Multi site setup help needed
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:42 am
Hello, new to BI, and working on a solution. I'll give you the back ground and my hopes of setting this up.
I have rental properties at 2 sites. Each site has 3 buildings. Both sites have 2 buildings besides themselves, the third building is ~100' away. My plan is to get internet to site (A) of possibly 9 4k cameras. Connect them via wireless and wired to a local computer at this site (A).
Then using a bridge, connect to the other site (B) which also has a local computer recording approximately 9 4k cameras as well.
The bridge is supposed to work up to 3.0 miles, I'm running 0.4 miles and there are trees and possibly a several houses in between. My sites are 4 unit apartments so I can mast the bridge a bit higher to get better performance.
I plan to use my phone, and connect to both sites, my concern in Site (B). This bridge is also supposed to handle 1.0mb throughput, I'm sure it won't achieve that level of performance (But maybe 500mb?). No other data will travel through the bridge except when I'm viewing video from site (B).
1. What performance is needed to view over an iPhone for example? Will this configuration reasonably work?
2. Are wireless cameras a reliable option? What distance can I likely achieve (remember I might be going 100')? Are boosters helpful? If wireless is pushing the envelope, would 1080p make it work better? Do wireless cameras need to be power cycled often?
3. When looking at both computer systems, are all cameras available on my phone or do I have to logon/switch to the other system to manage it?
4. When managing my 2 sites, can I install a client version of BI at the office to view/manage the two sites? And would that require a 3rd license?
Just a side note: if I can get this to work, very possibly I would extend the network to reach another 4+ sites which are even farther away with other bridges capable of 8.0 miles (these may very well be wild claims, but I'm hoping to interconnect all these sites, have one interface and limit my costs).
Currently testing with BI in VM on a server class system, with just 1 Reolink 4k wireless camera with 4x optical zoom.
Can you answer any questions I have or give me advice on what you used whether it was Bridges, Camera manufacturers, Camera quality (1k, 4k), wireless performance vs wired, or anything else i should be concerned about. This project is going to be going forward in 2020 in some capacity, possibly in stages as we make progress. Sorry for the lengthy writeup, but I'm excited to give this a try. Being an IT guy now moving into property management I should be able to understand a lot of the techy things needed to get this working.
Regards, Jake
I have rental properties at 2 sites. Each site has 3 buildings. Both sites have 2 buildings besides themselves, the third building is ~100' away. My plan is to get internet to site (A) of possibly 9 4k cameras. Connect them via wireless and wired to a local computer at this site (A).
Then using a bridge, connect to the other site (B) which also has a local computer recording approximately 9 4k cameras as well.
The bridge is supposed to work up to 3.0 miles, I'm running 0.4 miles and there are trees and possibly a several houses in between. My sites are 4 unit apartments so I can mast the bridge a bit higher to get better performance.
I plan to use my phone, and connect to both sites, my concern in Site (B). This bridge is also supposed to handle 1.0mb throughput, I'm sure it won't achieve that level of performance (But maybe 500mb?). No other data will travel through the bridge except when I'm viewing video from site (B).
1. What performance is needed to view over an iPhone for example? Will this configuration reasonably work?
2. Are wireless cameras a reliable option? What distance can I likely achieve (remember I might be going 100')? Are boosters helpful? If wireless is pushing the envelope, would 1080p make it work better? Do wireless cameras need to be power cycled often?
3. When looking at both computer systems, are all cameras available on my phone or do I have to logon/switch to the other system to manage it?
4. When managing my 2 sites, can I install a client version of BI at the office to view/manage the two sites? And would that require a 3rd license?
Just a side note: if I can get this to work, very possibly I would extend the network to reach another 4+ sites which are even farther away with other bridges capable of 8.0 miles (these may very well be wild claims, but I'm hoping to interconnect all these sites, have one interface and limit my costs).
Currently testing with BI in VM on a server class system, with just 1 Reolink 4k wireless camera with 4x optical zoom.
Can you answer any questions I have or give me advice on what you used whether it was Bridges, Camera manufacturers, Camera quality (1k, 4k), wireless performance vs wired, or anything else i should be concerned about. This project is going to be going forward in 2020 in some capacity, possibly in stages as we make progress. Sorry for the lengthy writeup, but I'm excited to give this a try. Being an IT guy now moving into property management I should be able to understand a lot of the techy things needed to get this working.
Regards, Jake