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So here is my situation. I am setting up a surveillance camera system in my home. I have 3 runs that I have coax and power line run two. The rest are inside Cat5E jacks. So I will be using a combination. In the past for business's I have worked with AXIS camera station. So I know I could get a AXIS network video server for the 3 coax runs, then the video server converts to IP and sends to computer where the computer will pick up the rest of the IP cameras. However that option is VERY expensive.

I am trying to do this for a reasonable cost. I have seen the PC cards to plug into a computer, and it has 4 bnc connectors for the coax run cameras. But then what do I do with the IP cameras? I would like to monitor all from the same software, have access to monitor from outside of the home and storage to go to a external hard drive.

Do I go the above route and try to purchase a IP to coax converter? Those are expensive though as well from what I have found so far.

So that is my situation. What would you do or recommend?

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Shopping questions are off topic as per the FAQ. – Wuffers Mar 27 '11 at 1:59
Wasn't so much a shopping question as a configuration question. It was directed as what is the best way to configure it to work together with a reasonable cost. Not what actual specific brand, model, etc.... – jherlitz Mar 27 '11 at 22:34
You are talking about what hardware you should purchase, so it is a shopping question. – Wuffers Mar 27 '11 at 22:35
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closed as off topic by Wuffers, Kyle, Sathya♦ Mar 27 '11 at 3:48

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