atcomsystems.ca/forum Forums Wiring - Telecom Carriers - Trunks & Services Security, Alarms and Paging Which are the Best IP camera( wifi) ?

Hello.

I am trying to setup some IP cameras to work over the wifi network.

Most reviews of IP camera are absolutely horrible. There are complaints of horrible image quality as well as various other issues.

Does anyone know if there are any somewhat decent IP cameras on the market today?

Thanks for your help.

Well I am not a fan of IP cameras by any means, but If I had to use them I would take a look at Panasonics line of cameras. Their are a few threads on the subject , you may want to take a look at them as well.

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I wouldn't recommend a WiFi IP camera because if they get a power-surge and reset they will all have to be taken down and reprogrammed. This can be a problem if the camera is 50' up in the overhead of a warehouse.

A wired IP camera is a little better because at least you can plug the cat5 cable into your laptop and reprogram it without having to physically touch the camera. Still, if you get all the same IP Camera then if they reset for whatever reason (usually power surges down here) they will all reset to the same IP or grab who knows what IP from DHCP. If you are sold on IP cam's then I would recommend wired IP cams with a PoE switch.

The install cost will be more for wired analog but the support involved is usually minimal to non-existant. I would recommend a DVR and analog Cams. You will also not clog the IP network with video streams. This is usually the easiest and more robust way to go. You will usually get better future-proofing with this as just about any DVR on the planet can be set-up to capture an analog TV Signal.

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I had the same question. We are thinking about putting up some cameras for our home. I'm tired of getting my car windows broken, mailbox smashed, etc. I want to have some piece of mind when it comes to home security. I am also interested in using wifi cameras. The home is a fully finished home and my networking equipment resides in the basement. I just don't see how I could possibly run a cat-5 to the attic without making it look terrible. If I had no other choice but to use WIFI, is there a specific model any of you guys would recommend, naturally I want a nice frame rate and clarity. Or if anyone knows a crafty way of putting some outside cameras in a home that wont leave a cabling nightmare, please enlighten me on the subject.

Danzor, rain gutter downspout pipes can be your friend. You can remove the clamps holding them in place, run your 5e wire behind them, then put the clamps back into place. Remember that you don't necessarily have to take the most direct route; all you need is a path from the basement or ground level to the attic. In reality, you may need to shoot from one end of the basement to the other, then up behind the downspout to the attic, then back across.

Don't forget, if you have vinyl or aluminum siding, the outside corner pieces provide a nice place to tuck the wire all the way up the wall. You can also fish wiring behind the siding laps horizontally.

Or you can even do what the cable tv guys do, and run their wire THROUGH the downspout by drilling a hole through it (Kidding! Don't do this!)

Well anybody who would implement w/o ip reservation has this coming to them. Even the simplest of routers usually support this; if not i would shell out an extra 50$ in the quote in order to support this with another router.

Sure, if you get a router that will assign static DHCP address based on MAC ID then you wouldn't have any problems with the IP's on the camera's changing. This is a little bit more then a $50 router.

Most of the $50 router's IP Reservation just means that it wont let that IP be assigned to any other devices, not that it will assign a device with a specific MAC a specific IP.

Even if you do that it still wont change that the camera would reset to whatever it's default settings were out of the box. If those settings dont work for you then you still have to reconfig.

So it's back to his original question of, which IP/WiFi cameras work good?