Hello, I’ve been lurking for a few days reading the wiki, reading responses to newbie posters, thought I’d create an account and introduce myself.
I am currently an owner of a ring pro doorbell, and looking to expand my surveillance at my newish house (been here a year already).
I am here, because I a pretty sure I don’t want to continue to expand my system with ring, although it is so tempting to just have something with low effort that allows me to observe, but as with most, my desire to identify if needed seems like it would be best, and take a step beyond the “cool factor”. And false piece of mind.
I have been dabbling with unifi for my home networking needs, and originally thought I wanted to go unifi protect, but after a little research it seems to me that what you pay vs what you get is a little steep.
I have a unifi dream machine and 24 port poe switch. I THINK I have everything I need as far as being able to set up the appropriate network settings (VPN?)
I read through the wiki once, and a few other things. I’m a little overwhelmed, my networking experience/knowledge is rather limited, I’m pretty confident with some practice I can figure things out though.
where I’m at right now, is looking for a decent computer and a good first variable camera to start my journey, and build from there.
im in a bit of an analysis paralysis, do I buy a cheap pc to start with, and regret not going bigger? Or blow my whole budget on a pc and leave next To nothing for cameras?
ive Done a rookie layout of my house and based on my limited knowledge I think an ideal set up would be around 7 cameras.
I don’t really have a budget, but just for starting purposes I think I would feel comfortable STARTING with maybe 500-700.00usd. And maybe 100-200 a month for a camera and build at that pace.
Any guidance or reassurance by someone who has been down a road similar to mine would be appreciated. Thank you!
I am currently an owner of a ring pro doorbell, and looking to expand my surveillance at my newish house (been here a year already).
I am here, because I a pretty sure I don’t want to continue to expand my system with ring, although it is so tempting to just have something with low effort that allows me to observe, but as with most, my desire to identify if needed seems like it would be best, and take a step beyond the “cool factor”. And false piece of mind.
I have been dabbling with unifi for my home networking needs, and originally thought I wanted to go unifi protect, but after a little research it seems to me that what you pay vs what you get is a little steep.
I have a unifi dream machine and 24 port poe switch. I THINK I have everything I need as far as being able to set up the appropriate network settings (VPN?)
I read through the wiki once, and a few other things. I’m a little overwhelmed, my networking experience/knowledge is rather limited, I’m pretty confident with some practice I can figure things out though.
where I’m at right now, is looking for a decent computer and a good first variable camera to start my journey, and build from there.
im in a bit of an analysis paralysis, do I buy a cheap pc to start with, and regret not going bigger? Or blow my whole budget on a pc and leave next To nothing for cameras?
ive Done a rookie layout of my house and based on my limited knowledge I think an ideal set up would be around 7 cameras.
I don’t really have a budget, but just for starting purposes I think I would feel comfortable STARTING with maybe 500-700.00usd. And maybe 100-200 a month for a camera and build at that pace.
Any guidance or reassurance by someone who has been down a road similar to mine would be appreciated. Thank you!
