New member here trying to tap into the wealth of knowledge on this forum.
I've been looking at the Ubiquiti line of wifi access points and security cameras. I do like the feature that on a single ethernet cable, you can PoE the wifi acess point and on the 2nd ethernet port, you can connect a security camera. Here's my situation:
I want to share internet from 1 house to the next house that is about 4 houses away so not looking for omnidirectional access points that are ever so popular. The house with the internet is a 2 story house where I have 1 CAT5e cabling that goes to the outside near the TV antenna on the top roof. From there the external access point can be pointed towards the house I want wifi access to (in bridge mode) 4 houses away. At the 2nd house, I want to branch off security cameras to an empty lot next to it. Installing CAT5e cabling is easier as it's a single story house and also want to have cabling to go outside where security cameras will view the empty lot (that is next door). I'm not confident to have a wifi coverage on the entire area and prefer the use of 'bridge' access point wifi, and each house would handle it's on private Wifi network or hard wiring to it's switch.
I've also read that Ubiquiti lacks OVif compatibility and is proprietary. But lots of people have been quite happy with it's UNIFI setup. I really don't want to setup up 2 different systems (ie dedicated security camera system with an NVR or a PC that has to stay on all the time to record the video, and a separate Wifi AP system that uses separate cabling). Though I am a fan of hard wired ethernet when possible.
If you asked me last year, the intent was to only have internet between the 2 houses. But with recent rash of burglaries, I do feel a decent security camera setup should be looked at while doing the wifi installation at the same time. Awaiting for some suggestions. Thank You.
I've been looking at the Ubiquiti line of wifi access points and security cameras. I do like the feature that on a single ethernet cable, you can PoE the wifi acess point and on the 2nd ethernet port, you can connect a security camera. Here's my situation:
I want to share internet from 1 house to the next house that is about 4 houses away so not looking for omnidirectional access points that are ever so popular. The house with the internet is a 2 story house where I have 1 CAT5e cabling that goes to the outside near the TV antenna on the top roof. From there the external access point can be pointed towards the house I want wifi access to (in bridge mode) 4 houses away. At the 2nd house, I want to branch off security cameras to an empty lot next to it. Installing CAT5e cabling is easier as it's a single story house and also want to have cabling to go outside where security cameras will view the empty lot (that is next door). I'm not confident to have a wifi coverage on the entire area and prefer the use of 'bridge' access point wifi, and each house would handle it's on private Wifi network or hard wiring to it's switch.
I've also read that Ubiquiti lacks OVif compatibility and is proprietary. But lots of people have been quite happy with it's UNIFI setup. I really don't want to setup up 2 different systems (ie dedicated security camera system with an NVR or a PC that has to stay on all the time to record the video, and a separate Wifi AP system that uses separate cabling). Though I am a fan of hard wired ethernet when possible.
If you asked me last year, the intent was to only have internet between the 2 houses. But with recent rash of burglaries, I do feel a decent security camera setup should be looked at while doing the wifi installation at the same time. Awaiting for some suggestions. Thank You.
