Before anyone responds saying WIRED ALL THE WAY, please understand this situation.
I have just finished part 1 of my IP Cam setup. Its great. BI on old PC, 4 IPcams covering 50% of the house. Loving it.
Now the other 50% of the house. Lets just say its a unique house with 2nd floor recessed from the first level and lofted ceiling for most of the rest. So there is no attic access to the eaves on half the house. I have had 2 electricians look at it and neither of them can do anything without conduit or tearing apart the bathroom. And I am not permitted to running conduit. When we renovate the bathroom in 5 or so years, I will get access to these elusive eaves. So I am seeking a solution here to last about 5 years. The eave for these cameras also has an AC power supply built into it.
Here are the options I could figure and they both require wifi. IF you have other suggestions or recommendations, I would love to hear it.
1. buy 3 wifi cameras like the Amcrest IP4M-1026, likely need a junction box as 3 power sources need to use 1 ac plug. (the other ac plug is for Christmas lights). Note, I am also in Canada so my wifi cam options that work with BI seem to be extremely limited.
2. buy 3 IPcams Dahua, and a cpe access point like TP-Link CPE210, junction box and use an extra POE switch I have kicking around. Then configure the CPE to bridge the wifi network to the cameras.
Thoughts?
I have just finished part 1 of my IP Cam setup. Its great. BI on old PC, 4 IPcams covering 50% of the house. Loving it.
Now the other 50% of the house. Lets just say its a unique house with 2nd floor recessed from the first level and lofted ceiling for most of the rest. So there is no attic access to the eaves on half the house. I have had 2 electricians look at it and neither of them can do anything without conduit or tearing apart the bathroom. And I am not permitted to running conduit. When we renovate the bathroom in 5 or so years, I will get access to these elusive eaves. So I am seeking a solution here to last about 5 years. The eave for these cameras also has an AC power supply built into it.
Here are the options I could figure and they both require wifi. IF you have other suggestions or recommendations, I would love to hear it.
1. buy 3 wifi cameras like the Amcrest IP4M-1026, likely need a junction box as 3 power sources need to use 1 ac plug. (the other ac plug is for Christmas lights). Note, I am also in Canada so my wifi cam options that work with BI seem to be extremely limited.
2. buy 3 IPcams Dahua, and a cpe access point like TP-Link CPE210, junction box and use an extra POE switch I have kicking around. Then configure the CPE to bridge the wifi network to the cameras.
Thoughts?
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