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  1. Podagrower

    Free I7 upgrade? I'll give it a shot.

    At my office, I'm the closest thing to IT support that we have. I've worked thru upgrading our 6 really, really old Dell Optiplexs (Optiplexi? Optiplexes? Optipli?) to just old Dell Optiplexs so I'm comfortable with them and their quirks so when I started looking at cameras and saw the...
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    I didn't need another ginormous UPS

    I've already got a OneAc ON1300. Its an antique (I can have it send messages to my pager) but it's straight up bulletproof. More capacity than I need, more run time than I need. But an APC SmartUPS2200 popped up for sale locally. Yeah, wwaayy more capacity and run time than I need. I figured...
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    My thoughts on, and review of the Amcrest IP5M T1179EW 28MM

    I am, by no means, a security camera expert. I am still learning, so when I found an offer to review this camera in exchange for a refund of the purchase price, it was a no lose proposition since there was no specific requirement that it be a positive review. This is my first “serious” night...
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    Not a fan of Ring, but this is a cool story.

    Helicopter pilot breaks up robbery party
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    PSA: Now is not the time to trespass

    I don't know that there ever is a good time, but what are people thinking? Here's our property layout (in general) North side is highway frontage, East side has a barbed wire fence between our 5 acres and our neighbors 5 acres, South side barbed wire fence and 5 acres, West side barbed wire...
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    Obsolete, Outdated, but cheap Optiplexes.(Optiply?)

    As the closest thing to an IT guy at my office, I'm kind of in charge of our aging fleet of computers. I currently have 4 old Dell Optiplexes in my office that are going on EBay. There is a 780 SFF that is for parts only and 2 960 SFF and a 790 USFF that are fully functional. They are...
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    TP Link TL SG1008P Free to good home

    As I said in the other thread, now I have a spare 8 port switch with 4 PoE ports. Less than a month old just pay shipping. Switch has been forwarded to a new home. Most of the keystones and jacks are still up for grabs. Additionally, I was voluntold to clean up my companies storage warehouse...
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    Swimming and fishing

    I spent the holiday weekend paying for many of my past sins. I'm an electrician by trade and I was able to wire our house when it was built 15 years ago. We still had dial up internet, and I knew nothing about network building so I wired the phone jacks in the old loop style. As devices have...
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    Geofence V5 vs V4

    My biggest BI issue is geofencing. During the week when BI is running the "work" schedule it's not terrible. It generally catches when my wife and I leave and goes into the "away" profile and generally catches when I get home (which is before the "work" schedule ends) and changes to the "home"...
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    HDMI extender

    My BI server is about to be relocated about 40' from it's current location at the living room TV. I'm spending part of the upcoming holiday weekend in the attic running cabling for cameras and access points. Is there any difference in the various HDMI to Ethernet adapters? Or is there a...
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    The three bears

    I've lived in Central Florida my entire live, and had never seen a black bear until we moved to where we live now. We're not that far out of town, but most of the area is 1 home per 5 acres. We've seen their paw prints, seen their marks on trees, seen the aftermath of them deciding the bird...
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    Doorbell cam POE

    I thought a WiFi doorbell cam would be a great, easy option, but it looks like it's a 100% crapshoot as to quality/usability. Then I remembered that I did run Cat5e to the doorbell so there's no reason I can't go POE. My wife wants the ability to talk to whoever is at the door, I assume there...
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    Camera in the woods, filming into the light

    One of the locations I want to film on our property is our 300ish feet of driveway. There is a 45 degree bend that would make a great location to hide a camera for filming a front and back view of any vehicle that uses the drive. The problems I think are: The camera would be hidden in the...
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