edstevens 0 Posted September 13, 2013 Recently purchased, then returned, an outdoor Foscam IP camera. I liked the advertised features, and two co-workers have it and are pleased with theirs. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the set up the email notification. While I'm not a network engineer, I am in IT (DBA and unix admin) and work shoulder to shoulder with our net admin, and am familiar with ip addressing, routing, firewalls, etc. But the Foscam gave no more helpful diagnostic than 'unable to connect to mail server', and their support was non-existent. Looking at other alternatives, like the Lorex. It seems from what I can find out that they require an on-site recording device. In itself, that is ok, but I'm wanting something that, on motion detection, will send the images off-site. I've not found anything in any of the literature I've seen that addresses that, and am hoping someone can tell me what I'm overlooking, or any relevant suggestion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buellwinkle 0 Posted September 14, 2013 Lorex or any lower end brand is not going to give you the level of support you need as it's normal for just about any camera to give comparable messages when setting up email. You need a brand with a higher level of support and I would recommend Axis or ACTi. Used to get good support out of Mobotix but that seems to have gone downhill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
