I must admit to a fact upfront. I haven't been a fan of wireless. Ever. But slowly, I am being won over with the applications that are out there now that wireless, quite frankly, is the perfect solution for.
I tried a few years back to get on board with a D-Link DGL-4300, but had issues with the router rebooting whenever I talked on my Plantronics Cordless headset telephone. Found out later that they both operate on 2.4 GhZ. I solved that issue this summer by getting a DEST 6.0 phone to replace the older one.
The situation I have now, I am planning on buying a new home, and my nice wired infrastructure I have now I am neither willing nor able to transplant. What I am looking at is something like this:
Internet
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DGL-4500 Router for Wireless N < G-based router or AP for IP cameras & other apps (might even keep the DGL-4300 if setting it up for AP/Bridge mode isn't too hard)
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8 Port Gigabit Desktop switch
Here are the issues I need some help with.
1) Is this a viable set up? I want the wireless N for a couple of laptops I am planning on buying for my daughter and I. I am also considering getting N-based adapters for her desktop and a HTPC I am planning in the future. I could do those wired, but again, if I don't have to, then I would rather not.
2) Can someone recommend some decent wireless IP cameras? I don't need panning / tilting cameras. I just want something I can point, set up and leave it be. Not trying to turn my house into a secure compound, just want to have an added layer of security. Low light cameras would be a plus.
3) What kind of storage would you be looking at running 2 to 3 cameras @ ~15FPS? Better put, if I had a dedicated 1.5 TB HD for the stored video, about how much video would I be able to store?
4) In as far as the video goes, are there applications that are capable of running on the new NASes that can have apps installed on them, that will allow a "running" video file, rather than filling up the storage, which then has to be flushed.
That covers the basics right now. I would appretiate any critique of the above proposed set up, and suggestions for equipment (Wireless N adapters and routers, Wireless G AP's and anything else I have missed). Thanks ahead of time!
Nick
I tried a few years back to get on board with a D-Link DGL-4300, but had issues with the router rebooting whenever I talked on my Plantronics Cordless headset telephone. Found out later that they both operate on 2.4 GhZ. I solved that issue this summer by getting a DEST 6.0 phone to replace the older one.
The situation I have now, I am planning on buying a new home, and my nice wired infrastructure I have now I am neither willing nor able to transplant. What I am looking at is something like this:
Internet
^
DGL-4500 Router for Wireless N < G-based router or AP for IP cameras & other apps (might even keep the DGL-4300 if setting it up for AP/Bridge mode isn't too hard)
^
8 Port Gigabit Desktop switch
Here are the issues I need some help with.
1) Is this a viable set up? I want the wireless N for a couple of laptops I am planning on buying for my daughter and I. I am also considering getting N-based adapters for her desktop and a HTPC I am planning in the future. I could do those wired, but again, if I don't have to, then I would rather not.
2) Can someone recommend some decent wireless IP cameras? I don't need panning / tilting cameras. I just want something I can point, set up and leave it be. Not trying to turn my house into a secure compound, just want to have an added layer of security. Low light cameras would be a plus.
3) What kind of storage would you be looking at running 2 to 3 cameras @ ~15FPS? Better put, if I had a dedicated 1.5 TB HD for the stored video, about how much video would I be able to store?
4) In as far as the video goes, are there applications that are capable of running on the new NASes that can have apps installed on them, that will allow a "running" video file, rather than filling up the storage, which then has to be flushed.
That covers the basics right now. I would appretiate any critique of the above proposed set up, and suggestions for equipment (Wireless N adapters and routers, Wireless G AP's and anything else I have missed). Thanks ahead of time!
Nick
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