Yeah, those things can be a pain. I even bought some third party camera software and it too was flaky. You can access the cams via http though and then capture the picture, if you were so inclined.
Speaking of internet, I'm moving from HughesNet satellite to a dsl line next week and I'll be able to move pics up to my web server. The satellite's fair use policy is too freaky for me. My internet connection slowed to a crawl the other day, so I reset the routers several times and it didn't get any better. I went up to the hughes website to see my usage and it showed no activation of the "fair use" policy all month (FUP is when you download too much data, they throttle you way back). I had only downloaded around 100 meg for the day, and it was after 6pm. I knew things were about to get interesting because I placed a call to the guy in Bombay (outsourced tech support). Hello and thank you for calling HughesNet. My name is Ramishhkaeyser;aldjafy, you may call be Bob. (I'm thinking I'll probably be calling you lots of things before this is resolved). Well, he was very nice, but not helpful. His final determination was that I had kicked in the ALMOST FUP. I said "say what?" He said, "yes, it appears that from your usage, it looks like you MIGHT download a lot of data." I thought, damn, minority report is here! Sose, now I'm getting, shall we say, "energized." I asked to speak to his manager or anyone who had the power to un-FUP me. He puts me on hold, then after a few minutes he comes back and says he can't find anyone.... DSL will be installed next week. JH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Davies Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NF] Backups Backups Backups > I've toying with the idea of a security camera in my home that I > could access from anywhere on the web. Hi, pmfji - I set up a linksys camera to do this - setup was the usual game of guessing what the manual meant to say, but I managed it eventually (be sure to set up security on the camera and if you're using a wireless router on that as well). Remote access worked OK but relies on an Activex being loaded wherever you want to access from (you can download it from your/ their website or I used a memory stick). There was also a remote viewer program that was a bit flaky. The big disappontment was the motion detection software, it reacted to changes of light levels e.g from cars passing nearby - my email was swamped and I had to turn off the camera - but it still sent me empty emails from time to time! Andrew Davies MBCS CITP - AndyD 8-)# _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
