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Yeah, what Daryl said!

Does it look similar to this?: If not, post a picture of the front and back of the unit. Someone will recognize it I bet...

No subscription fee's, but if you want to use your PDA they get another 30 bucks for software. Software for the PC and MAC is free.

I played with one on a cell phone once. The guy had his Tivo on it. I liked it . From slingmedia: Windows System Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum PC Requirments: Microsoft Windows® Vista™ or Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 Intel® Pentium IV 1.3 GHz processor 1 GB RAM for Windows® Vista™ and 512 MB for Windows® XP 150 MB available disk space for installation Graphics card (24-bit color) Sound card (16-bit) Network connectivity Minimum Network Requirements: Cable or DSL modem (for out-of-home viewing) 256 Kbps upstream network speed recommended (higher upstream network speeds yield higher quality video) Home network router – wired or wireless (UPnP™ compatibility highly recommended) Mac System Requirements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum Mac Requirements: A Macintosh computer with a 700MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel-based processor Mac OS X v10.3.9 (or later recommended) 125MB of free disk space 512MB of RAM (1GB or more recommended) Network connectivity Minimum Network Requirements: Cable or DSL modem (for out-of-home viewing) 256 Kbps upstream network speed recommended (higher upstream network speeds yield higher quality video) Home network router – wired or wireless (UPnP™ compatibility highly recommended)

You're welcome. Are any of those tips going to work for your situation? We have more cable pulling ideas. If you have a specific obstacle-- describe it. Someone here probably has a solution...

Thanks for the information. I might dig mine out and give it another try straight to a monitor.

Is the problem horizontal roll and some crazy color swirl? If Walmart sells it I'm skeptical. At least it would be easy to return!

Definitely through the attic. Without seeing the house I can think of a couple options for getting the cables down to the first floor. If you are lucky you would have two closets stacked one on the top floor, one below it on the first floor. Simply punch through the ceiling from the attic into top closet (in the corner) punch through the floor of the top closet into the ceiling of the first floor closet. Now your cables are downstairs. You can modify this method for your situation. Coming down any walls in inconspicuous locations. They make "wire mold" type products that are nice raceways for running cables down walls and along baseboards. If you are handy you can fish the cables into the walls. There are ways of fishing two story's. Not so easy and you might have to buy special tools. If you decide you need to come down the outside wall you should still run the cables through the attic. Then punch through all the cables down the outside wall in one spot. It will look a lot better and you won't have to put in so much ladder time. Camouflage as you see fit.

I've seen that camera posted on this site before. Now I can't find it, sorry. I think the poster said it was working for his situation. But I have worked with those receivers before. I couldn't get it to work well any further then line of sight across the room. I was getting horizontal roll and some crazy color swirl. If no one can give you a better answer I would check that sites return policy. Maybe you can return it if it doesn't work for you? My guess is it won't work for you. That 100m distance is for line of sight. So every wall you have to penetrate will cut that distance way down. And if the walls are metal or brick you will have a big challenge. Let us know how it works out for you!

For me it depends on the install. If it is a high end install where the cable runs are actually installed in a structured cabling fashion (i.e. to patch panels) I like straight bnc connectors on the back of the dvrs. Its easier to dress up the patch cables and have everything looking nice. If it's a low budget install were I have no choice but to shoehorn the DVR onto a shelf -usually up high somewhere- I prefer pigtails. (easy to tuck in and work around)

Are you looking for a camera at your entry door in an enclosure like a door intercom? or a peephole camera installed in the door? The short answer regarding wireless is: Wired is better and you have to run wires to power the camera anyway. So why not just get another cable to the camera for video?

I use the Cable Pro compression system. The connectors are pretty good, but a little pricey. The compression connectors are the way to go in my opinion. I would suggest talking with your local supplier and see what they stock. I picked cable pro because it is a quality tool that I can find connectors for locally, yet buy on-line if my supplier decides to not carry the brand anymore. You can find this tool rebranded by other companies like Ideal.

Hopefully it is not the DVR. I have an AVC 760 that is quirky to say the least... When I click the camera 1-4 button to view a single camera the DVR seems to randomly pick which camera to display. In other words, if I click the button to view camera 1 it may decide to display camera 4! I haven't checked for a firmware update. I am thinking about defaulting the DVR though.

Sounds impressive. Lots of features considering the price point! The 2WG is on my short list of must try products.

It's looking better for me making the show. I think things are falling in place. I hear the show is a lot bigger then 2005 when I went last. I think Panasonic had the best display last time. Something tells me the show is going to be heavily weighted towards IP... Good thing I'm bringing my computer guy!

I can't picture your setup. Are you saying the DVR works when connected directly to the cable modem, but not when it's behind the router? If that is the case then you should try putting the DVR in your DMZ; not the laptop. If that isn't what you are saying please try to describe your setup with greater detail for us. Thanks.

Did you try a port scan?

Have you power cycled the DVR and router? I have routers lock up all the time. It can have weird issues like allowing some traffic to pass while blocking other traffic. Or maybe the web server crashed in the DVR? Also I would run a port scan. hopefully your ISP didn't have a rule change and block ports...

Thanks for the reply. I may swap out our sonicwall to test that 2WG. We need the VPN for a technician using VoIP through a wISP that blocks ports. (which is why I brought up VPN in your other post about blocked ports) But I really like the idea of sliding in my Verizon Aircard if the DSL goes down. I was considering bringing in cable internet for a backup connection. But that is a substantial cash outlay every year that would only ever be used if the DSL went down. The Aircard cost more but at least it gets used regardless of the DSL working or not. Are you using the 3G for backup or is it the main Internet access?

I like the spec's. I have never used the gear but that 2WG interests me. Are those antennas replaceable? and if so do you know what connectors it uses?

I see the 2WG supports VPN. We have used VPNs to get around blocked ports in the past. You probably need a VPN to get around any streaming video clause AT&T has in their TOS agreement anyway.

That's right, If all the cameras and storage are on a local LAN you don't even need internet. 200 cameras is going to need a top notch LAN. I would have it engineered by an RCDD if I were you...

for 70-100 feet I'd say you are looking for a camera with a about a 50mm lens. Check out this great post that shows a sample of what you get with different focal length lens: http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=76184#76184 Regarding the Costco cams... I don't know the product, but my guess is you won't be happy with a $300.00 system. You could spend 300 bucks on the one camera alone for the shot you are looking at. And that's if you can find the cable locally sold by the foot instead of buying a whole reel.

I tried to see if they offered a 2X4 model, but I can't remember where I found that! But, if you had to use a 2X2 enclosure you can pop rivet a piece of T bar in place to support the enclosure end and then cut the tile down to 2X2.