Running wires is expensive. That's why most people opt for wireless, and on top of that, the convenience systems like Ring offer with their app, no NVR/DVR, none of the typical security system hardware cluttering things up.
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
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Running ethernet is pretty cheap
Depends on where and how far. Once youre trenching and cutting into your walls, it's only cheap if youre spending your time.
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The cost of the cable maybe, not the cost of all the ancillary work.
Most people have or want cameras in places where it won't be particularly easy to run wires, like door frames for door bells, and outside walls with insulation and various utilities in the way.
Other people live where they can't do it at all (an apartment)
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Sounds like a good way to get the feds interested in your otherwise not very notable property crime.
The simple solution here is to record to flash when wifi dies. Yes wired stuff is nice but half of these are consumer installed.
certainly record to flash, but you need to have notifications when the camera can’t be contacted/when storage would be theoretically getting full
that does open you up a little though: recording on device means the attacker can just destroy/steal the camera which is pretty easy because they, by definition pretty much, are in a place that’s trivial for an attacker to access
Another reason to buy PoE cameras.
As a gamer, I can only wonder what Path of Exile has to do with this. What does PoE stand for here?
Power-over-Ethernet
*Starts microwave open*
Someone said jamming?