TL;DR; I made a Unifi camera work at my gate using solar power and long range WiFi. Also read my initial setup, and expansion with UDM-PRO and cameras to get the background.
First version of my solar powered @ubnt gate camera project. Outdoor rated cables and some tidy up still to be done. Write-up coming soon. ๐กโ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/lUc3fMf8WY
โ Lars Klint ๐ณ๐๐ (@larsklint) June 2, 2020
Okay, I know. This networking exercise of my farm in country Australia has gone a bit further than I had planned, expected and anticipated. However, I am having a ton of fun with it, learning about active and passive PoE, NAS type hard drives, antenna radio patterns and so much more. It kinda blows my mind ๐คฏ how much there is to it. Soooo, why not add some complexity to the whole thing and add a camera at my gate. Where there is no power. Or network. Continue Reading