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TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gimmie some brands then…

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  • blueeggsandyam@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use unifi. I have their dream machine (router/firewall/vpn) a POE switch, two access points, 5 cameras and their doorbell. I rarely have any issues.

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• XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you have particular recommendations? I somehow landed on Reolink as the option I’m going to buy in a few months

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  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Reolink is perfectly fine. They can be setup with or without internet, just remember to put them on their own VLAN that doesn’t have Internet access. If you don’t want to use the Reolink NVR then build yourself a frigrate box or similar.

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you want something easy but not necessarily the cheapest, UniFi will do.

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    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like UniFi but they aren’t inexpensive and to really make them work you have to balls deep into the UniFi Ecosystem. I HAVE that ecosystem and still went with Reolink for my cameras.

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah they’re not crazy expensive but not cheap either, and I’m not a fan of Ubiquiti as a company. There are definitely better alternatives, I just don’t know anything that somebody who’s only used shitty cloud connected garbage could jump right into

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  • USSEthernet@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bit expensive, but I run all Ubiquiti network and camera equipment.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably avoid anything by Hikvision if you don't want to risk having Chinese backdoors in it. My own system is just a hodgepodge of different used cams I pulled off job sites.

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    • soysauce@lemmynsfw.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If the cameras are on a private network with no routes to the Internet a backdoor doesn’t really matter. I would still avoid untrustworthy manufacturers.

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  • SocialEngineer56@notdigg.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m using Reolink and highly recommend it. Without a doubt the best bang for your buck. I bought a bundle on Black Friday a couple years ago with the 2TB NVR and 4 cameras (5MP POE) for a couple hundred dollars, and I’ve since expanded to 6 cameras.

    I’m in the process of setting up a NAS, so hoping I can get reolink backed up on it for easy access.

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• cyberpunk007@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ubiquiti used to be the only one I knew about that I could host and block internet access. Is there anything else these days? Ubiquiti stuff is kinda shit these days.

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