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Difficult Install - Great once it is setup. September 7, 2010 David H (NJ) I read most or all recent reviews before purchasing this product so I was well aware of the difficulty in the installation. It was, but with help from tech support camera is fine now. I purchased 2 of these here at Amazon for $65ea and installed one in back and other in front of my home.
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br /Pros. Watch from anywhere you have internet access.
br / Reasonably good picture.
br / Blinking LED in front of camera can be on or off.
br / Motion detection/eMail notification.
br / Great techinical support.
br / PEACE OF MIND - Knowing I can call my local Police at a moments notice.
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br /Cons. Difficult to install and setup.
br / Not for outdoor/night time use unless brightly lit.
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br /Overall, I am very satisfied.
Very good camera for the price. August 27, 2010 E. Williams (NYC) Pros: decent motion capture trigger, web interface is pretty good. Mounting system is pretty flexible and works well.
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br /Cons: Locks up about once a day. Default webserver requires active-x or JRE to enable streaming video, but MJPG is available (see below).
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br /The solution to that is to plug it in to an outlet timer that cycles the power once a day. With that, works well.
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br /tips:
br /Configuring wireless: when setting up wireless, make sure "upnp" is checked. If your router doesn't support that, make sure to open the port manually, or you likely will not be able to connect to the camera wirelessly.
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br /Accessing from non IE browsers: you probably won't be able to access real-time video on non-IE browsers unless you have JRE installed on your device. To get around that limitation, use this URL: //server:port/cgi/mjpg/mjpg.cgi
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br /Overall: very powerful device that has a few quirks.
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Easy to setup and work great... August 21, 2010 S. Charney (Paris, TX) I purchased two of these recently. I was a little skeptical, but after reading all the reviews, couldn't pass up on the price. We've been wanted to setup a wireless security system for some time, so finally broke down and purchased these. The setup via the installation CD makes getting them on your home wireless network a breeze. The setup for remote viewing was a little more complex, but once I found a TRENDnet DIY setup on YouTube, life was a breeze. They went step by step on how to setup the remote viewing.
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br /From start to finish, all setup and running in about two hours. That included the time looking online for how to do the remote viewing. The SecurView software is great, as you can watch up to 16 cameras live. Works great with two cameras. Does bog down my PC a bit if I want to multi-task, but if all I'm watching is the cameras, it works great.
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br /Great product, plan to buy more TrendNet Cameras to complete the system.
Stops after a few days, needs to be rebooted August 12, 2010 Manoj Nair (Boulder) Bought this camera to take pictures of my back yard, while we were away for a 6-weeks long vacation. The setup was OK, the wireless is bit tricky, especially if your internet is encrypted. The pictures are OK... The motion detection is software based and can trigger large number of emails and flood your inbox. I fixed it on my outer-wall. I didn't use the software came along with it.. All the setup can be done with IE (not Firefox !). After 2-3 days, I stopped getting emails !!. Found that that it needs to be rebooted after 2-3 days :-(.. Which makes this completely useless. Also, it wouldn't support any SSL/encrypted smtp servers - which will exclude most of the popular email providers (only for sending, not receiving). I tried with an email server which didn't require encryption.. But I noticed a lot of spam messages originating from my address shortly afterwords :-) . be careful when sending the user name and password unencrypted. The dynamic dns service works, but it is useless if it is behind a DSL router (It detect the IP changes from router, not the ISP provider).
Love the quality. Wish it had Mac Software. August 6, 2010 jimmy Quality is great for the price. It takes a little extra know how to setup with OS X since it doesn't have a quick installer. I'm going to purchase a few more. Cam Viewer works great with iPhone 4.
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