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May 31, 2006 | Comments: (0)

More Options for Small Biz Security Cams

TAGS: SMB Hardware

Did a review of the Lukwerks cams a little while ago--wireless cams, real cheap with ability to show an image on a cell phone. Not bad, but you had to get them direct from Lukwerks.

Cisco's decided to get into that market, and this baby you can get at BestBuy. They're marketing it via the Linksys' brand, but they still can't come up with an interesting name. It's called the Wireless-G Pan/Tilt/Zoom Video Camera. That's like me introducing myself as Oliver Tall Pasty Geek Alone Rist. Put a little imagination in there.

Aside from the name, however, this thing looks good. Pan/Tilt/Zoom cams are generally expensive (Axis, for instance, might sell you one for $600 or more), but the Linksys deal goes for $250 per cam on the street.

Stats include MPEG-4, up to 640x480 resolution, support for varying bandwidth, motion detection with email alerts and the ability to handle 10 simultaneous voyeurs. Not bad.

Just make sure that security cam WiFi network is on its own VLAN and that the stream is protected. Otherwise, they're pretty easy to jam.

Posted by Oliver Rist on May 31, 2006 10:16 PM

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