Ontopic Random Computer-Electronics Thread

[Domon]

yeah..... coming around on that front.

 

[Domon]

I can probably also segment the traffic from those MACs into a vlan on my switch then blackhole the traffic, then i wouldnt get all the wireless disconnects/reconnects

 

[fly]

I can probably also segment the traffic from those MACs into a vlan on my switch then blackhole the traffic, then i wouldnt get all the wireless disconnects/reconnects

Are these all PoE?

 

[Jehannum]

I can probably also segment the traffic from those MACs into a vlan on my switch then blackhole the traffic, then i wouldnt get all the wireless disconnects/reconnects

Can't you just unmount the NFS the cameras write to for the period you don't want monitored? You could even geofence the action to yours and @peanut's phones with a little ingenuity.

 

[fly]

Can't you just unmount the NFS the cameras write to for the period you don't want monitored? You could even geofence the action to yours and @peanut's phones with a little ingenuity.

This is what I do. Cut the power to my camera when our phones are home.

 

[Domon]

Can't you just unmount the NFS the cameras write to for the period you don't want monitored? You could even geofence the action to yours and @peanut's phones with a little ingenuity.

what i actually want to disconnect isnt the recording, that i control. Its the cloud live view access.

 

[Domon]

This is what I do. Cut the power to my camera when our phones are home.

yeah, that would be ideal, but i dont feel like buying 9 smart plugs right now

 

[Domon]

oh wow, i didnt realize how cheap the ikea zigbee stuff is.

Its cheaper than aliexpress xiaomi stuff

 

[fly]

oh wow, i didnt realize how cheap the ikea zigbee stuff is.

Its cheaper than aliexpress xiaomi stuff

I just picked up a couple of their zigbee repeaters. Fucking awesome.

 

[Domon]

man, ok. When budget allows ill just grab a bunch of those plugs.

they work ok with home assistant? They dont use the security protocal, so i imagine theyre fine

 

[Jehannum]

what i actually want to disconnect isnt the recording, that i control. Its the cloud live view access.

Your cameras stream to the cloud 24/7?

That seems problematic.

 

[Domon]

Your cameras stream to the cloud 24/7?

That seems problematic.

or modern.

Remote access is nice for any number of reasons.

 

[Jehannum]

or modern.

Remote access is nice for any number of reasons.

Yeah, you do what works for you, I guess.

The odds of me being alerted in time (or place) to do anything by a "detection" event for my cameras is so vanishingly remote that it's not worth the hassle.

 

[Domon]

convenience, not security

 

[Domon]

also... my external cameras just made me 2200 bucks because they recorded an insurance incident. I doubt i woulda got a payout without the video

 

[fly]

man, ok. When budget allows ill just grab a bunch of those plugs.

they work ok with home assistant? They dont use the security protocal, so i imagine theyre fine

Yep. They work perfectly. And since getting them and having my Xiaomi motion sensors using them, everything has been flawless.

Incidentally, I finally migrated everything but my lock off of SmartThings over the weekend. When I have time to full test managing it in HA, I'll move it and finally unplug ST.

 

[Jehannum]

also... my external cameras just made me 2200 bucks because they recorded an insurance incident. I doubt i woulda got a payout without the video

yeah, but you don't need to stream that to the cloud to retain the video.

 

[fly]

yeah, but you don't need to stream that to the cloud to retain the video.

But who cares if you do?

 

[Jehannum]

But who cares if you do?

I sure don't.

I just keep a 14 day backlog of video on my NFS server that's purged by a cron job. If I need anything in that window, I can just zip into the directory (it's organized by date and hour of the day), get what I need, ffmpeg it into MP4, and go about my business.

 

[Domon]

yeah, but you don't need to stream that to the cloud to retain the video.

sometimes its almost like you dont actually understand modern technology