Backup and Side View Cameras - Network IP Cam

lynndiwagon wrote:
They work fine, with some slight limitations. I purchased a used wifi router at a garage sale and set up a LAN (without internet connection) within the rig. Mounted a bullet style, outdoor IP camera on the back. Great picture, great night vision and was able to record motion video to an old laptop. It didn't work so well for viewing rear traffic while rolling down the road due to delay in camera circuitry, too much lag. The camera I used couldn't keep up with the rapid change in motion. Fun and pretty inexpensive to play with,

We have a huge solar array, two large inverters in parallel and lithium batteries. Power remains on while towing. Therefore, our WiFi Ranger is on giving us a large WiFi range strong enough to reach the truck. We also have a Mac mini with software capable of recording and multiplexing the cemeras together. So we absolutely have a similair setup to what you have. WiFi signal is critical obviously otherwise frame rate and studdering video will occur. Some cheaper WiFi cameras have issues with quick movement. I’ve found armrest to be one of the better cameras in this department.

I’ll definately have something to demo on YouTube in the next few weeks or so as we leave Arizona and head to yosimite.