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To follow up on my original post, and hoping others might follow suit... Here is what my installation process looked like.

The box that I used from Home Depot, linked in my original post.




I shaved off the external tabs and then painted them to more closely match the brickwork they were going to be mounted to.




Close up of the box. (I removed the gasket prior to painting)




I had to use different screws than what were supplied. The cameras come with small screws and plastic anchors that look like they're meant for drywall, and not really outdoor applications.
I used what were essentially self-tapping metal screws.




I wrapped the back of the screws to prevent the cables from getting pierced and to act ever-so-slightly as a retainer.




I then mounted the boxes up on the house. I initially planned on using Tapcon screws, but ended up using big steel screws. They actually worked better in the pilot holes in the brick. (Previous to mounting the boxes, I drilled a hole in the top channel area to feed the ethernet cable.




It got a wee bit tricky at this point. I had to drill my hole to the inside of the garage and run the open ethernet cable through the hole, and then into the hole in the box. Only then could I crimp the RJ45 connector on to the cable. This was the slightly harder way of doing it because I didn't want to drill a hold large enough for the RJ45 cable to passthrough. My intent is to keep the box as weathertight as possible. Smaller hole; smaller area to seal. (I didn't get any pictures of this step.) Once that was done, I had to connect the entire cap/camera assembly, and then wind up those cables so I could screw the cap on. This was also kinda tricky to keep the gasket in place and not pinch the bundle of wires that wanted to push out from the inside. I plan on going back and spray painting the cable at some point. (Of course, masking off the wall behind it, and the front of the camera...just in case!)





Lastly, is the POE switch that I mounted in the top corner of my garage. There's very little extra wiring between it and the cameras. The switch then feeds back down to a hole going into my basement where it plugs into the primary router.

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