AdamDaze

Good solution, what software on which os?

Mine is POE, yes, from what I've read the non-poe models have another "D" towards the end of the model.

Same vendor told me the 3332 has a longer warranty.

Frankly it seems to be much of the same thing, I don't think theres two models on the official hikvision site.

Where from? And what price?

I ordered 2332, and its chinese. 12 at about $130 each i think it was.

Huh, I didn't know i3's did hyperthreading. That certainly helps.

Not as yet, seem to be infinite focus which means not great within 30cm, but thats not really their intended application.

Not off alibaba, no. Chinese firmware...but you can update the chinese firmware which has an english option, only difference is "Day of the week" display on-video, which you can disable anyway. You still get a numerical date/time, just not the named day of the week. This forum has a lot of "chinese firmware" users, so updating shouldn't be hard (or getting your hands on the latest).

Would a sf-300 be enough to cope with 12x 3mp cameras? Just thinking of saturating the link back to your main network / comp. Does it have a gigabit port?

Just bumping this up. I'm looking for a 12 port POE switch, low noise, unmanaged is fine. Recommendations?

Hikvisions got a good rep for a budget brand...I believe Swann and Dahua (edit, it's Swann and Lorex, Dahua are a seperate company) are rebranded hikvision. I just bought 12 of these ...

http://www.networkcameracritic.com/?p=2135

See how they go. You can spend more, and get a lot more features (like on board SD, variable focus/zoom, motorised directional control (aka ptz) audio in/out, alarm trigger, seperate day/night sensors, etc etc)....but do you need them?

Cisco is a reputable brand that generally does what it says on the box, and has great support.

Review up from this excellent blog : http://www.networkcameracritic.com/?p=2135

They are cheap Hikvision domes.

For reference I believe hikvision is the OEM, swann rebrand them?

If it's one of their entry level analog systems, you got what you paid for...I think is the general sentiment. Can you post any images for us to check?

I believe web-based software can do this, you can login to xprotect as 2 different users for instance in 2 different browsers.

EDIT : By web-based, I mean access via a web portal...of course.

Going by his post history, it's the Hikvision 2CD3332 cameras...aka 2CD2332. seperate lense/ir eliminates the 2132's "bleed' issues at night.

Hi all. Recommend me a 12-port POE switch? (13 including comp link!)

Planning out a system and I've not had to research POE switches before.

I'm planning a system with 12x IP Cams, they draw 5w day, 7.5w night. After some brief research this looks like really good value, the netgear FS726TP. Sure its 10/100, but with a couple gigabit ports it should have a beefy enough back-end to handle the traffic generated. http://www.amazon.com/Netgear-FS726TP-ProSafe-Switch-Gigabit/dp/B0009WRU8O

Or would I better off going 2x 8-port switches (just thinking about power draw = heat = noise). I'd be pulling 90w out of the 100w budgeted for POE on that switch at night. "Unmanaged" switches is fine I suppose...I'll just set everything up statically.

I hear good things about zyxel for unmanaged? Like this guy ZyXEL ES1100-16 http://www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-ES1100-16P-16-Port-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B005GRETMM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388659590&sr=8-2&keywords=zyxel+poe

Anyone got suggestions in the $250 ish price range for ~13 ports and up? (guessing the next step above 12 is 16).

So where can I get my hands on some? Everyone seems out-of-stock!

Woohoo!! Thats what I wanted to hear. Apparently the cheaper hikvision domes (With the 2.8mm) experience terrible IR bleed, which these completely eliminate. I'm looking to buy 10 of the suckers so the jump in price to the next model would sting....and apparently these newer EXIR cheapies are 3 axis?

I imagine a better test would be with you standing in the yard. IR illumination will probably light you up wheras no-ir wont.

....so why isn't this place crawling with reviews on it?

2CD2332 aka DS-2CD3312D-I for the "chinese" version, seems it's also available in 1.3mp and analogue versions.

I'm getting prices around the $180 per cam mark, and its got a 2.8mm available. Seems it blows any other dome out the water, so why can't I find stuff all reviews or people using it? Is it new?

As seen at http://wrightwoodsurveillance.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=295

Because theres very little information about which cameras are compatible with which nvr, or software, etc etc, and lots of "oooh, check this, check that". The flood of cheap chinese knockoffs that seem to get often recommended really doesn't help. Lots of fragmented stuff. The best resource I've found so far was from networkcameracritic. To the point, relevant info, knowledgable answers on the q's. Highly recommend it.

I'm just pointing out that as far as information, technical specs, and "solutions" are concerned IP cams have a loooong way to go as an "industry".

Here's a point of view from someone brand new to ip cameras.

I'm not technotarded. I work with I.T and computers on a daily basis. I know how to set VLANS, route traffic, etc. My background heavily involved networking, that's not the problem.

The problem is, I can't find a one-stop resource for IP cams. While people on here mention brands, most threads are full of people discussing how good "model x" might be, when it comes out....and there's very little "kit" style information. I can go out and buy up to a 16 channel analogue kit from several brands that will do the job "comfortably" for less than $2k.

Despite the constant claims of "Ip being cheaper", I don't see how. Nobody can seem to agree if a 1RU NVR will do the job vs recommendations that that end-users buy a server, install software, get licences, etc. I mean, come on. That's way beyond the capacity of many home and small-business users, and would intimidate even many "mid" sized businesses.

Most "kits" out there seem to go up to 4, maybe 8 cams. Max.

Me personally I'm looking for an 8-12 cam solution and it's doing my head in. I'm this close to just pulling the trigger on an analogue kit because I *know* it'll work.