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Hello all, A bit of a newbie to ip cameras, but trying to get into it to get some idea of setting up a system. Originally the idea was to have a camera on the front door so that we could see who was at the door before answering it. From this I found the logitech alert cameras, specifically the indoor camera with a suction cup. After reading more and more and dreaming more and more, my solo camera has now snowballed into multiple. The problem is doing actual wiring and cutting into the house isn't going to be too feasible. Because of this the logitech alert cameras are very attractive because of the powerline adapter. After reading some more I realized that the logitech cameras were basically PoE camera with the powerline adapters. Because this I'm now thinking that I could get the powerline adapters from logitech and run other PoE cameras instead of logitech's line. I realize that I'd have to use blueiris or another software to view them, and I'd have to learn quite a bit about port forwarding etc. but I'm wondering if this is feasible in the first place. Ideally, I'd like to run at least three cameras of at least 720p each with it's own powerline adapter. I'm attracted to the logitech adapters as they apparently are both powerline adapters and PoE as well. Anyone have any suggestions? or is this even possible?

I've been looking around for a camera that I could mount on a suction cup on the glass of my front door. I can't think of a way to get a camera on my front door about body/head level without resorting to a suction cup, like logitech does with their alert camera's. Does anyone have any camera in mind that could do this? Thanks.

Problem being, quite a bit of the door is actually glass, and I'd for now at least rather not drill into the wood.

Thanks, Time to collect some parts.

That's a good point about the bandwidth, I'd be curious if I could run the four cameras that I'm considering.

The front door camera I can see no other way to get a camera to look through the door. I haven't seen other cameras that I could mount and be able to see the person's face. Because of that I may have to purchase one of logitech's indoor cameras. Now whether the IR would reflect from the window and blind the camera I'm not entirely sure. The logitech tech seemed to think it would be fine, but I'm not so sure. All the other options I can see for an outdoor camera would have to be mounted fairly high, and unfortunately I don't have easy access to the crawlspace here. That and mounting a camera that high would give me a great view of the top of the person's head, but I wouldn't be able to see much in terms of facial features. As for the outdoor cameras. The way my home is setup it looks like I can position outdoor cameras near either the garage door or a window. This is why the logitech system is so appealling to me. I can run the outdoor bullet just outside the window, and run a thin cat-5/6 back under the window track to the logitech power adapter. Or in the garage's case run the thin cat 5/6 cable back to the door's insulation and tuck it under, I have a outlet fairly near the garage door that I can use. The areas that I'd like to monitor I can actually record through a window, though I realize that the quality and my ability to see at night will be largely dimished. The simplicity of having the powerline and the poe in one small package is attractive, that and the adapters don't appear to be that much more than the other adapters I've found elsewhere. The majority of powerline adapter's I've found seem to only provide the internet pathway, and most appear to need some sort of injector to provide the PoE side of things. Are there other powerline devices that seem to be well suited? I know I can get a POE switch and run that, but the distances between where I'd like the cameras would really only benefit one of the camera to buy a POE switch.

hmm only 18 views, but no suggestions. Was my post too confusing? or did I miss something I should have read first?