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The GS110TP is a good switch I have 2 of them installed at a large Enterprise job will a total of 6 Netgear switches with over 400Mbits of trafic. If you want more room to expand look at the FS728TP-100NAS. It's about $100 more then the 8 port but you will get full 24 ports POE and 4 GB uplinks.

Thanks guys I have been to all those sites just seeing if there is any other options. So far JETWAY is my favorite. Looking for stuff like this

Best advice I can give you is hire a professional.

Biting my tongue

Full res please. I just finished a install with 10 of the 10MP cameras. If I am using Arecont I am using the 10MP or 180. Nice images

They are Avigilon Dealers so I am thinking they are using the 16MP camera becuase they refence "50 times more powerful then traditional CCTV" and the 16MP = 50 analog cameras

VideoIQ stores the video locally on a harddrive inside the camera and you can have the video offloaded to a offsite location. VideoIQ cameras are POE. Here is a link to sample video from the HD Dome camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1RdBtHcaGw&feature=player_embedded

Thanks Mike, Would I lose any functionality by using the Avigilon instead of the Axis? What, if anything, would I be giving up? Avigilon will give you much better image quality with JPEG2000 compression and it is powered with POE so you have a cleaner easier install.

No... This one is POE on all ports.

Netgear has a 8 port gigabit desktop POE switch. Its cheaper then the Cisco

Aviglon 4 channel encoder is 1/3 the price and only requires 1 license for 4 cameras. The Axes encoder you are looking at requires 4 Exacq licenses.

Huh? If you gotta go through all of that you better have enough manpower and be running pulling line till you get to the point of where you have everything figured out and can make the final pull in one shot while having the help at the difficult points nursing the cable along. Run fiber and you will see how beneficial it is to avoid splicing in inhospitable areas. Of course, if you miscalculate the length of a run and you will be a slicing to cover your mistake. +1

Soundy sorry but is just plan lazy to splice cable. Quote the job correctly and you will not have this problem.

I am not saying that there is a possibility of a bad box of cable but I have been pulling cable for 12 years and I haven't had a bad box yet. Also sorry but spicing cable because of inefficient pull is just being lazy. A splice point is a failure point just don't do it. Only reason to splice a cable is to fix a cut wire.

Not a board camera but the Arecont Compact H.264 are very small. http://arecontvision.com/index.php?section=product&subsection=product_details&product_id=42 Also Basler has some very small MP cameras http://www.baslerweb.com/beitraege/beitrag_en_101458.html

Great idea on paper but not so good in real life. Couple major problems 1) What happens when either of your internet connection goes down? 2) ISPs are capping bandwidth at 300GB per month around here. You will easily exceed that and have your service shut off or have a HUGE bill. 3) Forget about high res or high frame rates. A better option is to find a solution that will record locally and off load video on event or at specific times.

I am not trying to offend anyone but this is not very difficult to trouble shoot if you have enough experience. Question to OP why did you cut and splice the camera feed?

The only time you will be cool in a attic is in winter time. Have a plan before you go up and work fast.

That's where I was going with asking if he checked the cable without connectors and shorted one end. Even with compressions it's easy to let one strand of shield make contact with the core. I still don't buy the bad cable theory. You get bet yer a$$ the manufacturer tests the cable in some way before it gets out the door. The Validator should tell him the distance to short. This would tell us alot.

FYI Exacq does not work with Mobotix cameras.

Stay away from no name products and EBAY If you want a toy then go a head and role the dice. If you want a reliable security system stick with the stuff we know that works.

If you only want VGA resolution I would use a DVR and analog cameras.

The exposure settings will limit your FPS.

FYI all the Jdsu Validator cable teste/certifier does with Coax is test for open and short in the cable and it will also tell you the distance.

What cable was it?