web cams

[Derek Atkins]

Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> writes:

> Stephen Adler wrote:
>> ...I need to get a few stand alone, perhaps wireless web cams. 
>> I assume these devices all have a micro apache web server running in
>> them so accessing them from a linux box should be no problem...
>
> The majority of the IP cameras selling for under $300 are designed and
> built in Taiwan or China. They pretty much all use embedded Linux, but
> rarely make the source available. They generally have lousy, buggy firmware.

How about a combination of USB Webcam + a SheevaPlug?  That should keep
you under $300 and give you all the reliability you want/need.

-derek
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