Because MOST consumer based security cameras are WiFi based. Any camera running off ethernet/PoE is going to an NVR and they don't typically sell camera systems like this at Bestbuy or Target. It's Nest, Arlo, Ring, etc. as that's what's easy for most people.
Finding a power outlet to plug into is easier than running ethernet to cameras back to a central location. We too have enough calls of people expecting WiFi cameras to work hundreds of feet away from their router. Or we install WiFi inside a shed but they don't tell us they want to install cameras OUTSIDE through steel siding and then call us when the cameras won't connect and we see a -90 signal to the managed router. On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 3:29 PM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > RJ45 ends scare people, you can't use a screwdriver. > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 1:20 PM Jason McKemie < > j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > >> I don't get the wifi camera thing, you're already running power, so why >> not take the time to wire the cameras up correctly? >> >> On Tuesday, September 20, 2022, Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: >> >>> Usually the incidents are not this close, but when they're on top of >>> each other it just makes me angry. Just because you refuse to understand >>> it, doesn't make it magic. >>> >>> Rural customer wants our internet. ok, no problem, we do that all the >>> time. The ONLY reason they want the connection from us, is so they can put >>> RING cameras in their steel barn 300' away from the house, and the kid at >>> best buy told them it would be fine because you just plug them in and they >>> connect to the wifi. >>> >>> One of our property managers who we have several connections to her >>> buildings wants to put 30 cameras in at 2 MDU buildings in an office park. >>> Both their camera vendor and Comcast assured her that it would only require >>> a connection in one of the FACP rooms, and that the other building 400' >>> away, with the FACP Room on the opposite end of the building would be able >>> to 'ping off it' just fine. I know comcast advertises their new wifi as >>> Magic, but I don't think even it could do that. >>> >>> >>> Am I the bad guy for dashing their hopes and dreams? I consider it >>> 'managing expectations' like 'If your computer can't print to your >>> printer, getting our connection instead of a hotspot isn't going to help >>> that' >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com 507-634-WiFi Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>
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