XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: nobody@nowhere.co.uk   
      
   micky wrote:   
   > I wanted to get some waterproof/outdoor cameras that plugged into the   
   > PC, or maybe something that connected straight to the PC.   
   >   
   > But all I see for sale are cameras meant to clip to the monitor, not be   
   > screwed to the wall.   
   >   
   > Or if they are meant for outside, they are either wifi or they are meant   
   > to go to some sort of separate video recorder.   
   >   
   > Do they sell what I want?   
      
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   A camera using Ethernet would be ideal: it connects to your LAN so is   
   available from any computer.  A camera featuring Power over Ethernet   
   (PoE) would allow use of a single cable.  Ethernet allows a maximum   
   cable length of 100 metres, so far better than any USB connection.   
      
   You can run Ethernet cables through walls - drill a 6mm hole to poke the   
   cable through.  Then fix a socket to the wall - each side - into which   
   to terminate the cable, and test the finished connection.  Use   
   professionally made patch cables to connect from the outside socket to   
   the camera, and from the inside socket to your router or network switch.   
     That way when you break the barb off the RJ45 connector you simply   
   replace the patch cable.   
      
   I aske a similar question here a while back and was recommended:   
      
   https://reolink.com/gb/product/e1-outdoor/   
      
   At the time they didn't offer a PoE camera - they might now.   
      
      
   --   
   Graham J   
      
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