[MLB-WIRELESS] wifi ap /and/ ip web cam...

[Shaun Lee Clarke]

Not sure how helpful this will be, but I purchased an ASUS WL-500g with 
a webcam as a bundle. The webcam is pretty much the main reason I 
purchased it.

I purchased it from DigiWorld in the City, I can't remember the price, 
but wasn't cheap from memory.

The camera works well (especially if you enable access over the Internet 
:)) but the downside is that getting a webcam to work with, say OpenWRT 
is either difficult or not possible due to the lack of driver support (I 
think you can compile the support for it, but that's not something I'm 
going to attempt yet.).

Right now I'm running some modified ASUS firmware that adds a few things 
and at least gives shell access.

I can't remember the exact model number but I will check when I get 
home. I know it's definitely a Logitech camera.

  *Shaun Lee Clarke*
*Mobile:* 0433 559 020

*Alternate Mobile:* 0400 211 386

*Strathmore Secondary College*
Computer Technician
clarke.shaun.l at edumail.vic.gov.au
http://www.strathmore.vic.edu.au
(03) 9379-7999

*Victorian Space Science Education Centre*
Computer Technician
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Gustaf Bjorksten wrote:
> 
> On 10/11/06, *Tim Hogard* <thogard at knotty.abnormal.com 
> <mailto:thogard at knotty.abnormal.com>> wrote:
> 
>      > Hi all,
>      >
>      > i've been wondering lately.. since wifi ap's already do IP and
>     have a web
>      > server for configuration - surely it would be a snap for vendors
>     to add a
>      > web cam into the unit as well and assign it an IP so folk could
>     do the
>      > remote web cam via the net thing.
>      >
>      > Has this already been done?
>      >
>      > Or are there wifi ap's that work essentially "out of the box"
>     with web cams
>      > (by plugging a web cam into the USB port on the wifi ap or
>     something)?
>      >
>      > How difficult would this be to set up on an OpenWRT ap?
> 
>     mitsubishi diamond R100 (and ASUS) does it out of the box.
>     With a very small number of web cameras.
> 
> 
> Any idea which web cameras they are?  Or is there a resource somewhere 
> that lists them?
> 
> Thnx,
> FooBard
>