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  1. Sorry about the delay, I was not able to try out your solution until recently but it worked. I had difficulty changing my computer's network settings but I could easily change the cameras' subnet address and it all works now. I should also say that I was never able to get the cameras to be recognized by iSpy but a demo copy of Blue Iris found them no problem with the network changes.
  2. I have an unmanaged switch, I can set the cameras' IP using the included SADP software but I believe the Hikvision cameras come with a default static IP. Maybe it has something to do with the subnet. It's weird I am able to see them with SADP but not with anything else.
  3. With the help of the CCTV forums I recently purchased 4 Hikvision DS-2CD2132F-I (3MP PoE Network) cameras and a TP-Link 8-Port PoE switch. I have a computer to connect to the switch and in theory run/record the cameras, however, I was not planning on connecting this computer or the TP-Link switch to the internet. The Hikvision SADP software can see the cameras but it's the only thing. I cannot connect to the cameras by their default IP in a browser and iSpy does cannot find the cameras. Does anyone know if there is a solution to this problem without having to connect the system to the internet?
  4. Does anyone have experience with Blue Iris? It's Widows based but the full version can support up to 64 cameras and can operate on a 64 bit system for $59.99. edit: maybe not, sounds like you are required to pay $60 each time a new upgrade comes out
  5. Thank you all, this is good input and advice. It sounds like uploading all the video off-site is probably unrealistic so I will probably just stick with the PoE cameras and a base station. I think I got ahead of myself having fun trying to put together an impenetrable security system when in reality it would still have issues and it's unnecessary. Thanks again for all the help.
  6. Maybe I am playing fast and loose with the terminology, I am not very familiar with home security. I am looking for a way to record the video onto a local hard drive in my basement then back that hard drive up somewhere not on my property. It doesn't have to be recorded directly to an off-site facility. It seems from this discussion that will require a lot of bandwidth and make using the internet for other activities difficult. What is the typical set up for residential PoE/IP cameras? It seemed to me that one of the biggest flaws in any personal surveillance system was that the base station or recording medium could be tampered with thus rendering the entire system useless. I was curious if there was a practical way to protect my recordings other then having a >500 down/500 up internet connection or using a bunker.
  7. Ok, that's good to know. I wasn't well aware of integrated packages when I first made the post but am becoming more familiar with them. I think the data upload to the off-site storage is probably going to be a bottleneck, especially in parallel with the day to day internet use. If you were going to start from scratch and include 5 cameras with off-site storage is there a solution you could recommend? I don't mind buying all the hardware/software piecemeal but maybe some all-in-one station is a better option.
  8. I am pretty new to home security (I just got a home) but I would consider myself fairly computer competent and somewhat IT competent. I wanted to build out a PoE setup with 4-5 TrendNet cameras so that I don't have to do any battery maintenance and I won't need to worry about my WiFi signal at each corner of the house. That part I think I have mostly figured out. I am going to have a computer in my basement with hard drives to record to. I also want to have an off site backup that needs to be almost instantaneous for the obvious reasons. My question is essentially what would you recommend for the recording/syncing settings on the local computer and then the off site cloud storage? I don't really need a service like Angelcam because I don't need to watch the cameras from a browser or on a mobile platform. I just need a video storage service, I won't be using them to monitor the house on a day to day basis, just if something should happen I want it recorded. Do you break up the recordings into <5 min chunks that are saved to a Dropbox folder? Any advice you guys have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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