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With a directional WiFi extender, do I need one for each corner? The solar cameras look promising, I just need a signal. We are looking at 300-400 feet to each corner.
Maybe solar game cameras?
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I have Covert game cameras, I hooked each of them to little $25 Amazon solar panels. They are all still on the original batteries taking from 50-300 pictures a day everyday for 2+ years.
The three cameras cost $60/quarter subscription(over the price of the camera).
I have each take a photo every 30 minutes at staggard times so about every 10 minutes I get a photo from one of them to catch things the motion sensors don't. The cameras cover each other.
I didn't need them looking at every corner of my land. It's fenced and gated. I just wanted them watching the house and drive so illegals or methheads or whatever didn't move in.
These photos get sent to my phone, you can get email alerts but that would get super annoying from all the false shit game cams trigger on. I just check the app daily and review all the photos.
Now that I live here it isn't as important. I'm on a hill and can see pretty much all my land including my gate at the end of my driveway.
I did this setup originally because I lived 1000 miles away and there was no power or Internet here. This was the simplest solution, it worked flawlessly for over 2 years and is still working.
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It isn't something I would do for a place I currently lived that had electricity and a way to get wifi, internet etc. The cameras were about $360 each with housings a solar panel setups plus the, $20/month subscription.
For that price there has to be a better wireless setup.