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  • bjornhallbergB Offline
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    Speaking of battery powered cameras, there already are commercial products such as Arlo and Homeboy:
    http://www.cnet.com/products/netgear-arlo-smart-home-security-kit/
    http://www.cnet.com/products/homeboy/
    Not cheap enough, and battery times will surely vary depending on use, but they are a nice proof of concept.

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    • M Mickey

      @Moshe-Livne said:

      @Mickey how quickly do they boot up? might boot it when pir is triggered.

      I thought about it but openwrt is a full linux and it takes 15-20 seconds to boot up so it will be half a minute delay between trigger and response

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      @Mickey they are so small!!!!

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      • Moshe LivneM Moshe Livne

        @Mickey they are so small!!!!

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        @Moshe-Livne said:

        @Mickey they are so small!!!!

        what is so small?

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          the tiny 3g routers from aliexpress. just got one. do you happen to have the openwrt firmware pre-compiled?

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            which one exactly did you buy?

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              which one exactly did you buy?

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              @Mickey http://www.aliexpress.com/item/LYNEW-Portable-Mini-Wireless-wifi-Router-3G-4G-Hotspot-Wifi-Hotspot-support-3G-USB-modems/32257312139.html

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              • Moshe LivneM Moshe Livne

                @Mickey http://www.aliexpress.com/item/LYNEW-Portable-Mini-Wireless-wifi-Router-3G-4G-Hotspot-Wifi-Hotspot-support-3G-USB-modems/32257312139.html

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                @Moshe-Livne said:

                @Mickey http://www.aliexpress.com/item/LYNEW-Portable-Mini-Wireless-wifi-Router-3G-4G-Hotspot-Wifi-Hotspot-support-3G-USB-modems/32257312139.html

                start from here:
                http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/unbranded/a5-v11

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                  Been there.... just wasn't keen on compiling it. Oh well.

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                    • Moshe LivneM Moshe Livne

                      Been there.... just wasn't keen on compiling it. Oh well.

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                      @Moshe-Livne said:

                      Been there.... just wasn't keen on compiling it. Oh well.

                      https://github.com/sternlabs/RT5350F-cheap-router/tree/master/openwrt

                      http://www.digitalinferno.com/wiki/attach/Mini3G4GUSBRouterOpenWrtExternalUSB/openwrt-ramips-rt305x-a5-v11-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

                      https://www.digitalinferno.com/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Mini3G4GUSBRouterOpenWrtExternalUSB

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                        @Moshe-Livne said:

                        Been there.... just wasn't keen on compiling it. Oh well.

                        https://github.com/sternlabs/RT5350F-cheap-router/tree/master/openwrt

                        http://www.digitalinferno.com/wiki/attach/Mini3G4GUSBRouterOpenWrtExternalUSB/openwrt-ramips-rt305x-a5-v11-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

                        https://www.digitalinferno.com/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Mini3G4GUSBRouterOpenWrtExternalUSB

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                        @Mickey Thanks. will give it a try!

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