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    My new FreeNAS box

    BP, question: Why did you put 24GB of RAM in? Are you using it for more than storage?
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    My new FreeNAS box

    10TB of SSD? We're getting there, slowly. You have to wait just a little bit longer. Or maybe a fair while. Seems drive makers are stuck around 1TB for the size of the drives. Heard about 4TB, but haven't seen it yet. Plus at what cost. But the 100-1000GB SSD have been coming down nicely in...
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    PoE requirements for HIKvision

    Yes, the equivalent gigabit tplink model is TL-SG1008P Many people have used that type of strip injector to power a series of existing cameras using an existing switch for data. You can look also for this style per camera...
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    My new FreeNAS box

    Thanks for sharing. Great to hear you are back up and running. Any notes on power consumption to keep that humming 24/7 with 4 hard drives? Peak power? Standby power? (drives asleep) I've grown tired of slow throughput on consumer nasses as well, and would love to hit 100MB/S; at the same...
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    PoE requirements for HIKvision

    Yes, it is a busy market and I apologize for being a bit harsh, but to me it is about reliability and safety. I thought tp-link started at $40 for a 4 port poe 8 port switch. tl-sf1008p Some people have used regular switches and 4 or 8 port poe injector strips, but that's most cost effective...
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    PoE requirements for HIKvision

    :confused: :dejection: I like to save a buck / dollar / pound / ... too, but when it comes to $$$ IP cameras or computers or other electronics for that matter; I go with something reliable, enclosed, guaranteed to get the job done. Without risking to short circuit or setting the house on...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Bullocks. Doesn't matter if you have one computer or ten or twenty, as long as they're idle when you do a speedtest. Of course the modem and router capabilities come into play, and yes, your wrt54 is not going to give you the benefits of the available speed. See the following ranking, and...
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    I/O ports and lens size q's

    Planning and preparing is good. I did that as well for a while, though at some point it probably turned into procrastination ;) Unless it says varifocal in the specs with something like 2.8 - 12mm, then it is fixed focus, available in a certain lens size and the focus is fixed at the...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Right. I don't even want to express how health insurance has self employed individuals and small businesses by the balls, excuse the expression. Premiums for catastrophic / high deductible coverage that are higher than average monthly wages in other civilized nations. Anyhow. I haven't dealt...
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    No Signal sometimes with webcast

    The limitation really is the 1mpbs upload at the store, which translates to 100-125 KB/s netto upload capacity. That is basically just enough for one single webcam stream. Until that is resolved, your good solution to reliably relay the data from pc 1 to pc2 once, and then redistribute from pc2...
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    No Signal sometimes with webcast

    I see there was some activity while typing it out with one finger on a tablet. Let's take a step back. You will need to simplify. First thing first: How much bandwidth do you have at the store? Shut down blueiris, open a browser, and run an internet speed test via speedtest.net or such...
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    No Signal sometimes with webcast

    I think the way it goes is: family store with cams + blue iris+ local recording + sharing to a second, but remote blue iris machine the second blueiris machine then reshares the video from machine 1 to two or more other family members for remote viewing Interesting concept to split the...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Hadn't heard that one yet. It sure was a learning experience for me, as the first member in the family going through something like that.
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Seconded. It has to be a very significant loss before it is wothwhile to make a claim, where you need pros to come in for damage repair, roof, structural work, remediation, electrical, plumbing, ... We had a hurricane tear through the neigborhood, a fair amount of roof and water damage. I made...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    There too frequently are RMA issues with vendors, without even dealing with electrical overload. As Nayr said, what you have is not a manufacturing issue. Between tech support hold time, going through tier one outsourced troubleshooting before getting the rma authorization, packing up the thing...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Crossing fingers you get that sorted out in your favor, and they send you a replacement without hassle.
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Note, it isn't just lightning that kills stuff. I'm aware of instances where a drunk driver hit a distribution cabinet or power pole and things went popping in the neighborhood. It might be worthwile to set static IPs on all devices, to avoid devices grabbing an IP that something else was...
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    Just got my 36X optical today

    I'm sure the 36x zoom adequately compensates for any lack of resolution. I was using some hd to analog converter the other day, and viewing that downconverted 1080 signal on a small sdtv it certainly looked like 720p. Way better than analog that used to come over the pipe. So, I'm sure it can...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    I see. Like when you're connecting a single system directly to the modem. I misunderstood that part ... I thought he had the comcast guy out there, all three boxes hooked up properly and only the win8 system would go online.
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    I indeed meant to say the 3 or 4 open ports in the back are there to connect any additional lan hardware. The typical router has 4, but there's been exceptions. Power surges can do unrepeatable and visually unperceptable things to electronics, happening at once or over prolonged exposure...
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    Back with nagging network problem!!

    Correct. WWW Internet > Comcast Modem > WAN PORT ON Asus Router ASUS router hands out IP addresses within the LAN and coordinates communication internally and to the outside. The 3-4 open ports on the ASUS router are there for ethernet connection to computers directly or additional...
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    Foscam FI9826P how to setup on Blue Iris software

    Suggest trying an LAN IP Scanner (there are free ones) on your mobile device. That'll look at everything that is hooked up to the network and will list the IP address and name of the device. Then you can tap into the foscam via that IP address using a browser to change it to a static LAN IP...
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    Just got my 36X optical today

    I assumed it was going to be on the low end resolution wise, but looked it up to be sure.
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    I/O ports and lens size q's

    Smaller lens = wider view, less concentrated detail Longer lens = narrower view, more concentrated detail Depending on location and purpose of the camera, one either wants just an overview to see what is up, or one wants to maximize the amount of details of a subject, person, vehicle, ... It is...
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    Network Security Primer

    In essence, to recap, my content from the thread, that was lost in the crash. VPN was a lot easier to implement than I assumed. You can use one tunnel for all traffic you need. It solves the headache of using a mobile device at home and while away; in that most mobile apps for surveillance...
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    Network Security Primer

    >> Looks like the topic is not lost! << :D But I guess we lost a day and a half.
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    Network Security Primer

    Fantastic topic. Double repped! Understanding the concept of VPN and protecting traffic the user initiates from a computer to a router and/or individual computer, or network. Computers are a bit more versatile when it comes to network traffic. My router can do VPN but of course barely...
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    Stop Action Recording

    I have had a similar issues with foscam trying to download updates, kept getting shoved to the front page the other day. Noticed there was a little update. Had to sign up with email (again) in order to get the email with update urls. Already got two sales pitches since then. Every time you do...
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW Arrived today

    Quite impressive that little cam. With the cold tolerance and humidity it can supposedly tolerate; that becomes actually quite interesting, because of the PIR. Certainly has me pondering to try one of these instead of another bullet. Anybody try the wifi range? By the way. The hair on the...
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    Color bands across my hikvision camera?

    Don't panic until you check it out with more light. It is giving you a video signal, so toast isn't quite the word. I was expecting solid color bands in black or other primary color as can be seen with bad imagers and displays. It is practically dark in that room and you've got a high contrast...
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