security camera without service or a router?

[Root Cause]

Reason for needing connectivity for the camera? Why an issue?

Do you go to the site every few days?

I have been there working every week but there is nothing pressing now and winter is setting in. If we have a bad winter, I may not go for 2 months with this camera working so well.

Should a tree fall and knock a hole in my metal building, I would want to know that sooner rather than later.

If someone should steal something the odds of getting it back are much greater if I can show a license plate number, a date stamp, and call 911 the day of instead of, "it happened sometime in January."

If someone breaks into the building or takes the camera, I have pictures on my phone. If I have to retrieve the memory card in the camera, it defeats almost every reason for having one-mainly saving time and money on trips just to check out the place.

 

[Doughknob]

OK, yep, if you don't go there regularly to check, even a locally recorded setup won't work. Neighbors close?

 

[Root Cause]

Really just 1 full-time neighbor past me on a dead-end road. Three more come on weekends or holidays. I have another who is also building a home so there is more traffic with random workers coming and going with some frequency.

I am not really concerned if a neighbor comes to look out of curiosity either. I am more concerned about mother nature than anything else and I am curious about what wildlife is close by.

 

[LouNY]

It looks like you have it covered, but here is another way to go;
Arlo Go 2 Wireless Security Camera with LTE & Wi-Fi Connectivity | Arlo

 

[Root Cause]

That lo

It looks like you have it covered, but here is another way to go;
Arlo Go 2 Wireless Security Camera with LTE & Wi-Fi Connectivity | Arlo

That is an interesting option and I did look at it.
For someone who wants those added features, it looks like a great find. For my purposes, the additional features didn't warrant the additional cost. But for anyone who reads this in the future, it may be just what they need. Thanks for posting.

 

[PILOON]

My daughter's chalet is close by and she installed a system that sends to her cellphone.
A few times now I will get a call asking me to check out intruders.
(she was extensively hit 2 years ago. Their insurance claim was over $5K.)
Also they now have a well anchored HD chain across the drive.

The next few weeks are 'open season' on cottages around here.

 

[Root Cause]

Sorry to hear that. I had a car ransacked years ago.

I once read that what we say in an argument is never remembered but how someone else made us feel is never forgotten. I think being robbed is kind of the same way. I couldn't tell you what they took but I remember feeling violated and angry.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Every self respecting red neck down here has a motion activated game camera that sends them a text when there is something in the hog trap. Live feed.

 

[Oaktree]

The next few weeks are 'open season' on cottages around here.

My sister had a camp in the boonies in northern Vt. We were in the area one time & I thought I'd show my wife where it was. We found the door unlocked and evidence that someone had been squatting there (though no one was there when we came by). I locked the place up and let her know.
Not sure why she bought the place, they almost never went there. Ended up selling it at a loss.

This was maybe 15 years ago before cell cams existed. Don't think there's service there anyway, definitely not back then.

 

[Oaktree]

Every self respecting red neck down here has a motion activated game camera that sends them a text when there is something in the hog trap. Live feed.

Can those be set up to send an email instead for us luddites who don't have smartphones?