I got an airlink101 wireless camera at home for similar purposes. I got it at Fry's for about $100. http://www.airlink101.com/products/internet_camera_chart.php
looking quickly doesn't look like only one of them supports PoE.... Geoff Kurt Buff wrote: > I thought about that, but a couple of things militate against it: the > server room is buried in the middle of the building, and I don't want > the signal on the production network - I'm going to place the cams > outside of our firewall. > > Kurt > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 13:35, Eric Kahklen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Have you looked at any of the wireless webcams? I haven't used one >> personally. It might be overkill, but my brother got a nice camera setup >> from Costco for monitoring his building. >> >> Eric >> On Dec 11, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> >>> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:43, Brian Lane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/11/09 10:22 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: >>>> >>>>> All, >>>>> >>>>> I have been tasked with making a recommendation for a web cam that >>>>> will monitor the parking lot at $WORK, for weather purposes, not >>>>> surveillance - some folks want to be able to check on snow >>>>> accumulation before leaving the house. Thus, I don't need to do TPZ or >>>>> stream video, but do need a picture of the parking lot around once a >>>>> minute or so. Don't need sound, either. >>>>> >>>> They do more than you need, but I really like the Axis IP cameras. They >>>> have models that do PoE. you can grab an image off them with a cronjob >>>> and post it to a webpage someplace for coworkers to check. >>>> >>>> And they run Linux :) >>>> >>>> Brian >>>> >>> Heh. Linux is good... >>> >>> But, they're really expensive. Definitely overkill. If we were doing >>> surveillance, I'd vote for them in a heartbeat. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >> -- >> Eric Kahklen >> [email protected] >> 206-595-2934 >> >> >>
