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« Reply #25 on: November 24, 2007, 05:39:52 PM » |
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Bob-
The direct url works fine in both XP and Vista. Nice picture. Good quality and pretty good frame rate.
Thanks for the confirmation. Now just have to figure out how to handle IP changes, since it appears that the DDNS services will not work with Vista (other the buying a dynamic IP from the cable company). |
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« Reply #26 on: November 24, 2007, 05:51:58 PM » |
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Bob-
The frame rate and response on your webcam are quite good. What kind of upload bandwidth do you have with your cable company? Does your cable company really change your IP address frequently? I did not bother paying extra for a static IP address and so far, I think I only have had one change in the last year or so.
I'm looking at getting an IP camera so I'm interested in your experience with setting yours up.
Lew
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« Reply #27 on: November 24, 2007, 06:29:08 PM » |
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Bob, it worked with the last IP, you are correect about the IP issue, you may need a static IP address. Have you tried using port forwarding (pinholes)? For example, my Toshiba WB11A is on a private IP address issued by my LinkSys router (it could be any router, wireless or not), and I simply tell my DSL router (Netopia) to forward any traffice on port 81 tomy LinkSys router which has a static internal address of 192.168.1.1, Then on my LinkSys I tell it to forward all port 81 traffic to the IP of my Toshiba cam which is hard coded to talk to the LinkSys at 192.168.0.100.
The ide is that you hard code the IP for the cam and tell it to use port 81 rather than 80, then forward all port 81 traffic trough your routers to the cam IP.
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« Reply #28 on: November 24, 2007, 07:43:04 PM » |
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Lew, To be perfectly honest, I couldn't tell you what my upload speed is or is supposed to be. Time Warner took over as our provider (from Adelphia) and I can't find anything that lists the provided speeds. I'm just happy the darned thing works most of the time. I have run web cams for quite some time and I must say, this is a totally different ball game. I just know I'm overlooking something stupid simple.  Bob |
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« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2007, 07:49:50 PM » |
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Rick,
Yeah, that is all set. Have been doing that for a long time with my other cams. Just can't figure out why it isn't working with services such as no-ip and such. Have been using them for years for my other cams, but the IP cam seems to want to play different. And I'd hate like heck to pay for a static IP from the cable company. They are way over priced IMHO.
Once I get this part of the puzzle working, then I have to get things showing on my web page. That is proving to be quite a chore also.
Bob
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« Reply #30 on: November 25, 2007, 01:28:54 PM » |
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Bob- In case you get curious about upload and download speeds, there is a website that will measure it for you ( www.speedtest.net) . I like this one because of the neat interface and because you can test it with servers all over the country. Lew |
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« Reply #32 on: November 25, 2007, 05:28:53 PM » |
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Thanks for the test site Lew. I like that one much better then the one I used to use.
Bob
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« Reply #33 on: November 25, 2007, 08:17:12 PM » |
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Bob, it looks like you got WebCamXP working! The pic looks great. The Toshiba's can just about see in the dark! I have to get my flagpole up, yours looks nice. The moon is rising tonight and is blinding my Toshiba WB11A:  That really is the moon! |
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« Reply #34 on: November 25, 2007, 09:42:37 PM » |
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Wow, better get out the dark glasses!   It looks brighter then it did last night. Yeah, finally got that working. What a pain. The docs don't tell you squat about the important little things. Just tons of trials and errors got it working. Now I can move onto the next step. Almost there!  By all means, gotta get the flagpole up and fly it proudly. I'm in the flag business, yet my pole is an old junky thing. It holds special memories though. Was the first pole I built for myself, many years ago, so I can't bear to get rid of it. |
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« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2008, 08:18:55 PM » |
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Racenet, just wondering how you like your cam so far. I have checked it out a bit, (probably the reason you changed the user settings last night )sorry, but could not resist playing with it to see what it could do. I am impressed with the night viewing and the clarity. I was wondering what the FPS is you have it set on. Seems like it runs about 1.5 FPS. Also, what speed of internet connection do you have? I noticed you posted that you checked out the Speedtest.net, but never posted what you speeds are. I am just curious since I know the Toshiba says 30 FPS is its max. Now if someone would make a camera with the night vision of the Toshiba, the PTZ speed of the Cannon, and the configurablity of the Sony, I would buy it in a heart beat. |
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« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2008, 10:34:10 PM » |
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Ah, so that was you poking around. Love the cam. Works very well as far as I'm concerned. It gets heavy use daily and keeps chugging along. A far cry above the stationary cam, that's for sure. The internet here sucks. The cam is only on a 10mbs leg, using a Belkin Powerline ethernet adaptor, on a network that is traffic heavy running 6 machines. All things considered, it runs well under those conditions. Bob |
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« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2008, 07:22:32 AM » |
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... Now if someone would make a camera with the night vision of the Toshiba, the PTZ speed of the Cannon, and the configurablity of the Sony, I would buy it in a heart beat.
That would indeed be sweet! |
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