Foscam FI8918W

Foscam FI8918W could be a wireless or wired, pan/tilt IP camera answer for indoor use. It combines a prime quality digital video camera, remote pan/tilt ability with network connectivity and a robust net server to bring clear video to your desktop or smartphone from anywhere on your native network or over the web. The prime quality video image is transmitted with 30fps speed on the LAN/WAN by using MJPEG hardware compression technology. The image resultion is 640 x 480 (300k Pixels). The Foscam FI8918W camera is predicated on the TCP/IP customary. The management, management and maintenance of the camera is finished just by using your browser to remotely configure and upgrade the firmware. The Foscam FI8918W IP camera will reach up to eight meters of visibility in absolute darkness with eleven infrared LED's.

Setup was fast and painless. I plugged the foscam camera into my router with the included cable and when checking my router settings for the IP address, I may access the camera straight from a browser. On the settings page I solely changed the username/password, adjusted the pan/tilt speed and added my wireless settings. There are plenty of alternative choices, however these are the fundamentals to induce up and running and permit placement of the camera anywhere at intervals vary of your wireless router with solely the facility adapter.

The picture is obvious and works in all light-weight conditions from total darkness to sunlight. The IR is extremely helpful in each of my toddlers rooms at nighttime. The wide angle permits me to ascertain plenty and with the pan/tilt I will see everything.

If you have never interfaced with your router's software before (and you are not brave!) than this might not be for you. It is not hard to set up. You plug in its AC adapter and plug it into your router. Follow the instructions and wow.

The picture is wonderful. The motion alarm is fantastic. We placed on of these inside our barn across the street from our home, about 350 feet away. We added an $80. antenna to our router from Hawking, also available on Amazon, and poof! I can now see what all the sqwak is at 2AM in my barn with out walking all the way out there! Wow, wow, wow. The pan and tilt features are really nice. We setup another at our front door, and three "out door" styles around the outside of the property. I don't know how long this black "indoor" will last in the extreme temps and humitity of our barn and front porch, but that is not Foscam's problem. I will update at the end of the winter, or sooner if they die during winter!

Well they made it through the winter. We have been able to review motion detection alarm triggered video clips that were saved on our pc. We have been able to remote pan across the barn to see who is making all the racket and why. It is lovely to know who has been on your porch while you were sleeping! The cameras are wonderful. the there is an antenna you can get on amazon that will extend you wireless cababilities. We view the inside and outside of our barn across the street. These are great.

This is a great product. Yes the setup takes time... but what do you expect? Its a complicated device. If you wanted something easy.. go hire someone to install it for you. Just because you think you know networking and you have trouble with this. You obviously don't know networking like you thought you did. Go read a book instead of leaving terrible comments. Product works great. Up and running. Motion Detect armed. Getting notifications. And I have yet to take full advantage of this system. Great product!!

Title Post: Foscam FI8918W
Rating: 100% based on 2069 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: the Wicaksonos Family

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