As expected, my Y.C. crapped out on their fix for me, at least for the moment. So, I called SuperCircuits, from whom I have bought a ton of CCTV stuff, and they sold me a p2p DVR with a 1 gb hard drive and four channel bnc inputs using external management software for a whopping $175. I am told that all I need to do is to connect it to my router or wap and I am good to go. If it's true, I no longer need any cooperation via port forwarding from my Y.C. But, in all candor, it sounds too good to be true.
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04-26-2018 04:04 PM #32
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Thank you all again for the great help. Is configuring it easy as well?
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Told my Y.C. to take a hike after they started crying about cyber security issues and port forwarding. Sure hope the DVR solution works or else I will need to go the much more costly route of static IP SIM card/Cradlepoint. I should know by the end of the week whether it works. I've asked the IT folks in my offer to configure it and even bough a CCTV camera just for testing purposes as my others are permanently mounted on the boat.
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Thanks to all the help received here, I installed my DVR today at my Y.C. and it worked perfectly to permit remote access to my cameras. The $99 I spent sure beat the heck out of the $1,200 the Y.C's IT vendor wanted to charge. I still need some more help. The seven year old Netgear wireless bridge I am using to connect to the DVR barely picks up the Y.C.'s feeble wifi signal. Can anyone recommend a new wireless bridge or game adapater that might suck in the signal better for hard wiring to my DVR? Thanks.
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05-03-2018 10:29 PM #36
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Awesome. Glad it worked out.
W/R/T wifi, the best thing you can do is put a big dog shakesphere antenna up top and get a modern router that supports b/g/n + . There were some good recommendations on here for a router that also can do cell in the 700$ range which seems like a no brainer. Coupling that with good antennas would be the way to go if its in your budget.Last edited by MVCaprice; 05-03-2018 at 10:31 PM.
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05-04-2018 12:09 AM #37
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I just installed a wave wifi on a customers boat and was able to log onto restaurants wifi down town
Great extender for use around town in the rivers. It gets a mile or more range.Scott
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Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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The Y.C. says it is not yet finished with its upgrade. I will hold off on buying a better bridge until I see what the reception is like. I also set up an Optimum wifi account. I do receive Optimum wifi near the boat but not sure whether the speeds might be better or worse than the Y.C.
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MV Caprice - just sent you a pm.