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    Buying my first IP camera, thought I'd ask your advice first. (UK)

    So anyway after, building a virtual machine and getting the windows software running on my mac, then dragging my 12 year old laptop out and trying with that, exhausted at around 2am last night I gave up. I couldn't do anything to log onto the camera, neither browser nor software could get into...
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    Buying my first IP camera, thought I'd ask your advice first. (UK)

    The Hikvision DS-2CD2432F-IW arrived today and my excitement quickly gave way to dismay and then anger and frustration as I tried to get the blasted thing to work. I took it out of the box and connected it to my 2TB AirPort Time Capsule using a cat 5e cable and then plugged in the power...
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    Buying my first IP camera, thought I'd ask your advice first. (UK)

    Sadly there is nowhere outside where I could put a camera where it wouldn't be very obvious and out of place, same reason I can't have UPVC windows or front door (not that I'd want them), it would just look terribly wrong. I appreciate that I've a far from idea location for the camera and I'll...
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    Buying my first IP camera, thought I'd ask your advice first. (UK)

    I'm getting there... slowly I've decided on the DS-2CD2432F-IW as both 1.3 and 3MP versions I've found are roughly the same price. I went out last night and looked carefully at the front of the house and it's remarkably well lit by the street lamps at night, I'd imagine that they produce a...
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    Buying my first IP camera, thought I'd ask your advice first. (UK)

    Hello, I'm Andy from The City of Bristol in the UK and I'm looking to purchase my first IP camera. I attempted to do some research on the subject and after wading through lots of stuff on the internet I really didn't feel any better equipped to make an informed decision than when I had begun...
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