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Power over Ethernet (PoE) basics and beyond

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257 points voxadam | 7 comments | 16 Oct 25 14:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.806s | source | bottom
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skopje ◴[22 Oct 25 00:53 UTC] No.45663732[source]▶
PoE is awesome. My custom home security system is all CCTV PoE with a gstreamer backend running on four-core fanless linux box. Way to go. Complete control. No batteries, no wares spying on me, no personal data getting scraped by big guys. (Cloud connectivity sucks because I have segmented mp4s and jogging through them hurts but I only care for events after they happen, not while they happen.)
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skulk ◴[22 Oct 25 00:59 UTC] No.45663770[source]▶
Got any recommendations on what cameras to get? The market is absolutely flooded with cheap shitty cloud-connected all-in-one cameras making it hard to find good, simple products.
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1. stargrazer ◴[22 Oct 25 01:09 UTC] No.45663830[source]▶
reolink, also look at the frigate nvr software, they have a list for decent recommendations
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2. zer00eyz ◴[22 Oct 25 01:42 UTC] No.45664030[source]▶
This is the way.

Reolink cameras are pretty good for what they are. Just dont buy into their NVR solution...

Frigate also has some interesting applications to go along with it, see: https://github.com/mmcc-xx/WhosAtMyFeeder

I also have YOLO on my to do list for the home cameras.

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3. aivisol ◴[22 Oct 25 05:35 UTC] No.45665227[source]▶
Reolink with Synology NAS using their native Surveillance app. All stored locally, no cloud. One issue with Reolink I haven’t solved is that it is unable to detect approaching cars in the night. Departing cars work fine though. Otherwise no complaints.
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4. mkl ◴[22 Oct 25 07:53 UTC] No.45666034[source]▶
What's wrong with their NVRs? I have one connected to some Reolink cameras (though not yet the full house-surrounding setup I have planned) and it seems fine so far.
5. mlrtime ◴[22 Oct 25 11:18 UTC] No.45667415[source]▶
Dont dorget to pay Synology for the extra licenses for more cameras.
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6. stevenhubertron ◴[22 Oct 25 13:16 UTC] No.45668651[source]▶
I’m less happy with Reolink and most of Reolink are now in a drawer. Been a fan of Amcrest and Scrypted.
7. aivisol ◴[22 Oct 25 14:43 UTC] No.45669878{3}[source]▶
Yes I did pay for extra licenses. I also paid for the cameras to Reolink and disks to WD.