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Rural Setup ..... (No fixed Internet)

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nikc
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Hi

 

I am looking to try and setup monitoring of a remote area of land I own.

 

There is power to the site, but no DSL / cable internet.

 

I was wondering if it would be possible to use a 4G/3G MiFi dongle for the internet connectivity ?

 

Thanks

 

Nik

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TomMac
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Nik... you need an ethernet connection for the base unit ( base unit creates it's own wifi system for just the cameras )

 

If your 4g module has one it should work but there may be high usage. 10 secs of video = 1Mb and minimum thruput for upload needs to be about 1Mb/per

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nikc
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Thanks !

 

Would it be possible to only require upload on motion / direct access, to minimise traffic ?

TomMac
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nikc wrote:

Would it be possible to only require upload on motion / direct access, to minimise traffic ?


The camera basicly sits in a sleep mode till in use...it pings the base but that's directly.

the uploading/downloading only occurs during recording/live viewing/viewing past vids. So data only goes up to the cloud and back during actual use.

 

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