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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    How are you switching the camera between day/night mode? Because I only know of two ways.... 1) schedule it in the camera administration page. Sucks because as the seasons change you'll constantly have to manually adjust your schedule and won't really help with the lights because you could just...
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    Dahua NVR 5216-16P-4KS2

    @nayr has also used more than the "max" Pretty sure he has a 10 and 4 or maybe 10 and 6. I've only got a single 4TB WD Purple. 5 cams, I get maybe 10 days?
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    VPN Primer for Noobs
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    IPC-HFW4431R-Z still the best varifocal for under $100?

    You could go to @EMPIRETECANDY aliexpress page and sort thru them based on price and other features I bet....
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    IPC-HFW4431R-Z still the best varifocal for under $100?

    Ah I didn't know slow shipping was that much. He quoted me less than that (I think it was something like $7 or $8 less on a 2 camera order once.) Can't remember if that was total or per camera as I just opted for the fast shipping.
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    IPC-HFW4431R-Z still the best varifocal for under $100?

    I don't know much though, everything I know I learned from this forum. But I do know you already got your answer. Nobody seems to have a - EDIT: varifocal - camera they would recommend in your price range.
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    IPC-HFW4431R-Z still the best varifocal for under $100?

    From what I understand there are better cameras available for more money. These starlights, I think, fall Into that second best category, for the price of course. Unless your getting them for something other than security. I've got a shitty $20 Craigslist wifi camera that watches my garage door...
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    IPC-HFW4431R-Z still the best varifocal for under $100?

    I think @EMPIRETECANDY has ways of dealing with that. And mounts are what only like $11 or $13 maybe? But I get it... They add up when ordering multiples. And if you can drill thru the wall big enough for the connector to fit thru you wouldn't need them if you can access it on the other side.
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    IPC-HFW4431R-Z still the best varifocal for under $100?

    Could you buy one varifocal starlight and use that to make a pretty good guess as to what zoom you'd need then get some of the fixed lense $120 starlights?
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I'm at work and just pulled that up on my phone to grab a screen shot for this thread. As far as I know the live view on that screen won't work on any Android phone. But at home I use Linux and have never been able to see that feed. I used to fire up the windows VM on my NAS to configure my...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Below the live feed box... Click the 'min size' circle then click draw target and adjust the box.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Adjust the object size to something larger than the bugs. Won't help 100% because sometimes they fly right in front of camera and take up half the view, but it cuts down a lot of the bug alerts.
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I also have had to do this for every phone tablet I've set up with my Qnap NAS. didn't have to do it with the PIVPN I set up at my parents house though I don't think.
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    Dahua NVR5216-4KS2 / NVR5216-16P-4KS2

    Since it's been a while since you got the notifications regularly, could the sun have moved in such a way that there's more shadows causing IVS trips?
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Good call about whole network ad blocking. I run Pi-hole®: A black hole for Internet advertisements on my Raspberry PI at home and it blocks all ads at home computers and also on my phone when connected. (my VPN isn't on the PI.... pihole will work just as long as you have any Raspberry pi at home)
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    Hard Drive choice

    Your option #2 appears to be a 256gb SSD and a 2tb (I'm assuming mechanical) drive. And who's building this computer for you? I bought a 256 SSD last year for $80....
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    Hard Drive choice

    What are you using the computer for? My vote will always be SSD for main hard drive for all programs and the OS to run on. But 256gb is small if it's also where you store all of your files. If you can, get both. One large drive for files and one small SSD for programs.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I have one on each of mine. Makes for a nice space to tuck all the wires into. Don't make the mistake of buying a camera without the proper mount.
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    Need advice, security camera in assisted living

    Chances are she would be able to identify the person in the room with something like a nest or something similar. It's not like she needs a full blown security system with 2 weeks of retention and super awesome cameras in order to give evidence to police. If she has her own internet, you could...
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    What is the part number of the locking screw of Dahua starlight turret cam?

    It'll depend on where you need to pivot the base to get the view you need.
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