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ok fair enough if you've already gone the pfsense route. For the NVR yep you can just move it into the camera vlan with an appropriate IP in that network. The cameras into the NVR would be on a separate LAN internal to the NVR and not actually on your own networks, so you'd need to update...

Some would depend on what your router is capable of and whether it can support vlans, likewise your network switches. If your router does support vlans and your cameras and NVR are on their own switch (or one you can dedicate to them only) then you could assign a vlan at the router to one of its...

yeah in the UK we get higher prices and a lot fewer deals on anything tech :-(

the black wire is probably signal ground - usually to pin 5 on the DB9 male plug. That does look pretty poor manufacture, like the cables got mangled against the case when it was installed, not good. Warranty still good on the unit?

I bought the 7608NI-E2 non PoE which has an external power brick but no camera ports on the back - since I run mine distributed over local switches around the property and trunked back to the NVR over powerline. Works fine for my setup - but that said I purchased the NVR >3 years back and at...

so long as its an official international model and not a "hacked to english" one then you'd be able to upgrade firmware if you need to. I don't know the Uk seller so best to check if they are authorized Hik resellers or you may find support a problem. The PoE ones have built in PSU with a fan...

your powerline system at 20mbps sounds like its at the low end of the available options, or is it that it's a higher spec one that is not capable of more on your wiring? I'd say at that data rate you'd struggle. My AV1200 setup runs at >450mbps (up to 800+) and has 6 cameras going via it to the...

set vibrate to max to increase the effect too, perhaps :-)

can't you just assign a different, loud siren ringtone to the number alerting you via SMS and have that configured via a scheduler app on the phone? That way instead of the usual SMS alert ping you'd maybe get the siren from the alert...

hi OP To answer your original question: The hik NVR would likely support your Hik cameras fine, the dahua and others would have to be configured via onvif. In terms of video stream this should work fine, but motion you may find doesn't unless they have profile-S supported in the cameras. Onvif...

OP said the drive WAS a WD purple, 4tb...

or place a wire mesh in the grass and hook it to a low volts AC feed, the ring pulse on a phone system is around 48v and gives quite a belt IIRC ;-)

you sure its not 3.5mm? Try a mobile phone headset plug and see if that fits which would confirm. I have a mix of 3.5mm and phono on the cameras I have which is a pain. There's plenty of add-on mics out there (amazon, ebay etc) of varying quality, some with adjustable gain and others AGC but few...

Hi Roger do the LAN and WiFi interfaces have separate MAC addresses on the Hik cube? Either way, I've seen similar with my generic hik protocol cameras where disconnecting the LAN interface you still get a ping reply from the LAN ip, so I expect many of these cameras don't isolate the...

when the cameras ship from factory they probably all are set to the same static IP address, so you'd need to connect one and then logon via its web interface and configure it, assign it an IP address (different from the factory default) to suit your network, then repeat for the second camera.

excellent, a good bargain then :-) Not sure re the M2 sata PCIE, but as I recall there is a mini PCIE slot or even 2 of, one for the sata ssd board and one for wifi module, but not having access to the SFF or larger models any more I can't confirm. I'm using the USDT (USFF) smaller units myself...

Yeah I agree re the potential of it acting as a fuse to carry fire along to other parts of the property, same applies to any type of cabling or other materials used that span areas within a property. Just trying to raise that the scare mongering about CCA causing fires isn't really based much in...

with that huge bush there tho, a smart thief aware of the cameras could move in with his back to cameras and still not give you a good ID shot, he'd be obscured on his approach until he was already at the car and be in and gone with very little useful evidence. Tho in this case he does seem to...

yeah some poor driving standards these days. Like the neighbour's friends bloke recently, pulls up in front in his van, makes a shallow turn out across the road to reverse back into their drive. Only thing is he's not even halfway across the road, so starts to reverse and straight into my front...

hmmm that video showing testing involved exposing the cable to fire and yes a properly certified low smoke cable you would expect to perform well, a fake perhaps less so, tho that speed was shocking so clearly poor materials used for the sheath. Any real life testing/reports tho that shows CCA...

ah cameras with built in IR suffer from that unfortunately. I use separate IR illuminators sited 4ft or so to the side, so the bugs head for them but rarely show much on the camera images. Also means spiders go for the IR lights rather than the cameras so I don't get the issue of webs and big...

its noticeable how, as electrical contractors are scavenging for work and undercutting proper pro network installers, CCA creeps into business installations unnoticed till it starts to fail. The cable guys we worked with lost out on a piece of work as the project team got a far cheaper quote...

re smashing the window, yep. You have a right to move/remove the vehicle and if that's the only way... plus in that case he'd been spoken to by the police numerous times and ignored them so using their discretion they didn't pursue the matter. Besides which they'd not have been able to prove who...

should be fine with pre-made David, go with what best suits your needs tbh :-)

Farnell are generally good, just check its pure copper when you're ordering just to be sure. Most here would be buying reels and terminating them once run, less risk of damaging the ends that way as well as more cost efficient, in which case you need to buy the right ends suited for solid copper...

Yeah not all answers are of the "helpful guidance" here huh. Are you UK based? (guessing after googling bunnings who I've not heard of) Best to source branded cable like belden if you want good quality and avoid DIY stores who probably don't have a clue what they are selling once you're beyond...

The law here is that you have a right of access to the road. Your driveway is not a road, hence you have a right of access from the drive onto the road, but not the other way around. Basically while amusing and kinda understandable, moving that vehicle could well contravene the law, especially...

some info https://www.anixter.com/en_uk/resources/literature/wire-wisdom/copper-vs-aluminum-conductors.html Whats wrong with cheap cat5e cable? - Twisted Pair Technologies Aluminium has a higher resistance than copper so needs to be used at larger wire size than copper for the same...

hope that one works out better for you :-)

some routers allow you to redirect traffic to specific IP and/or domains and send them to a different IP, if yours does this then you can redirect that traffic back to something like the routers internal IP. Local DNS or similarly named feature. Giving a invalid DNS to the NVR might work if its...