i want to setup a way to monitor the home remotely when i am away....is this easy?
how would I go about this and what would I need?

hook up any webcam to some software route it to some ip address and keep the computer at home running? are there any free s/w?

thanks!

9/17/2008 4:28:50 PM

Try one of these, it's probably a lot less of a headache:

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=692&name=Wireless-Surveillance

You'll need a webserver out there somewhere though, but those are a lot more reliable than residential power * residential internet * the stability of your home computer.

9/17/2008 5:02:51 PM

Quote :

"hook up any webcam to some software route it to some ip address and keep the computer at home running? are there any free s/w?"

exactly

just google it:
http://www.yawcam.com/

http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/09/27/how-to-use-your-pc-and-webcam-as-a-motion-detecting-and-recording-security-camera/
http://infectedproject.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/set-up-a-webcam-security-system/
http://lifehacker.com/software/security/use-your-webcam-as-a-security-camera-203905.php

9/17/2008 5:23:18 PM

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/8698/

9/17/2008 6:04:24 PM

http://www.logmein.com

you can remotely access your computer from another location...
you can setup your webcam running at home... login somewhere else and see the webcam from there....

9/17/2008 6:08:35 PM

^I didn't think virtual video drivers support video.

9/17/2008 6:09:49 PM

the cameras that philihp reccomends are good. i like them b/c you can control them over the internet.

firewire cameras are good, but expensive.

9/17/2008 8:12:29 PM

neodata, not sure what you mean, but it worked fine for me...

9/17/2008 9:12:28 PM

thanks yalll
ok i skimmed through these and most of them seem to be capturing motion detetected pictures
is there one that does constant real time streaming?

i haven't tried logmein yet but seems complicated and not free

9/19/2008 10:09:00 AM

^^Any form of remote desktop uses a virtual video driver to display the remote desktop. These usually can't support video. It maybe able to stream snap shots of the video but not streaming video.

^Yeah you want real-time streaming, not pictures.

9/19/2008 1:50:10 PM