TRENDnet Wireless Internet Camera Server ( TV-IP100W Version C1)
Trendnet's TV-IP100W Wireless Internet Camera Server is the perfect device for remote monitoring and transmitting real-time events over the Internet. With the flexibility of IEEE 802.11b/g and 10/100Mbps LAN connectivity, the TV-IP100W functions as a video/surveillance camera allowing you to view live events with your web browser via Internet. This Internet Camera Server has VGA quality streaming video, automatic image capture and event notification via e-mail, making it the ideal solution for Internet video broadcasting applications. Mirror Feature and Anti-Flicker for more flexible Monitoring Allows for Remote Access from Web Browser for Live Image Viewing Supports TCP/IP networking, SMTP e-mail, HTTP and other Internet related protocols Supports Web configuration with password protection Powerful Windows IPView Application Software for multiple cameras monitoring, image capturing and video recording (Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP) Broad Range of Applications for Monitoring Homes, Offices, Banks, Hospitals and a Variety of Private and Public Monitoring Frame Rate - 30fps at QCIF, 25fps at CIF, 10fps at VGA Frequency - 2.4 - 2.4835GHz Antenna Detachable - 2dBi Diversity Antenna (Reverse SMA Connector) Encryption - 64/128 WEP, WPA-PSK Hardware Specifications - CPU RDC R2880, 8Mbytes RAM/Flash 2Mbytes ROM and OS RTOS Requirements - 128MB Memory, Pentium III, 266MHz or above, 800 x 600 or above VGA card resolution, Browser IE 5.0 or Netscape 6.0 or above, Application IPView Software, Windows 98SE, ME, NT4, 2000, XP Dimension - 7.7 x 3.5 x 2 (195x90x50mm) / Height 4.7 (120mm) with stand Weight - 9.8 ounces (277 grams)
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TRENDnet Wireless Internet Camera Server ( TV-IP100W Version C1) Reviews
http://www.bmattison.com/videos.htm The ftp setup was a little tricky. Camera works great in daylight, but poorly at night. pictures to a website. For the price it is a very good wireless web cam for adding.
This camera is working great for me. I don't know why. I've got it set up inside as a turtle cam. The only problem I'm having so far is that I have to now reboot my wireless router after every power outage. I had to change the default IP address in the setup and then setup went smoothly.
Documentation is the biggest weak spot. Construction is plastic but fairly well put together. Form factor is good - about the size of a 'real' camera. The picture quality is decent. The camera has definitely worked well for my needs. It took very little time getting it onto the wireless network and configuring it to upload pictures periodically to an ftp server (sorry, no SFTP or SCP). Given the price, my expectations were not very high but this camera has really surprised me. Configuration was relatively simple.
I recently bought this camera based on the price and reasonable reviews. but nothing worked the camera would not upload any pictures. After finally getting it working, I can see the reviews pretty much reflect the user experience: either the end user is relatively knowledgeable about routers and/or their configuration is straightforward, in which case the rating is high, or they get frustrated and give up because they can't get the configuration to work, for any variety of reasons, in which case the rating is low. Over the course of the next hour or so, it appeared as though everything was working I could see the camera functioning, and was able to set various camera parameters (FTP & email server, upload schedule, etc). On the camera, I had to put in the DNS IPs (copied from the Linksys status page, which are assigned by your ISP), the wireless security information (WEP key from the router), and FTP and email information (also provided by your ISP). I am no network expert by any means, but I love experimenting (that is, until I tried setting this thing up). If I could figure out how to make it stream, that would make it a real winner.
Once the setup was complete, I successfully tested the upload by FTP and email, both worked fine. The view and image quality of the camera is exactly as others have described: limited (narrow angle) view, pretty good in daylight, poor in low light conditions. Truth be told, just like PCs, there are so many possible combinations of network/router/ISP that it would be pretty challenging to make the setup bulletproof. Of course, there were a few other router and camera parameters I had set meantime, which probably needed also to be done, namely to port forward the FTP port (21), email (25) and alternate http (I set it to 1024, but I think the default 81 would be fine too), all these are under Applications & Gaming | Port Range Forward. Thus, I changed the camera's IP to 192.168.1.20, and returned the WRT54GS to 192.168.1.1, and the FTP and email started working. In any case, let me briefly describe my setup experience, and then I'll explain my overall rating of good (3 stars).
I then tried calling Trendnet tech support; they answered within 2 minutes (this was around 10 PM at night) but despite being friendly, they essentially read me the info out of the manual, which was of no use. The camera comes configured with a static IP of 192.168.0.20; for this to work properly, the camera and router have to be on the same subnet, so I went into my router configuration utility and changed its IP from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 this turned out to be a big mistake. However for the price, I feel this is a fair trade-off, and rate it good, especially at the $100 price point. I plugged the camera into my Linksys WRT54GS router with an ethernet cable (as recommended) in order to configure the camera. Frustrated, I did some Googling, and came across an epinions review, which led me to the solution: the router does not like to be on the x.x.0.x subnet.
I mounted it on the front of my house in a Security Labs SLH-320 Weatherproof Camera Housing and monitor it using SecuritySpy Software (http://www.securityspy.com/) from my Macintosh. I had it up and running in minutes. It even allows me to view it remotely from any browser, even from my iPhone. I love how easy the TRENDnet Wireless Internet Camera Server ( TV-IP100W Version C1) was to setup. I even hooked it up using EvoCam (http://www.evological.com) with no problems.
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