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Solar Powered Wifi Camera with Wireguard in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] johnnychicago@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, seems there's a lot of alternative firmwares out there. Thanks :)

Solar Powered Wifi Camera with Wireguard in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] johnnychicago@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd like this to not be on the public internet, as general hygiene, really. Putting a weak little camera out there where it can be easily caught by an ip/port scan and get hammered seems neither smart for the device itself nor for the network it's in.

Solar Powered Wifi Camera with Wireguard in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] johnnychicago@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've thought of bundling a small router, since I have a GLiNet lying around - but I am afraid power management will be challenging. Car battery and a few panels seem bulkier than I had in mind, and packaging that for weather is a challenge, too.

Solar Powered Wifi Camera with Wireguard in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] johnnychicago@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

That SolarCamPi looks spectacular - however, do I just miss details on the hardware - what is needed, and how to get/assemble? It has a few photos, but apart from the basis being a Raspberry Pi Zero with a hat and some other stuff, it doesnt seem to show much.

Solar Powered Wifi Camera with Wireguard in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] johnnychicago@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

OH this is nice. I did dabble with the original Wyze Cams and alternative firmware long time ago, I should try this!

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Solar Powered Wifi Camera with Wireguard (lemmy.world)
 

Hello --

I know this is not a 100% fit for this community and I apologise - but I don't really know where to ask best. There's some selfhosting involved, so maybe the smart crowd here has some recommendations.

Here goes:

I want to mount a camera at a quite remote location. I have Wifi there that I can use (I pay for it, but its usage is shared, I don't monopolize it). I do not have power there. It's outside, mild in winter, quite warm in summer. I will not get there for months at a time. I want the camera to be private, not open to the world. Ideally I'd like a solar powered wifi camera that can connect to my home via Wireguard (I have that bit going, multiple roaming notebooks and phones connect to home, terminated in an Opnsense router).

I do not need any specific smart features on the camera - PTZ would be nice, but not even fully required.

I can come up with a configuration that involves a Raspberry Pi routing an off the shelf camera via a Wireguard tunnel, or similar, but that doubles the power issues I need to solve. I am not opposed to DIY a solution, but there's the challenge of getting it well packaged in a waterproof way.

Considering I can't really touch the wifi setup (cheap commercial router), I don't really see a way to have a private connection without having some sort of a VPN (I could do others than wireguard in a pinch).

If you'd like to help me chip away at one or the other bit of this problem, I'd be very grateful.