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iCam Support / Re: Love the App but need HELP!

« on: September 18, 2011, 07:44:15 AM »

Anthony,

thanks for the detailed answer.

The whole property is about 37,000 square feet. Each of the larger bulidings is about 10,000 square feet.

You really know what you are talking about because you spottetd one of my biggest problems so easily. Yes, there are 2 bulidings and I cannot wire them together using a cable since I cannot dig into the ground and a cable over the roofs will not work as well since there is truck traffic between those two buildings.

So what I thought about is this: (please have a look at the attached pic)



The green circle is the location where my WLAN router (TimeCapsule) sits on the first floor.
I could plug in a network cable and take this through the roof outside and along the roof till I get to the roof of the blue small building. I could also get the cable through this roof into the blue building which is the heating room.

Now, what hardware would I install in the heating room to be able to plug into this new hardware another 2 cables which I would carry through the wall of the heating room outside to install 2 wired cams (Green in the pic).
Those 2 cams would basically cover all the areas in the back except the area behind the 2 smaller buildings.

Could I use a Apple Airport Extreme for the heating room?
Are there special outdoor network cables available and needed for the aprox. 100 feet over the roof?

Thanks in advance
Tom

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iCam Support / Love the App but need HELP!

« on: September 17, 2011, 04:45:52 AM »

Okay, here I am - love the App - love the possibilities but have no idea what would be a simple and affordable way to do this!



The image shows the property.
The red circles represent the areas I would like to view with cams.
The green circle is where the current hardware is located.

Current hardware:
* Modem router from telephone company
* TimeCapsule connected to the above via network cable

All iMacs/iPads etc. connect via WLAN to the TimeCapsule and therefor to the Internet.
The TimeCapsule basically covers the whole 1st floor and some of the roof.

How could I expand this configuration so all the red areas could be viewed using cams, preferential wireless?

I had a security tech guy here, but besides that he wants me to invest more as Fort Knox ever did for security, he said that wireless won´t work at all and is kindergarten stuff.

Thanks in advance
Tom