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Their support services are very lacking, they offer a message board where the users can help each other but the only support you get from Ubiquiti is an RMA if the camera breaks within a year. I had one of their dome cameras brick itself and the RMA replacement they send out was messed up too. They finally replaced it with another one and it seems to be stable. Anyway, at those prices they're really not any cheaper than Dahua or Hikvision. Their DVR software has gotten much better in the latest released in terms of CPU requirements and reliability but I agree that they're not disrupting much at this price point.

You do not need to disable DHCP on your router. From the screen shots you've posted, it appears that your camera has an ip address of 192.168.1.33. I'd try opening your web browser and going to that address. If a login screen pops up for the camera then you're in the right place. Once you've logged in there should be an option to set a static IP address. You can probably set it to something like 192.168.1.10 as long as you don't have another device with the same IP.

Check out this guide for installing ZM under Ubuntu 14.04. This might help you out. http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_Server_14.04_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.26.5_the_easy_way For the IP address. I believe the camera will grab an IP address via DHCP from your router. You might be able to find the camera's IP by checking your routers DHCP lease table. Once you get logged into your router you can set a static IP address.

I've looked high and low and can't seem to find a distributor that's selling them yet. However someone on the UBNT message boards said they were able to preorder them from http://www.doubleradius.com/Products/Ubiquiti-UBNT-Wireless/ Here's some pricing info I found: UVC/UVC-Dome with IR are in the $140 MSRP range. The UVC-Pro has an MSRP of $469.

ZoneMinder does server side motion detection. Meaning it looks at the difference between frames and determines if motion is detected. With ZoneMinder you can record on motion or have it do things like send you emails. To view the camera in VLC you'll need to open the RTSP stream on the camera by telling VLC to "Open Network Stream..." the URL you'll use will look like this: rtsp://admin:12345@putyourcamera'sIPhere:554/Streaming/Channels/1?tcp

I've made the switch to IP cameras and I'm currently using ZoneMinder as my capture software on a typical desktop PC. I'm unhappy with it as it doesn't save the video stream in the native h.264 format and doesn't handle mobile devices very well. I've tried the free version of Milestone and was really impressed but I'm looking at making the jump to an NVR appliance and avoid having to buy licenses. I'm looking to purchase a Dahua NVR DH-NVR3216 since the Dahua brand seems to be a forum favorite. Is there a forum favorite model or brand of DVR? I'm really just looking for the following: 16 Channels 1080p recording Viewable on PC/Mac, Android, and iPhone Typical coffee shop/retail setting I'm planning to use Dahua cameras but I'm open to other brands. I've had good results with Hikvision too.