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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    That’s actually really good news! I know there’s lots of ways to do this but if this was my system I’d put a managed switch with an SFP port at both ends of the fiber and cut out the separate media converters entirely. Then if you still have an issue you can have the fiber tested to ensure it...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Love the failover setup, definitely came in handy. What sort of hardware are you running the PFSENSE on? Any thoughts on PFSENSE vs OPNSENSE?
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    I totally agree. My thought was just if a $2k camera was going in here maybe an upgrade would be useful for managing it all. Maybe just run Advanced IP Scanner and see if you can pick up all your devices or if there might be a conflict in there?
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    Recommendations for outdoor IP camera with good AI

    It definitely would help in a situation like this. I always use managed switches unless it’s just a pass through for another managed switch and I need more POE ports at a certain location on my main network (ex VOIP or additional wifi access points). All my cameras have fully managed switches...
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    Also helps to use managed POE switches (Ubiquiti, Netgear, etc). Then if you lose a camera you can locate both the current IP and the MAC address by simply logging into the switch and looking at the port info that it’s plugged into. Once you have the IP you just switch the ipv4 settings to match...
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    Long outdoors netwok cable run

    I know the conduit is a bit small but even at large distance I bet using a good electrical wire lubricant and some compressed air to help move it throughout that you’d get it run alot easier than you think even with the connector on there. Fill up the conduit with the foam lubricant then use an...
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    The most important settings on the camera to get right are IP address, subnet mask and gateway. As long as you have those correct, you can always access the camera again to make changes. The DNS doesn’t matter since it won’t be getting to the internet at all so usually I just enter 8.8.8.8 for...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    There was already a 20% off coupon for it when I placed the order, not sure what the sale price will be. If it’s better then I’ll just order 2 and return 1 since I have 2 doorbells.
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    It would be nice to know what your local IP of your router is so we can be more specific for your situation. If you want to see something on your network then it needs to be on the same subnet or you won’t be able to see it. So hypothetically if your camera is currently at 192.168.56.100 and...
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    Windows 11 Ethernet port won't stay enabled

    As mentioned above only the side that needs access to the internet needs a gateway. Think of a gateway like a pathway out of your system. So on NIC1 most people usually use 192.168.1.x or 192.168.2.x (whatever matches your router IP subnet, then subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and gateway would be...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Just ordered one of the white Reolinks to try out, should be here Thursday. Also they are only available right now on Amazon.com so if you’re up north don’t worry they will ship to Canada too for a few extra bucks.
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    More Reolink recommendations from a professional youtuber.

    With results like that it sure does make you wonder when they tell you it’s a “sponsor free review”.
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    More Reolink recommendations from a professional youtuber.

    I think many folks start out on Youtube (yes I was one of those people too back when) and then when you get stuck trying to make it all work you quickly find IPCT and then all that YT knowledge quickly gets flushed down the toilet and the real learning begins. Hilariously if you watch his...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    I noticed the aspect ratio also changed on the white one from 4:3 to 3:4 so field of view is smaller but you get a better look at people (more head to toe vs cut off at thighs) and packages that arrive on your doorstep. Might need to get one and see if I like it better. I wanted white anyway but...
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    Help with initial setup

    Short answer is that nothing beats Blue Iris for control on your surveillance cameras. Synology does have some ability to do this and NVR is good too but nothing near BI. If I were designing your system with what you have, I would also add a good POE switch (Ubiquiti, Netgear, TPlink, etc) and a...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Right there with you! We use wood in both the house and garage to keep things toasty in winter. Definitely helps when it gets really cold and the heat pump’s efficiency goes into the toilet.
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    Help with initial setup

    I can definitely help with #1. Andy has an Empiretech store set up right on Amazon.ca or you can order from Amazon.com and ship across to Canada too. You can use AliExpress but Amazon is just super easy to do refunds or returns if needed. He should be having a sale from July 15th to the 21st...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Very cool, I like it. Will it do THD monitoring too? Do you run it all off your Blue Iris machine? Might be nice to see photos of how you have that set up if you don't mind sharing.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I wish we could have those panel breaker lockouts up here but they're not allowed where I am. Everyone seems to either have a transfer panel (what I use along with a 50A inlet) or one of those generlink meter transfer switches (usually limited to just 30A)...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Wow 27kw!!! Are you guys on natural gas? That must use a ton of fuel at full power for any period of time. We can only use gasoline, diesel or propane where we are so I have to make sure whatever we do decide to use that it will also be available during a disaster. Last major hurricaine we...
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    Second Dead Hard Disk in BI system

    That definitely sounds like it was your issue, very unusual to have drives go bad like that without either heat or voltage being a problem.
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    ip camera ip address

    How do you connect to see the camera footage? NVR? Blue Iris PC? Other? Does the camera need to connect to the internet?
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    Unable to connect to camera on uplinked switch

    You need to be on the same subnet to reach the cameras in question, if not you won’t be able to see them at all.
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    Problems with 4MP camera

    I agree, likely a voltage drop issue when loaded, try a poe+ injector on that line specifically and see if it doesn’t work. If it does then you now know how to solve your issue.
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    Dead camera?

    The gold standard seems to still be the 5442 S3, I have a bunch of these and they work fantastic. Also have great AI but just getting started playing around with it. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/mini-review-5442-ze-s3-aka-t54ir-ze-s3-replacement-to-5442-ze.73341/
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    [Solved - POE port went bad] How can I find the IP/network of missing IP cam?

    I don’t understand why you would do that instead of assigning each static IP at the camera level? Usually someone would just make them all DHCP and keep track of everything via MAC address. Maybe I’m just missing something?
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    Ubiquiti Point to Point Questions

    Tony, I know you're well versed on this. It's only 50-80 feet, what about just using something like a Unifi Mesh 6 or similar instead of a point-to-point setup?
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    Is this rig enough for BI+AI+HomeAssistant?

    I assume you already read this: Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris Best to stick to Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs but having video card is less important now especially with AI on the cameras improving by leaps and bounds. Ram and OS HD look fine but definitely pick up a WD purple or Seagate...
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    Yes I’m running this, no issues at all.
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    New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

    How the heck do you have ads if the device can’t even access the internet? Sounds like maybe you’re talking about using the Reolink app but none of us using this doorbell (POE or wifi) in Blue Iris are going to be running that at all. I too love Unify stuff for my network but their security...
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