<div dir="ltr">Synology NAS with Security station (includes two camera licences), you can use it dedicated or take advantage of the NAS for other purposes. <div><br></div><div>Its Linux based, low power consumption and can meet a huge number of home requirements.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy with my Vivotek cameras however I'd possibly look at <span style="font-size:12.8px">Hikvision if I was doing it over again.</span> <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 July 2016 at 12:42, Bill Kenworthy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billk@iinet.net.au" target="_blank">billk@iinet.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi,<br>
I have had an IP camera for a few years and it worked well until
the UV filter jammed ruining the night vision. Did catch an
inquisitive person "looking for a party he was told was here"
falling into our fishpond in the dark :)<br>
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WiFi cameras work, but tie up very significant bandwidth if you try
external motion detection - I used "motion" at one time.<br>
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Almost all require a windows IE browser addin with much of the
security turned off to work so you can set them up ... then they may
be partially usable in Linux :( The ones I have all need a local
connection (i.e., wont accept a connection routed from another
network where I have Win VM's)<br>
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Then a couple of win versions down the road you find yourself
maintaining old win VM's (XP in one case) for the purpose of
maintaining it :( <br>
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I also have one with wifi and no night vision - waste of time.<br>
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I also would really like to find one that just works with Linux ....<br>
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BillK<br>
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<div>On 07/16/16 14:11, Daniel wrote:<br>
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<div>I'm getting uninvited guests trying car doors and windows so
considering getting external security cameras with good night
vision to record these events. </div>
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<div>Much of the hardware and solutions seem proprietary and it
may be that I haven't known enough to ask the right questions
but I was put off some 'solutions'.<span></span></div>
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<div>Does anyone know about Open Source solutions or have anyone
to recommend please?</div>
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<div>Many thanks</div>
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<div>Daniel</div>
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