 |   Publisher : Linksys Company : Cisco List Price: Our Price: $147.99 Used Price : $109.95 |
Features
- Sends high-quality live video to your network wirelessly -- viewable from Windows PCs anywhere
- Built-in stand-alone web server, no PC necessary
- Security Mode automatically sends email alerts with video clips upon motion detection
- Supports up to four simultaneous remote users
- Compact design
Product Description
The Linksys Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera sends live video through the Internet to a web browser anywhere in the world! This compact, self-contained unit lets you keep track of your home, your kids, your workplace -- whatever's important to you. Unlike standard "web cams" that require an attached PC, the Internet Video Camera contains its own web server, so it can connect directly to a network, either over Wireless-G (802.11g) networking, or over 10/100 Ethernet cable. The advanced MPEG-4 video compression produces a high-quality, high-framerate, up to 320x240 video stream. The Compact Internet Video Camera's unique form-factor and wireless connectivity allows you to mount it on a wall nearly anywhere, or slip it into its included stand for desktop use. Once it's connected to your home network, you can "see what it sees" from any Windows-based PC in the house, while the video stream is secured from the outside world, hidden behind your Router. If you want the video to be visible from outside your home network, you can open an appropriate port on the Router, and then create password protected accounts to manage access to the camera, or leave it wide open for the world to see. The SoloLink domain service (trial sign-up included) lets you access your camera using an easy-to-remember "name", even if your home Internet connection uses a dynamic IP address. You can also turn on Security Mode, which tells the camera to send a message with a short video attached to up to three email addresses whenever it detects motion in its field of view. You can then log onto the live video stream if the situation warrants. The included Viewer & Recorder utility lets you record the audio/video stream to your local hard drive, "live" or on a predetermined schedule.SimilarProduct
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Customer reviews
HOW TO VIEW THE VIDEO UNDER MAC OS !!! 
by .. Sergio Couttolenc Valdes (Webster, NY)
this is very easy, just write the camera's IP address, add /img/video.asf and thats all !! works great with VLC for Mac OS !!... example: if your camera is on 192.168.1.101, then use whatever video program like quicktime, VLC, windows media...etc and open the following address: 192.168.1.101:1024/img/video.asf
note: the 1024 is the open port for the camera.
Good for the price. Excellent for what it is. by .. Seether106 (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
I received mine last Friday. Wireless works great, but it also has a wired jack, which you use to set it up, which worked my first try. Wireless works great. Power cord is about 6ft long which securely snaps onto the back of the camera. Unplug it move it another room and its back up in a few seconds.
It does need a lot of light. The exposures settings don't seem make a lot of difference. No audio. The streaming video is decent. You can change the size, and quality to affect bandwidth.
Built-in web server: This lets you view from anywhere just by typing in the ip address in your browser. You can also set it to send an email alert if it detects movement. The alert is sent via SMTP so you need an account that can do pop3. It can send just a text message or a video from 1-5 seconds, (about 700kb for 5sec in .asf format) no still images. Quality isn't bad, about the same as a cheap USB camera. You can create userid's/passwords or leave it wide open for the world to see. Time stamp and screen title are optional. It will let you snap stills from the camera while you're watching it in your browser. Built in sololink dynamic DNS service if you want it, with 90 day free trial included. Not sure of the cost after that.
The software included lets you view multiple cameras if you have them at the same time. Unlike the limited options on the built-in web server, you can schedule multiple recordings and schedule multiple motion detection time frames.
There is a led on the front of the camera that will tell you if it's on or blink if it's looking for the network. It doesn't indicate if someone is watching the camera.
Make no mistake, this is a kind of a low end camera, but I don't think you can't beat the features it has for the price. I give it 5 stars, based on the cost, features and ease of use.
So, if you want to keep an eye on your pet or have a simple security system, it's for you. If you looking for more (audio, pan/tilt/zoom, outdoor, high quality) spend more and get something better.
Not bad at all for the price by .. Fshad ()
For the price, this camera works pretty darn well. My router/office is at the end of the house furthest from the front on the first floor, and I wanted a camera on the second floor up front to view my front lawn for when people come and I don't hear the bell and for the damn annoying neighbors that mess with my things (watching to see who is going to mess with my garbage cans as I write this)... and it is working GREAT! The refresh rate at 640x480 is far bettern than I had expected.
The picture looks pretty good but while I can see individual leaves on trees, I can understand why one would have a hard time recognizing someone's face unless you knew them, not the clearest/sharpest picture, but certainly good enough to see what is going on.
It is also true that as soon as it starts to get dark, and I mean just starts to, the camera becomes useless. I have also not found any other way of viewing the camera's output than through the ActiveX component (but I haven't tried too hard yet either).
However configuring the camera was very easy. You connect it using the wired network port (you can connect this camera wired or wireless, which I think is something they fail to advertise enough), you go to the 192.something.something.x site of the camera, tell it to use DHCP, change it's IP address, set up your wireless setting and WAP, and you are set. You can unplug the camera from the network and power (it retains the settings) and you are set.
I have it hanging upside down from the ceiling of my window using a magnet. Pretty light.
So if you are looking to recognize people's faces from across the street, this isn't for you. If you just want to see that there are people across the street, then it is great. I got more than I expected. Well worth the money. Guess it is all in what you expect ;)
Wireless Camera by .. Ev ()
Camera works nice. The only complaint I have is we had to e-mail several times to get the camera working wireless and remote computer access. The customer service was wonderful and quickly replied with instructions to make both these items work, but I think those instructions should of been included with the manual. I saw lots of discussion on the site from other customers that had the same problems.
I really like it by .. K. Hagy (Columbus, Ohio USA)
Great for the price. Easy to use. I can check multiple cameras from anywhere in the world. You do NOT need to subscribe to any service to access the camera. I am enjoying it.