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    Best wall-mounted touch screen viewer of feed?

    I'm interested in this exact setup if it's possible.
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    What type of switch/router for my needs

    Any suggestions on switch names that I should look into for a POE managed switch if I should stay away from Ubiquity? I’ve seen several on here have NetGear. Low power consumption is important to me when idle. The suggestion for used enterprise gear on eBay I'm open to, but do those older...
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    What type of switch/router for my needs

    The room with the tenant in it will have Cat6 run to 3 jacks. 1 of them will be supplying the tv/Roku box for a wired connection. Is there a way to set those jacks on the guest network and will that effect the above suggestion for switch/router setup to keep the tenant from access to other parts...
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    What type of switch/router for my needs

    What type of switch/router for my needs Putting together a home network that will include about 8-12 security cameras with a computer dedicated to Blue Iris. Also, plan to have about 25 Ethernet drops throughout the house and wireless access points. I rent out a room in the house to someone, so...
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    Power demand night IR

    Planning a system with between 8-12 cameras (Dahua 5442 and HP EliteDesk 800 with Blue Iris). I live in Southern California and electricity is expensive. It appears for night conditions that IR uses about double the power. I don't have any external lighting, so I assume that IR is the only way...
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    Energy usage?

    Thanks very much for the information. What if I was to just use the cameras for observation and don't need storage. Would I still need the BI server? How much recording time does the onboard SD card provide, very little I presume?
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    Energy usage?

    Is it possible to use the cloud instead of a BI server to reduce energy use?
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    Energy usage?

    I would be good with 30 watts, but 70 watts not as thrilled with. I live in California and electricity is expensive. Any ideas on designing a system with lower energy usage?
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    Energy usage?

    Looking to put together a PC with Blue Iris and about 8 cameras. How much energy usage would be typical of this type of system? Thinking of getting a PC like this. Is this a good low power system...
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    Small POE monitor inside house by front door?

    Ok, will look into it. Thanks
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    Small POE monitor inside house by front door?

    I'm in the planning stages for running ethernet cable throughout the house. Planning to install several POE cameras. Going to put a camera by the front door entrance. Is there a POE video screen device (like an iPad) that can be mounted inside the house by the front door and when someone is at...
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    Need help setting up camera for the first time

    I got it to work! Thanks so much for the help. I was really lost and wasted several hours prior to looking for help here.
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    Need help setting up camera for the first time

    Trying to figure out how to change the IP address of the computer. The image shows where I'm at. Is this correct? What about subnet mask/default gateway/dns server addresses?
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    Need help setting up camera for the first time

    192.168.0.1
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    Need help setting up camera for the first time

    I don't have the NVR yet. I just have the POE Injector powering the camera. How do I assign an address to it? Is that what the Config Tool software is used for? My knowledge of networking is limited.
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