Webcam advise-wireless if possible

[Comanche79p]

I am wanting to put a webcam at my cabin that I can link with the router. Most I see won't handle much cold weather and I wanted to set it up outside instead of in a window.
Really didn't want to spend a fortune either. Anyone tried this before?

 

[BrotherBart]

I have two plain old D-Link 932L inside cams outside under the wood shed roof. They have both seen -4 this year with no ill effect and they are five years old.

 

[razerface]

Make sure your wifi is fast enough If that is in the plan. I live in the sticks,,and my dsl is barely fast enough to run 1 camera. The upload speed will be the problem.

 

[Comanche79p]

Make sure your wifi is fast enough If that is in the plan. I live in the sticks,,and my dsl is barely fast enough to run 1 camera. The upload speed will be the problem.

I have 5 mbps on DSL. Will that work?

 

[Comanche79p]

I have two plain old D-Link 932L inside cams outside under the wood shed roof. They have both seen -4 this year with no ill effect and they are five years old.

Looks like Dlink has some good reviews. Thanks for the note.

 

[BrotherBart]

You can adjust frame rate on the cams so you should be able to find a rate that works OK. If you use a in-home style cam like the D-Link 930 series be sure it is protected. They ain't water proof. I had to move them outside because when the infrared switches on it reflect in window glass and blinds the camera.

I figured they would crap out outside but would wait for it to happen and then pop the bucks for outdoor cameras. Several years and it ain't happened yet.

YMMY.

 

[BrotherBart]

PS: D-Link has a cloud service for accessing the cams remotely. I don't use it since the farthest I go is to the mailbox anymore.

 

[Comanche79p]

I am technologically challenged so I really hated to be asking questions on line. I'm more geared for saws and splitters.
I thought the cloud service would be what I needed to access remotely.

 

[Dr.Faustus]

I have 4 cheapy foscam cameras - pan and tilt with no zoom. color. they sit outside under the eaves of the house. they do not see a drop or water or snow but have seen -20 this winter and 100 with high humidity in the summer. they have been there 4 years. never had a problem.
They pose a tiny problem in the summer when there is so much light out, the picture is kind of washed out and or grayscale, but they still see. They serve their purpose in which i can check them from my cell phone when i'm at work, and to also provide a huge deterrent to theives. from work, i access the cameras and know 2 things. 1 the house is ok and 2, the power is still on. This is important for me to be able to check because I have well the pellet stove but more importantly the sump pump. If that thing is without power for 30 minutes i've got problems.

I have a water sensor with an autodialer on the sump pump but after 2 false alarms, i decided to set up a camera on that too. Now if the dialer calls me I can fire up the camera and see if its the real deal.
I dont remember what i paid for the cameras, but i know it was under 100 each. They are wifi capable but i hard wired them to my router and get way better performance especially when looking at all 5 at the same time. (4 outside, 1 on sump pump)