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This actually got me wondering. What's stopping me from bruteforcing a cam/NVR login? Do cam manufacturers actually lock out the login after several (incorrect) tries?

I wasn't clear. I had managed to tftp the US firmware to the china cam. It works fine. However, even after that, I was confirming that the web GUI on the Chinacam flashed to US firmware still wouldn't allow loading of US firmware.

Any particular reason? I think its quite logical for him to open them up, assuming the cameras have passwords on them. If his client complains about something image wise that can be changed in cam, eg. brightness or noise reduction, he'd save himself the trouble of attending onsite to fix the problem... I don't see the need to port forward the actual media streams, however

Anyone got a copy of the chinese firmware? I tftp'd the US version to a chinacam and ummm, it bricked, oh hold that thought, it reset its IP. Phew! Lol that had me worried for a sec. It took the 5.0.2 update, but when trying to reupdate the chinacam with americam firmware it said language mismatch, confirming what was posted here... meh atleast thanks to the glorious work done here by others I have updated the cam! Thanks!

OK so I've had the 2332s up 10 days. I'm impressed, and lay people comment how great the picture is... Installation was easy, they came with sticker templates to drill holes in the roof. They are in English, the only thing not translated is the day of the week in the "on screen display". It can be simply turned off. The IR lights do light up a tiny bit red. So at night, you can just see them if you are standing in the right spot and know where to look. Also, if a subject is within about a meter of the cam at night, they are horribly overexposed, so much so their face is just a white blob. This seems typical of many cams though. Blueiris is great. I haven't specifically tried onto an external HDD, but in my server I've chosen a secondary drive instead of C and it works fine. One thing I noticed is that on my i7 860 server I could only get 10FPS from the cams. I changed my power scheme on Windows Server 2012 from "Balanced" to "High Performance" and it fixed it. Server 2012 inbuilt NFS server didn't work with the cameras. It just wouldn't initialise. Same with FreeNAS... Hence my purchase of Blueiris I got a TPLink PoE router for just over 110 locally, works fine... My experience with China Security Monitoring Wholesaler was good. It took 7 days for them to get it with DHL, then 3 or 4 of days here. Daytime quality is great. I've already got a funny video of me knocking over my letterbox while reversing into the drive, from 2 angles lol. I chose PoE because I didn't have access to power points and I can hook a UPS up to the server and PoE router, and the cams will still function during a power failure. Might upload a short sample day/night later when I'm at home.

Do you already have a PoE switch? There is stuff all in Australia that I could find that are decent quality, PoE, and not too expensive. Those Costco ones are rebranded Hikvision 2032s I've just ordered a couple of 2332 exir domes from China Security Monitoring Wholesale on aliexpress. It took 7 days for it to be ready to ship, and 3 to South Australia via DHL ($100 postage for DHL, they are awesome, direct flight from Hong Kong to Adelaide, saves me lots of time on delivery). They will be delivered tomorrow, so at this stage I cant report on what they are like... Those cams work with something like BlueIris on the PC. Blue Iris is another 50 bucks or so, but you can tell it where to save the recordings, ie external HDD. Soo, those bullets, 280 for 2 plus 100 express postage total 380, then 50 for blue iris, 430. You will have change from 500. That's in USD. Hopefully the exchange rate is kind to you. Australian Customs duty only applies to orders including postage above $1000