Monitoring a property by camera over 4G

[Thermobaric]

I'm looking to setup a security camera in a property with no WiFi so I was hoping to use 4G. 4G signal is great for upload and download so that is not an issue. Power available too. Going to be used inside. I was looking at these. Anyone use them and are happy? Better alternatives?

https://reolink.com/product/reolink-go/

[tog]

My brother has one of these I think, running off a solar panel to monitor some land he uses. I think he's pretty happy with it, though he keeps getting pictures of squirrels sent to his phone when one sticks its face right in front of the camera!

[eliot]

worth knowing that you dont get a true public ip address with 4g - everyone is hidden behind a carrier public ip address - therefore no static inbound nat.
If you cameras support some sort of cloud/tunneled connection you might be ok.

I setup a fairly complicated solution to monitor an unoccupied house using a mikrotik 4g router, external 4 antenna etc - I got round the nat problem by creating a site to site vpn back to my house then natting the cctv out on my public ip address - complicated and not for the novice (i’m an it guy)

[hellorent]

Have you looked a the "alfred" app as a alternative

[HantsRat]

eliot said:

worth knowing that you dont get a true public ip address with 4g - everyone is hidden behind a carrier public ip address - therefore no static inbound nat.
If you cameras support some sort of cloud/tunneled connection you might be ok.

I setup a fairly complicated solution to monitor an unoccupied house using a mikrotik 4g router, external 4 antenna etc - I got round the nat problem by creating a site to site vpn back to my house then natting the cctv out on my public ip address - complicated and not for the novice (i’m an it guy)

You can get fixed public IPv4 SIM Cards. They're just more expensive that commercial plans.

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HantsRat said:

You can get fixed public IPv4 SIM Cards. They're just more expensive that commercial plans.

Or if you need this functionality you can alternatively use a VPN, which would probably turn out cheaper.