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    Webcam - limit data usage per IP address?

    Thanks everyone for getting back to me on this. Looks like it's no go on this as far as built-in features go. But I've had a look at other options, and looks like it might be possible to do what I want to do using a bit of jiggery pokery with a Mikrotik router. Then could attach an ordinary...
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    Webcam - limit data usage per IP address?

    Thanks TVille, that's an interesting idea I hadn't thought of. Main objections to having a PC there and switched on 24/7 would be power consumption and the cost of the PC. A Raspberry Pi would definitely be an improvement on both counts (although would have to factor in the time commitment of...
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    Webcam - limit data usage per IP address?

    Many thanks TonyR. There isn't a PC we can press into service for this, unfortunately, so we'd need the functionality to be built into the camera firmware. We'd like people to be able to access the camera anonymously (ie without the need for each person to have their own user credentials), but...
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    Webcam - limit data usage per IP address?

    We'd like to set up a webcam at a location at which the only option for Internet access is a metered connection - ie only a set number of GB of data transfer is allowed per month. It would be good to be able to allow good quality / reasonably high frame rate streaming to viewers. But the...
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