was using in my post above was the TP-LINK TL-PA2010 adapter rated at 200Mbps.
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    HikVision and Powerline Adapter help please! (And Synology)

    My experience with powerline adapters isn't great. I was not using them for IP cameras, just getting a wifi hotspot to a part of the house that didn't have ethernet wiring. My issue was that I was constantly having intermittent issues with them passing traffic, and they needed to be "rebooted"...
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    BI mobile app and VPN - issues connecting

    This is fixed now. I had to set the WAN address to be the same as the LAN address for it to connect. It must look to see if it is local to the network being accessed.
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    BI mobile app and VPN - issues connecting

    I have been using BI mobile with my iphone and it works fine from my local network. Today I set up an OpenVPN server and am having trouble connecting to the BI server from the app. When I launch the OpenVPN client on my iphone, I can ping the BI server, scan port 81 to show it's open, and open...
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    Dome vs. Bullet

    The best wifi cameras I'm aware of will only do 720 tops. You mentioned catching bad guys. Do some research on the image quality with 720 cameras vs 1080, 2k, or even 4K. If you want a meaningful picture to catch a plate or see a face, you should look at 1024 at a minimum. Wifi just can't handle...
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    Handling Projects.

    It is very difficult to understand what you are asking for. A good start is to try and ask your question again, but with less words this time. If I had to paraphrase it, you are involved with many projects, but were not involved in the beginning. You need to understand how the projects work...
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    Tips for mounting turret under eve on soffit

    That makes sense. It's along the lines of what I was thinking as well. I'm going to use a junction box as well so I don't damage the camera screwing it into the 2x6 with my impact driver. Have you ever used the J-hooks in the attic to lift the cables up and organize them? I've seen them in...
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