Cisco-Linksys WVC54GCA Webcam 640x480 802.11G Wireless Internet Home Monitoring Camera
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Manufacturer: CISCO SYSTEMS - ENTERPRISEAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: WVC54GCA
Product features:
- Product Type - Wireless Internet Camera
- Dimensions WxDxH - 3.54" x 1.46" x 4.02"
- Weight - 0.29 lb.
- Supports enhanced MPEG-4 and MPEG compression
- View video from your Wireless-G or wired ethernet network
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Customer Review: This is a great camera - even on an all Mac System
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this having had a little experience setting up a Panasonic webcam. With that bit of knowledge, I was able to set this up in 10-15 minutes. I have use OS X and an Airport Extreme router. To set up this camera with a Mac - you will not be able to use the software disc that comes with the camera (unless you have Windows on you system - I have too much pride for that).
The basic setup is to plug in the camera to the router with the Cat 5 cable. Now the trick is to find out what address the router gave to the camera. Look on the back of the camera to find the MAC address. Now open Airport Utility>Manual Setup>Advanced>Logging &SNMP>Logs&Statistics>DHCP Clients. Now you see a list of IP addresses and MAC addresses. Look for the Mac address that matches the sticker on the back of your camera. That is the IP address for your camera.
Now you type 'http://' followed by the IP address of your camera into your browser. You will find the camera and use 'admin' for both the user name and password. Now you can set it up as you would like. I set up my camera wireless, made it a static IP address, and gave it a unique port, gave it a new new name and password. Then I set up Port forwarding on my router (this is only if you want to be able to see it from the internet & requires more set up). I unplugged it and disconnected the ethernet athen plugged it into the power and it works great wirelessly.
The video is what I would expect from a 640 resolution camera. There is a reason this camera is inexpensive - but it suits my home monitoring needs just fine.
Like the Panasonic, I do not get sound using a Mac - I think you have to have ActiveX on Internet Explorer - but I didnt need sound. It would be nice for those who do to be able to get it with out having to use Microsoft products.
The mount for this camera is better than what both of the Panasonic units I have.
This camera doesnt have a buffer like the panasonic. But the memory in the panasonic is so small it is almost useless.
This camera overall is a great value -under [...] for a wifi camera? that is a bargain.
You do need a little technical knowledge or the desire to try to get any of these cameras set up. These thing are still not Plug n Play - but if you can tinker with the settings of your computer a little, you can set this up. From what I've read, the software that come with these for the Windows side does not always work - and you still need to tinker with the settings. My wife and mother could never figure out how to set this up. They can do email, facebook, etc, but dont go beyond that. If that is you - don't buy this camera, or plan on having someone help you.
Good Luck.
add more setup below
WVC54GCA Setup instructions
Plug in.
Press and hold reset button
Plug into router via Ethernet cable
Look and see what MAC address is written on the back of the camera.
Open airport utility
Go Manual -' Advanced -' Logs and Statistics ' DHCP Clients
Look for the MAC of camera and see what IP it is matched to. - Write both down.
Go to Internet ' DHCP
Click on + for DHCP Reservations
Give Camera a name, Select MAC. click OK.
Type in MAC and IP address as written down above.
Hit Update
Go to Camera - set it up
Basic - Give camera a name. Choose time zone. Network setting - choose fixed IP address. Set it to the IP above. Wireless Setting: enter your WiFi name for the SSID (like in your Airport). Enter the password and the security type. Hit Apply.
Change the login name and password in Administration and apply
Go to users and change to only users in database (unless it is public).
Port forwarding
(Need to set up Dynamic DNS or know your IP address-it changes with many internet services.)
This will allow access from the internet to the camera though the router.
Go to camera's site (IP) address.
Click Setup ' Options ' Alternate Web Port Access ' Enable ' Apply
Make note of the Port number and the RTP data port (1024 and 5000)
Now go to Airport Utility
Advanced ' Port Mapping ' click +
Choose Public Ports (Public 5000,82 work) May need different ones if another camera is active.
Choose Private Ports (match what is in camera above (1024,5000)).
Put in IP of camera
Click Ok
Name Camera again
Click Update.
Now go to your dyndns website ***.com:82 (e.g.[...]) (82 is your port). Or your IP:82 (e.g.[...])
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Description of Cisco-Linksys WVC54GCA Webcam 640x480 802.11G Wireless Internet Home Monitoring Camera
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. 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. Choose either MPEG-4 or Motion JPEG video compression for a high-quality, high-framerate, up to 640x480 video stream.Digital Cameras and Photo Categories
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