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Cams, anyone? (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 months ago by jabeez@lemmy.today to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey all, just wondering if anyone has any good self-hosted security cam recs? Have plenty of space and server options, and next big thing on my list is to get rid of my battery cloud cams. They have worked well enough I guess for a few years, but really pretty slow and limited, wondering if anyone has experience with any self-hosted solutions, preferably with similar features ie: motion detection, app/webapp, maybe battery op?

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[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I recently added two reolink cameras to my setup. Out of the box, they would not let me assign them IPs, they did not even try to get an IP from my network. They needed to be connected to via the mobile app the first time, then reconfigured for IP. Wasn't a great user experience even if the cameras are now fine.

Onboarding a networked device should not require a mobile app, fill stop.

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But you still kept the cameras and didn't return them... Where's the full stop? lol

[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Well I certainly won't be buying anymore, and I'll be letting anyone who asks know about my shitty experience, but yeah, you're right. Partial stop.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How would you connect them to your network? They have no inputs.

[–] UnrefinedChihuahua@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well shit I wish someone would have told me that before I directly connected them to my switch via Ethernet.

They're PoE, rlc-520a. They absolutely have inputs.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Oh ok. I was thinking wifi. Yeah, that’s strange that they won’t work with direct ethernet.