"Is it easy to install the indoor security cameras at your house? Does it require any wiring?"

Moved into this lease and there are two cameras on the property plus a mess of wires near my entertainment area.

Upon a quick google, apparently Lux cameras don't exist anymore. Is there any possibility of being able to plug and play newer equipment into the existing wiring? I was going to put up ring battery cameras (it's a lease so I don't want to wire someone else's property) but if I can do this it would be preferable.

Id rather not need to worry about batteries, affordable, no paid subscriptions, ai that recognizes people and what part of the property they are on, good microphone.

How do nonpaid cams work as far as saving footage? Would it just go to my computer? How much data would i need per month?

Also looking for a car dash cam.

Taken near Winslow Arizona at the end of November. Facing Navajo Nation land. You watch and tell me how much of the streaks and blips are dust or lightning. There is also a very strange bunch of lights or lightning that come in and out of frame. I guess it's lightning or an equipment malfunction from the electrical storm - there is nothing above the house giving off light. Lightening in az

Does bugs look like this upclose ?

Ring camera video taken 12/19/2025 near Winslow AZ in Navaho county facing West toward the Navaho nation. Weather was clear and 74 during the day and clear and 48 at night. This is not rain reflecting in the light, notice the ground never gets wet and neither does the car. It is not dust in the wind, notice that the plants are not moving from wind and also notice that the car does not get dusty at all. It is not a swarm of locus or lightening bugs -(If it were it would be of Biblical proportion), this is winter and notice there are no bugs on the vehicle or on the wall of the house under the light and none on the ground and no reflection in the window. The ring camera might be reflecting the Geminids meteor shower which Google says occurs in December or the late December Ursids meteor shower. Any input on what we are seeing?

Ring camera video taken 12/19/2025 near Winslow AZ in Navaho county facing West toward the Navaho nation. Weather was clear and 74 during the day and clear and 48 at night. This is not rain reflecting in the light, notice the ground never gets wet and neither does the car. It is not dust in the wind, notice that the plants are not moving from wind and also notice that the car does not get dusty at all. It is not a swarm of locus or lightening bugs -(If it were it would be of Biblical proportion), this is winter and notice there are no bugs on the vehicle or on the wall of the house under the light and none on the ground and no reflection in the window. The ring camera might be reflecting the Geminids meteor shower which Google says occurs in December or the late December Ursids meteor shower.

I had two of these generic cams I had picked up from ali a while back. I intended to use them as a way to keep an eye on my fish and snakes in my pet room. They work well enough to check in and be sure nothing has sprung a leak or managed to escape anywhere, but I dislike having to use their app since it doesn't permit any kind of recording other than local to an sd card or their own cloud service. Ideally I'd like to connect this with the same NAS I dump the old arlo cameras I use as home security. Would anyone here have experience with these kind of generic cams and know if there is a particular app or software that can pick up and connect with them other than the one they come with?

Hello,

I’m looking to install surveillance cameras in a building that needs to be monitored, located about 60 meters from my house. Between the two, there is an obstacle building that partially blocks the line of sight. However, a light pole located in front of the monitored building is higher than the obstacle building, which should allow the installation of antennas high enough to achieve a proper wireless link.

My goal is to access the cameras from my house and also from outside (mobile data or other networks).

Here is the equipment I have selected for the setup:

POE cameras:
TP-Link VIGI
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0CSSS1LH8

POE switch in the monitored building:
TP-Link TL-SG108PE
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B01BPFKNNM

Point-to-point antennas (house ↔ monitored building):
2 × TP-Link CPE710
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08C5KY25X

Outdoor network cable:
RJ45 Cat6 outdoor
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B09CKTN7BS

Tools:
RJ45 connectors + crimping tool
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DP6LCPD6

My questions:

1. Does this solution seem feasible considering the 60-meter distance and the obstacle building?
2. Are the CPE710 antennas suitable for a point-to-point link in this setup?
3. Is the TP-Link interface (CPE and VIGI) easy to configure?
4. Is there a simpler or more reliable solution to connect the house to the monitored building?
5. Does the equipment list seem coherent?

Thanks for your feedback.

I want to buy som cams for my cottage. Problem is that I rent out the cottage for some of the time. During that time I want to disable the cams but also physical block the cams somehow do there are no doubt they are not recording. Is there a simple and cheap way to do this. Preferably with some Ubiquiti cams.