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Product Review Summary: Works great with Macs I have several cameras from different vendors I use as part of a home security system. I'm using with Macs running OS X and wanted to comment on how these work with this setup.
The requirements for these cameras do not list OS X as an option, but they will work once you know a few things. First, the software that comes with the cameras for setup and monitoring IS only for windows. To use to OS X I did the following:
1. Connect an ethernet cable between the mac and camera and make sure your network settings are using ethernet.
2. Go to your web browser and enter the address [...]. This is the default address for this camera.
3. Enter "admin" with no password and you are now in the camera setup page.
4. I would then reset the admin password, enter any login accounts you want, set up the wireless login (works fine with Airport Extreme) and finally, I usually change the network setting on the camera to a default IP address. This is needed to make the camera easier to find. If you have a wireless setup with Airport Extreme, it is usually good to use something like 10.0.1.50. This will depend on your router settings though.
Once everything is setup and saved, you can unplug the ethernet cable and power the camera off and back on again. If all went well, you should be able to see the camera on your wireless network at the address you entered.
If you want to be able to record video, or trigger on motion, I would recommend a program like Evological's EvoCam. This is a nice program that works great with this camera.
I have used other lowend cameras like some of the Trendnets and found the image quality and low light better with the D-Link DCS920. None of these low cost cameras will work great with very little light though so keep that in mind if you intend to monitor a dark room etc. For that, you will need something with infrared which will cost more.
Product Review Summary: Satisfied Configuration was straight forward, I accessed the camera directly using its internal webserver. Once done, I updated the firmware and the camera worked fine.
What was challening was configuring the camera for viewing over the web. I'm using a Linksys WRT-150n router with dd-wrt firmware. To view over the web, I had to open the camera to the DMZ. Port forwarding did not seem to work no matter what port was opened. This presents a future problem if I want to run multiple cameras.
I only use this camera to view video over the web through IE. I am not using the included software at all. As such, I would recommend it.
Product Review Summary: Easy and practical The only downside is the image quality, it is not as sharp as I expected but it is fair enough. Nice product easy to install.
Product Review Summary: Not very recommended [...] Set-up for this cam, although seemingly simple, it's not. For some reasons certain selections can't be made (eg 24/7 economic rec - motion sensing). Why? Three of us have been racking our brains. All the system reg are met. But the dam configuration wizard will confirm our selection for 24/7 economic rec but when you reopen the wizrd the setting goes back to default. That's just one example. There's other issue. Caveat emptor. No instruction manual and the help button has no topics.
Product Review Summary: Easy to setup and good picture quality I also own the wired version, DCS-910, but wanted a 2nd camera for my vacation house. Since I did not want to run a long CAT5 cable, this was perfect. After a bit of difficulty in setting it up for viewing over the Internet from a remote location, it works great. Since there are no instructions on how to use it via the internet, but only for LAN use, I had to call D-link for support. This time, I did get a knowledgable person who helped me set the correct router virtual server settings. Last time, with the DCS-910, I was not so lucky and the person told me I could not have Dynamic Dns, without a router that has this feature - which was not true. Very Satisfied.
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