Looking for a "dumb" IP camera
Looking for a "dumb" IP camera
Yes, that is what I did. It’s kinda cheap, upgradable, and very configurable.
I have even a few ESP32-CAMs.
I got generic reolink ipcams and put them on their own VLAN, then put firewall rules on my router to block them but let my NVR through. I plugged them all into an unmanaged switch which then goes up to my managed switch which handles the VLANs
The cameras have ONVIF/RTSP so it’ll work with BlueIris or other NVR software
Of course. Get hikvision. Or Annke, which is a oem reseller and a bit cheaper. No cloud required, you get a proper web interface for configuration and two (configurable) rtsp streams.
If you want to be 100% sure they can not phone home, get a managed switch and put them on a separate vlan together with your nvr.
And please don’t go the wifi route. It’s just crap for video surveillance. Get some cameras with Ethernet and POE, that way it’s still just one cable, but no more dropped frames.