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thanks for that info RHenricksen - one of the companies i got some quotes from would install those camera's. would like to buy USA products.

uthornsfan wrote:In regards to the WiFi talk.

Ubiquiti is great value for the money but the controller software can be a massive train wreck. I was fortunate to get Meraki gear for free and it works great. Two access points and a poe switch would set you back thousands though.

the Unifi AP I have came with a PoE injector (1 port) and for home, I only needed to run the controller to get it connected and provisioned. once that is done it is active and the controller software is not needed until making a change.

on topic - anyone know about the Hikvision products? ip cameras and NVR's

A small bit of thread drift - I was running a consumer grade Linksys wireless router for WiFi, range was terrible and signal strength horrible, connection reliability worse than horrible, rebooting all the time. we had our new house wired for multiple Ethernet ports and a WAP in the center of the house on the ceiling. I installed a Ubiquiti Unifi AP AC LR access point that is PoE (comes with a one port injector) and now able to use the full 30 MBPS our internet provider has and so far no down time for 2 weeks. Cost was maybe a little more than a consumer grade, but worth it to me and she who must be obeyed. found on amazon for a really good price (at least I thought it was <$200).

Old Linksys is now a non-wireless switch providing the DHCP server - it is too big for my cabinet so maybe a new configurable switch will be in my future.

back to the normal conversation -

I'll be watching - been looking at POE cameras and systems too.