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Simple camera without 3rd party apps or accounts (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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Partly because of your help, I now have a pretty decent HA set-up with lights and motion sensors. I was wondering if I could again pick your brain/ experience with the next step I need to take: add a camera.

A few days ago I bought a TAPO camera, and to my disappointment it was practically impossible to get it working without an app + account. Luckily I could return it.

I now want to avoid making the same mistake šŸ˜¬ And I would love to hear how you approached this.

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[ā€“] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Iā€™m happy with Reolink, but I keep them entirely isolated. Only allowing traffic in (ha to the camera) NTP to my firewall. The plugin for HA seems pretty good.

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  • [ā€“] 4 points 1 year ago

    I did the same except I did the lazy way for idiots: added a cheap USB network adapter to Home Assistant and connected that to a separate network switch. Reolink cameras have been rock solid and haven't complained about being air gapped from the internet.

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