Each camera in a typical neighborhood guard setup is hosted by a neighborhood household.
Requirements:
- High Speed Internet with ethernet router.
- Minimum 1Mbit UPLOAD speed.
- Comcast slowest speed is fast enough.
- AT&T Uverse “Max” or faster needed.
- AT&T Highspeed Internet is NOT fast enough.
- Ethernet firewall and router with 1 available 100Mbit ethernet port.
- USB High speed Modem talking directly to computer won’t work.
- Power over Ethernet only runs 100Mbit and not 1Gbit, all modern firewalls has 100Mbit/1Gbit auto sensing ports which is perfect.
- routers that can do wireless are fine as long as the camera can get a cable connection, (no wireless for the camera please).
- Firewall allowing unrestricted outgoing traffic, no incoming open ports needed. (this is default configuration)
- DHCP for automatic internal IP address allocation (this is default configuration)
- Minimum 1Mbit UPLOAD speed.
- Less than 300 Feet cable run from high-speed router to camera.
- Low-voltage cable for camera, no buried conduit required.
- Available 110/120v outlet near the High speed Router.
- For the Power over Ethernet power adapter.
- Camera power consumption of 12.95Watt
- PG&E 2013 Tier 1 = 13 cents per kWh
- About $15/year
- Less than 100 feet to 110/120V outlet for infrared Illuminator
- Low-voltage cable for IR Illuminator, no buried conduit required.
- Infrared Illuminator Power consumption 12 Watt. About $14/year.
Technical Expertise of hosting Household NOT Required.