Security system setup for a business...quick question

[Zipp]

I'm going to set up a security system for some ones business so they can monitor live video from home. It will be my first time doing something like this and the setup is going to be like 8 camera's going into a PC that will have 2 four channel DVR cards(<--something like these)with a couple really large hard drives for constant recording.

Now if the person wants to view the live video from home, I'm sure it's best that she has broadband.

My question is: Does there need to be a broadband connection at the business as well in order to get quality video?.....or will a business "dial up" connection be sufficient(static ip of course)

She was told a dial up connection was all she needed and I was kind of skeptical of that.

 

[AFB]

Both shold have broadband. See if they can get DSL or cable.

 

[FoBoT]

don't try to transfer the video from the business site to her home, set her up to remote desktop into the box recording the video

 

[Zipp]

My goal was to just have her have to log in on her home PC with the software supplied to view the cams and at the same time the PC at the business would be recording the video constantly to a hard drive so she can access if ever needed...Like 5 or 6 days worth of video........... if thats what you mean Fobot.

Like I stated,this whole thing will be trial and error for me but I think I can do it....Probably digging myself into a deep hole. 😀

Thanks for the speedy reponses.

 

[FoBoT]

so the cams come with software to allow you to connect to them over the internet directly?

hmmm, still might be faster to remote into the local box

you can setup both and see which gives better performance/usability

 

[jonmullen]

the buisness side is going to be the bottleneck anyway since even with both on cable or dsl it wont be able to upload as fast as the house could download.

 

[Bootprint]

How many frames per second do you plan on recording.

 

[Zipp]

so the cams come with software to allow you to connect to them over the internet directly?

hmmm, still might be faster to remote into the local box

you can setup both and see which gives better performance/usability ?

I'm petty sure that there is software for it Fobot. I found this sitethat I'll be looking into as well to get me going.They sell cards too.


I think 15 fps would be good target to shoot for Bootprint...I guess....As long as she can get a half decent shot of whats going on.