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I'm using IP Cam View Lite (for now and only connecting locally). I use the sub-stream (ch2), less lag. I'm using a guest account I made in the camera.

There are a lot of ways to set these systems up. You should read though the forums here, you will find answers to a lot of your questions. Sounds to me you need a NVR, and have the cameras save there. Then you can access it from your computer. But I don't know the specifics on those cameras and what all they can do, you will need to check the manuals.

3mb (Brickcom) is excellent for quality (especially and quite rare for wireless). Illuminators (IR) make it 'see' in the dark. 10 of these will over-saturate a single wireless router for sure, so be sure to compensate for that. Recording is done on the SD card or to a NVR. You'll be paying major bucks for this setup. Why wireless?

Yes I have (had) the same problem. I had to install Chrome. It didn't work in that either until I changed the live view protocol to UDP instead of TCP. I just tried the CTRL+F5 in Firefox and that did the track, its working there again now (in TCP). Thanks for that tip!

Just adding. CIFS is working fine so far with my 2TB WD My Cloud drive.

Looks like Hikvision DS-2CD2132-I. They do look good!

Gotcha, thanks!

I picked up one of these cameras, and was going to turn an old (really old) laptop into a NAS. After upgrading to the newest firmware the cameras now support CIFS/SMB. I saw someone already got CIFS working, and I figured it would be easiest if I just bought a cheap NAS device and used it instead of fumbling with the laptop and freenas. The cheapest I could find is a ZyXEL NSA310 1-bay Network Attached Storage and Media Server for $83. I have a drive for it already. The documentation for the device lists that it has Networking: CIFS/SMB, NFS (for Linux/Unix) Think this would work ok? I'm using one camera now, will be adding another one later in the year. I looked at the Synology NAS devices and the cheapest I could get was the DS112j at $150. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

Are you using PoE to power the camera? If so, your router needs to be able to supply it power. If it doesn't, you need to buy an injector (as mentioned). I use one of these. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PS9E5I/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Plug the power end to the camera, the lan end to the router and away you go.

The Logitech Alert might be able to do these things.

I asked the same question not too long ago: viewtopic.php?f=54&t=34926 I'm thinking on buying something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Android-External-Playback-3-Point-Resistive/dp/B00BZMZNOK/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1366844373 10.1" Android 4.0.4 A10 1.2 GHz External 3G Tablet PC with 4GB Hard Drive, Wi-Fi, 1080P Video Playback, GPS, 3-Point Resistive TFT Touch Screen WiFi and Ethernet.

9 cameras sounds like overkill to me, do you really need that many?

Going to be putting in a 4-camera IP system (costco). I would like to have a monitor set up in the kitchen that shows each feed. It would be ideal if I could grab it and take it to a bedroom/bath/etc. I'm thinking an android tablet with tinycam/ipcam or similar would work, but would like to hear others thoughts on this as I'm super new to this kinda stuff. Do you leave the feed always on? Or when the doorbell rings/whatever you turn it on and start the app? Instead of monitoring the live feed do you monitor the NVR so you can rewind? Should I dedicate a separate wireless AP as to not interfere with the main house wireless? Is a tablet always plugged in a power/heat concern? How would you mount it to a wall? Lastly, any recommendations on the tablet? Thanks!

Is there an updated firmware? Q-See on Facebook posted about (edit) how to update the firmware for it's DVRs just a few days ago. I don't have one (yet) so I can't really comment beyond that if a new one is available for this NVR.

You're basically running your own wireless 'provider'. Put a tower up with an omni antenna and an access point at your base location. All the other locations you will need a yagi antenna and something like a wireless Ethernet bridge. If going through some trees you should be fine, if its totally blocked (hills, houses, etc) then you will need to put up a wireless repeater. Do a websearch for WISP. Look for plans on those who put in wireless at places like RV parks. The tower doesn't need to be anything massive, you will see a lot of different ideas - some super low cost. Hopefully you don't have to go too high. I used to have a yagi antenna ($18) in my attic connected to a Linksys WET11 802.11b ethernet bridge ($150 I think at the time) pointing to a tower a mile away and got great signal even though a couple trees (all 802.11b) and through the siding of my roof. I wouldn't even consider laser - waaaay to expensive.

Yes, that.

Has anyone tried to replace the 6mm stock lens with a 6mm mp lens (the $15 ones)? I saw how much clearer the 3.6mm was, just wondering if the 6mm is that much clearer too.

The Logitech Alert I think can do this.

Thats an awful lot of money to spend to just catch kids! I'd put something cheap like a Logitech Alert there pointed at the truck and see what happens.

Another to consider is the Foscam FI8910W. http://www.amazon.com/Foscam-FI8910W-Wireless-Network-Camera/dp/B006ZP8UOW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337111222&sr=8-1 Good picture, great night IR, 2-way audio and PTZ and wireless. I bought one to mess around with, I like it. Its fun controlling the PTZ from your phone. Negatives is that the fps is low (12 fps max is about it) and its not HD.

Another to look at in your price range is the Logitech Alert 750n. Works with Blue Iris for android viewing, 130deg wide angle lens, powerline networking, IR and a mic. The older version (this one just came out from the looks of it) had a pretty good quality mic. Should work fine for a kids room monitor.

Have you tried 2.4 instead of 900Mhz? I did a mile with 2.4 with a Linksys WET11 connected to a $40 high gain yagi years ago, it was in my attic pointed to a tower.

Been having fun playing with the Foscam FI8910W. Here is a outdoor night video sample. [edit] And day sample in same spot. jUB09iOt8Hg ZG5Rc-3S5_U

I picked up a FI8910W to play around with, its a nice cheap cam. The build quality has improved from the last version, its more 'solid'. It still gets the typical 10ish fps at 640x480 in both day/night. Here is a snap I took from playing around with it in the basement (yeah we're painting). Zero lights, pitch black just the cams IR. This is a snap from my andriod phone running tinycam. I haven't played with the speaker/mic system in it yet.

Check out the Foscam FI8910W, just came out. $110. I may pick one up today, plan on getting two (similar specs) eventually.