nickCR

Great, this is sort of what I understood but I wanted to clarify. They cost $240 each. I am going to call the guy tomorrow and get the model #'s from him. Also i'll ask him if there are any other options at that time (better ones). Something I don't understand. He has 7 wifi cameras and 7 long rang ap's on the quote. Couldn't this be setup using less ap's having two antennas each and then use external antenas to point at each camera area? Also in some areas like the guard house there are cameras that could easily be done with UTP cable and then use IP cameras in those spots. I could use dd-wrt firmware and have a master AP, then client bridge AP's (basically the client router will connect as a wireless client but it will assign IP's to the units connected via the RJ45 ports). You are totally right. The hardware will determine the longevity of the machine. Even though the machine will be connected to the internet, since no one will "use" it there is a VERY VERY small chance that a virus will get on it. 98% of viruses infect computers because of the users. Sure I entirely understand. I was actually thinking of exporting each camera on a separate channel using maybe two ATI graphic cards in a crossfire arrangement. But I think this is something that will need to wait anyway. I think GeoVision makes accessing the Video by IP (on intranet) easy since it has a built in web server. Yup goes with what I said above. At least for the guard house, if they are on the intranet we are ok. We'll worry about exporting the cameras for the neighbors later on. The problem I see with having them accessible via Internet is that if thieves got the address they could monitor it, which of course we don't want as it's a pretty serious security risk. Thanks. I met with Provider A... he seems to know his stuff about cams but Provider B is a friend of mine and thought i'd give him a chance. I just feel that Analog and cables are not very appropriate in this situation. I think all in all I need to sit down with Provider A and tell him we need a system that is a hybrid wireless / wired IP system. Use wireless cameras for the furthest 3 cameras. Use AP -> Client Bridge AP's for all the locations where appropriate and where more cameras may be installed in future. Also just to give you an idea, the ENTIRE quote including hardware and install is $9000. The install is only $1500 of that though. I do really like the IP system though because it allows us to easily expand in future up to 32 cameras (I doubt we'll ever require more than 20). Let me know what you think of that. I really appreciate your help!