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    I need a vandal proof Ip camera

    You can kind of go the "stealth" route here. I have hidden a small camera in a piece of galvanized conduit pipe I then painted over (except for a small hole) and then mounted it where the ceiling and wall come together. It looks just like an exposed electrical conduit. Put it in all of them and...
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    Multi-site VPN connected camera installation

    Hi all! So we own a small medical testing (lab) company. There are 3 locations, each connected via a Meraki MX85 site to site VPN so we can access resources on remote networks. We also have 500mbps of bandwidth per site via redundant fiber. Here is what I want to do: 1) add 10-20 cameras per...
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    Stolen NVR

    Not familiar with the Dahua NVR, but can you map it to One Drive to save videos in so if they steal the system you have a copy of the videos right up until the time where the unit was powered off?
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    Problem with vpn while on separate WiFi

    That is very...odd. Can you install a terminal app on it? Any one of these will do: 5 Best SSH Terminal Apps for iPhone - Manage your Cloud Project on the Go and then we can see the local IP, then see the arp/routing table and try to figure out what is going on?
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    encryption on recorded video in NVR ?

    ok, but I have gone 8 hours without power and my APC runs my 8 port PoE and intel NUC with no problems.
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    encryption on recorded video in NVR ?

    I always have a battery backup and do my updates religiously. I think in 2 years I have had 1 time where it restarted without my knowledge. I also use a small form factor server (intel nuc) for my 6 cameras so it uses little power.
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    Problem with vpn while on separate WiFi

    My .02 here- split tunneling being turned off will route ALL of the client device requests to the VPN's network and very likely solve the problem. IP routing is pretty well defined and prefers all locally connected devices to ones that have to transit a connection, adding weight or "costs" to...
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    encryption on recorded video in NVR ?

    On my system I use Win 10 Pro with bitlocker (as mentioned above) but for every triggered event I upload to my google drive so if they do steal my dvr I still have video evidence.
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    New installation advice

    We have streetlights down one side of the street so it wouldn't be a low light type of deal. I would LOVE to do ptz, but I understand that is a bit pricey.
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    New installation advice

    Si Since the field is a rough rectangle, I could put one at each corner of the house and have overlapping fields of view? I can afford one now and it will be after Christmas before the second one is affordable. I was hoping for one camera with a wide field of view.
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    New installation advice

    Holy cow! I want to cover a field not give very ant in the field a colonoscopy!
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    New installation advice

    OK, so I have the starlight up that was suggested and have the Intel NUC with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD with a 4TB Internal drive for storage. My problem is not my field that I have to cover. The Starlight was great for the driveway and pool area but overlooking a field that is 200yds long and...
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    NVR lost password

    Thanks Pengiun. My Google-Fu bows to your skills!
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    NVR lost password

    OK, so I have a client who fired his IT guy because he was pretty inept. By his own admission (IT guy) changed the password to the clients NVR and then forgot what he changed it to. It looks like a generic NVR and the only product ID is this: DVR tag JPG And the board on the inside is tagged...
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    Hardware reconsidered...

    But the CPU and memory should be good? If I push the clips to the USB 3.0 drive every 24 hours it should leave plenty of room on the SSD.
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    New installation advice

    Fenderman, do you have any expierience with the Intel NUC? Intel® NUC Kit NUC6i5SYH I paired it with a TP Link 8 port PoE and ran the Cat5E cables today for the three cameras. It has 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD and I have two USB 3.0 drive to save data off to. Sufficient?
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    Hardware reconsidered...

    OK, so on my first post I was "schooled" a bit on the cost of power when running a server I probably didn't need to run. It was WAY overkill and would have cost me way more than necessary on power over a 12 month period. Lo and Behold yesterday I came into the ownership of an Intel NUC (Intel®...
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    New installation advice

    I may choose option c before it is all over. I love the server and it is very well appointed, but would be better off hosting a slew of VM's for someone. Like I mentioned above, I can get broken screen i5 laptops all day long for cheap and just make them headless units with a built in battery...
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    SSH FTP

    Hi ITHelpMe. I am using BT Sync for something VERY similar and I can tell you that if you are uploading clips, you are fine. If you are uploading 2 days worth of stead footage, not so much. When the file that the camera creates closes, THEN sync will index it and begin the process of sending. If...
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    New installation advice

    I think that will be MORE than enough! I work with our local Habitat for Humanity and we are always getting in laptops with broken screens or missing power adapters that I can get for $100. I think I may go that direction and leave the old server on the shelf.
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    New installation advice

    It is a HP DL 380 G8. It probably did have some sort of monitoring software but they wiped the drives clean before I could take it. I was going ot see what it did for the 3 cams and then spin up a couple of Linux machines on it to play with.
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    New installation advice

    I can live with the noise. It is going in a purpose built cabinet that is well ventilated on it's own circuit breaker in the laundry room. Just thinking about the cost of electricity to run it vs. a lower powered PC.
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    New installation advice

    Hi Fenderman, I did not think about the power consumption. I have been running an older laptop with a 5th gen i5 and 8GB of RAM with 1 (old) camera on BI and I guess it just didn't use enough power for me to even consider. Do you think it will cost me 30-40$ per month to run? If so, I will need...
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    New installation advice

    Thanks Mat! I read the first post (one of the reasons I chose Dahua) but had not found yours yet so I will read it now. I plan on pulling 2 cables to every location with the second having a 10' unused loop in it for future use. Is there a limitation to how far we should be pulling PoE?
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    New installation advice

    Hello all! I have been saving to put in my first camera installs and the day has arrived! I was fortunate enough to get a server from work that they were retiring (Dual Xeon 8 core with 32GB of RAM and RAID 1TB HD) that I am going to install Blue Iris on. My needs are to be able to look down a...
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    Need motion activated photo upload recommendations

    You can use Resilio (Bit torrent Sync) to upload the pics directly to any number of locations as soon as they occur without having to worry about the FTP part. Works pretty well for clips too.
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    New here- may have cheapest install ever?

    Yeah, we get a LOT of storms where I live and lose power about once a week. Even if the Wifi goes down (will look into a battery backup- good idea!) the phones reconnect when it comes back up seamlessly. The next hing I am working on is making it a P2P network on my LAN so no router is needed...
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    New here- may have cheapest install ever?

    That depends on what devices you use. I have 2 LG phones, 2 Samsung S3 an Asus tablet and a raspberry pi with a Pi cam on board. My 6 camera installation has been faithfully chugging along with 4 of them inside and 1 in the garage and 1 on the Lanai for over 6 weeks now without a hiccup. As far...
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    New here- may have cheapest install ever?

    New to the forums but love the software. I am a convert of Zoneminder after the development kind of died off and was looking for a better solution. So my setup is a cheap one, and easy to manage. I am using a combination of phones/tablets for my cameras (and speaker- more in a moment) and BI...
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