I started down the path of looking at using video surveillance. Looked at lots of systems. Using my laptop, I measured out how far my Wifi would work and got serious about designing a system. And I also started bending the ear of the loss-prevention guy we had at work. He use to work for Las Vegas Casinos He must have gotten frustrated with me because at one point he just asked me, "Why do you want a Video Surveillance System?" And I replied, "Cause I don't want people stealing stuff or breaking into my house while I'm gone." His comeback was interesting. "Do you want to prevent that in the first place, or do you want to later catch the perp? Because these are two entirely different things for your situation, living out in the area you live. Figure that out before you ask me any more questions." Really what he was saying was that, what he did, in a commercial setting, in side the city limits, with a City Police Force, made sense to record for both the reasons of Deterrence and Prosecution: In rural areas, County Level, there is no real follow through on property crime. So I did think about it. I really just wanted to prevent someone from stealing stuff or breaking in to my property while we were gone. Following through with finding the "perp" became secondary. We have a dog, -some Vets swear on using geese as early warning-, and we have other measures to deploy, if we are at home. So I invited this Loss-Prevention person to a free lunch if I could pick his brain. What he said in that session was very interesting. He mainly said that all property crimes in my area was due to "Tweakers." Tweakers are people hooked on Meth, and that they have a very short attention span. So you have to tell them they are being watched/recorded with signage postings, and then you have to remind them that they are being watched with more postings. One sign isn't enough. And real time video on your property only, is a waste of money. Tweakers don't care, they will walk right into the camera, cause they are someplace else being high anyway. You warn them, and then remind them as they start their venture, then they get to thinking a little and back off. Its a psychological, two gate system. This is the Prevention part. The Prosecution part, is that most of the fake cheap Wifi cameras, though some of them are real, are backed up with battery powered, hidden Trail-Cams that point to the area of the fake Wifi Cameras. And that is where we have the warning reminder signs. I never wanted to live in a gated community. Yet sometimes..... I get weak. And think of this as a complete solution.