CCTV Systems and 4G Mobile Routers
Discussion
Hi Everybody,
I'm a trustee of my local village hall, and we are looking at getting a hive heating system for it, we have no phone line into the hall, so we either need to get a line installed and pay for Line Rental and Broadband, or we get a 4G router instead.
Now, here's the question. We don't currently have any CCTV in the hall. So having some kind of web connection means we can do this.
What we need is something for our committee to be able to log in from home and check the hall real time, and also record anything from the previous days.
Would a 4g router stand up to this? Or would this munch up all the data? Has anyone done this before? Are there any good CCTV systems about.
Loads of questions if anyone can help
I'm a trustee of my local village hall, and we are looking at getting a hive heating system for it, we have no phone line into the hall, so we either need to get a line installed and pay for Line Rental and Broadband, or we get a 4G router instead.
Now, here's the question. We don't currently have any CCTV in the hall. So having some kind of web connection means we can do this.
What we need is something for our committee to be able to log in from home and check the hall real time, and also record anything from the previous days.
Would a 4g router stand up to this? Or would this munch up all the data? Has anyone done this before? Are there any good CCTV systems about.
Loads of questions if anyone can help
Edited by Pwig on Wednesday 10th April 16:23
I had success with 4G and NOIP and/or DynDns forwarding providing a route into an FTP server behind the 4G router on Three network. Both are free. I use No-IP.
The router auto-updates their server with its IP address, so you can log in remotely with a web url like FTP://myvillagehall.ddns.net
IP cams tend to come with an 'app' so a smartphone can see the live camera. Otherwise CCTV cams record to a 'box' so stored images can be retrieved remotely. (That's the limit of my CCTV knowledge. )
Downside with 4G mobile broadband is tariff capping. It's a little better than it was, Three (and others) offer 'unlimited' MBB for about £22 a month.
The unknown is whether the supplied 4G router supports NO-IP or DynDns. The third party ones from TP-Link do.
If this is too tricky to contemplate then fixed line broadband ADSL is about £20 a month, plus the line installation.
Three MBB offers:
http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Devices/Huawei/Hom...
Screenshot from a TP-LInk MR400 4G router showing DynDns/No-ip page:
The router auto-updates their server with its IP address, so you can log in remotely with a web url like FTP://myvillagehall.ddns.net
IP cams tend to come with an 'app' so a smartphone can see the live camera. Otherwise CCTV cams record to a 'box' so stored images can be retrieved remotely. (That's the limit of my CCTV knowledge. )
Downside with 4G mobile broadband is tariff capping. It's a little better than it was, Three (and others) offer 'unlimited' MBB for about £22 a month.
The unknown is whether the supplied 4G router supports NO-IP or DynDns. The third party ones from TP-Link do.
If this is too tricky to contemplate then fixed line broadband ADSL is about £20 a month, plus the line installation.
Three MBB offers:
http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Devices/Huawei/Hom...
Screenshot from a TP-LInk MR400 4G router showing DynDns/No-ip page:
Edited by Slushbox on Wednesday 10th April 17:53
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