vandyman
Getting comfortable
Okay, that worked. I can not believe I forgot to try this before. That's how I setup my other cams.
LOL. I am just going to blame it on getting older and forgetful.
New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?
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LOL. I am just going to blame it on getting older and forgetful.
vandyman
Getting comfortable
Yeah I had a managed switch before. But they are to expensive, take up space and over kill for what I need.When I first was looking into setting up my network I read about adding a second NIC to my BI PC, which I did. But also ended up buying Managed Switches and created a VLAN network with pfSense as my Router.
Having two separate Subnets on the PC works, Except if the PC is hacked, they will have access to both Subnets. What I do on my BI PC is keep the PC totally Off the Internet. One NIC is connected to my CAMERA VLAN on one of my Managed Layer 2/3 switches, which that VLAN does not have Internet access via my pfSense Router Rules...the router blocks the "outside world" your quote
My second NIC is also connected to a Managed Switch which 'Can' have Internet access, but Only to update BI. I control this at the managed switch by turning On the gateway. So my switch would have to get hacked in order for someone to get to my BI PC and the Cameras.
I know this is an extra step, but only takes a minute for me to turn On/Off, plus how often do we update anyway? I will also update Windows too when I do this every few months.
I allow Home Assistant access to the BI PC to get notifications of triggered events, which I get on my Home Assistant Phone App. Again just another Rule set in the pfSense Router. I can see Live fed also through Home Assistant.
The above works for me...if anyone has a better way, please chime in, I am all ears...
My Asus 88 pro helps to stop the hacking.
Besides there is not any info of interest on my pc for anyone.
Now if you hack my phone and app passwords, you are in like flint
So true, so many people don't realize they are walking around with a very hackable Portable PC in their pockets/hands. Amazing how ignorant and trustworthy everyone is with their phones.
DHCP reservations is exactly what your spreadsheet with static IP's is doing, but instead of having to wrangle each device manually the router does it for you. Of course this only works if you allow the cameras access to a router and don't have them physically separate on a non-routed network.
Difference is, the manual Static devices still work when router goes down...they are not dependent on a Router's DCHP Server Static Mapping...
Don't get me wrong, I use Static Mapping on several of my WiFi devices that cannot set Static IPs. Those IPs also go in my IP Spreadsheet.
Again, I am old school, ran several LANs for work. Only problem with Static IPed devices is when someone plugs in a retired device that has a Static IP and causes a conflict. Searching for that device can be alot of fun on a large network...
My home network is small and easily manageable...I have 5 level 2/3 managed switches, 6 VLANs Even though I don't use level 3 routing on my switches, I could which would allow me to route even if my main router went down.
Yes, for it's price. How well it plays with the Dahua NVR, this I cannot answer but it does have ONVIF...
My only experience with using "Onvif" selection to make a camera compatible with the NVR was that the camera became visible to the outside world. It was no longer hidden by the NVR due to the port used. I definitely need to avoid that practice for security reasons.
I would probably need something from the Dahua family to keep it hidden by the NVR, but the question is - what?
If your NVR does not have Internet access, nor will the cameras attached to it. Does your NVR have POE ports? The Reolink would be connected to a POE port, if not then you will have to insert a POE injector. The POE Reolink Doorbell can also use power from an existing Doorbell transformer. I have used one in bench testing...
HTH
NVR has internet access for notification and playback of events when away from home. All cameras are connected directly to the built in POE ports. Unless I did something wrong in setup, if I enable Onvif for a non-Dahua camera for compatibility, it uses an outside port. I believe 35000.
Hmmm, not sure about NVRs, sorry, I use Blue Iris, which is Not on the Internet, I have it communicate via MQTT to Home Assistant which sends me notifications. None of my Cameras are on the Internet.
Hopefully someone will Chime in that has a NVR setup...
That type of setup has too many moving parts for me. I use NVRs, as for me, they require the least amount of maintenance to keep the system operational. Yeah, it is nowhere near as feature rich as Blue Iris, but I have enough things to eat up my time, and most of the features wouldn't apply to my installation anyway.
Thanks for your reply
You could always order one from Amazon, try it, if it don't work out, send it back during the extended Holiday return period.
You don't actually have to install it, just bench test it.
That's true. Is there a link to it somewhere? I don't want to order the wrong item. Much appreciated
On Amazon you have two POE options depending on your FOV (Lens) needs:
I have the Black wider angled one. The White Head-to-Toe came out later.
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