Re: IP cameras on ring topology, not star

[Pat Coghlan <info@xxxxxxxxxx>]

G. Morgan wrote:
> On Tue, 02 May 2006 03:41:16 GMT, Matt Ion <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> That's a possibility as well, but you'd need a modulator for each
>> camera, each putting signal on a different channel.  The "cheap" ones
>> only work on channels 3 and 4; the ones that give you a wider option of
>> higher channels (like this one:
>> http://www.rpelectronics.com/English/Content/Items/H541.asp) are more in
>> the range of $300.  Each.  I guess if cost is no object, the $30,000
>> worth of modulators is a viable option...
>
>
> That might work for fixed cameras, but what if some are PTZ's?
>
> I wonder where the client got the idea wireless is not secure?  The US
> Government uses encrypted 802.11a for at least one Homeland Security
> application that I personally worked on.

The person in charge of the project told me he was not keen on going
wireless.

Personally, I would consider it.

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-Pat