Linksys WVC200 Wireless PTZ Internet Camera with Audio Linksys WVC200 Wireless PTZ Internet Camera with Audio

Hot little movable CAM with Audio

Posted May 27, 2006 - I bought this little CAM because I was having vandalism in front of my house. I have had several things either vandalized or stolen. I decided to put in a security camera. When I shopped a friend told me about the Linksys he had. I went and checked it out and the new model had movement and audio. This little puppy works great. My only gripe is the client only runs on a Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher. It won't run on a Mac (Safari) or on Firefox!!!!!!!! Get with it Linksys.

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Linksys WVC200

Posted Jan 12, 2007 - Have both wired and wireless capabilities. Comes with installation disk and quite easy to set up with a LAN cable hooked up to your router. The Sololink account is easy to set up for internet remote viewing. Once these set up is done, and when you unplug the cable and go for wireless, you will be facing difficulities as the ip address will change and the camera suddenly does not work anymore. You will need resetting on the camera, the router and your computer to make it work on wireless. Some people recommend talk to Linksys tech support directly. But I got it to work without calling tech support, but I am sure it will not be easy once I disconnect the power or somehow have to restart the camera in the future. Overall, not a bad camera and is probably the only product available below $300 that can do wireless, pan/tilt and WPA security.

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Linksys WVC200

Posted May 4, 2006 - Very impressed with this camera. Excellent features and very good quality/speed of video and images. Compared to my other internet cameras, this camera is far more superior, and for a lower cost! Installation was a breeze!

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Color Unacceptable

Posted Sep 18, 2006 - After setting up my first WVC200, it was clear that there was a serious problem with the color. When the camera is pointed outside, the deep greens of the grass and trees are displayed as pink/purple. I've just received a Linksys Quality Assurance tested replacement from Linksys as a replacement for the original, and the color is just as bad. Clearly, this problem is not limited to a single camera. I noticed several postings at the Linksys user forum complaining of the same problem. To see samples of the problem, see that forum.

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Good camera

Posted Oct 1, 2006 - This is a fine camera. But you have to learn it on your own. Linksys has limited - and useless - documentation. And their help desk is not well trained on the camera. But spend the time and it will work well. I have 7 and am adding 2 more and they work perfectly and are extremely stable.

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Great for monitoring

Posted Feb 4, 2007 - Just need to know after setting up the wireless settings, should unplug the ethernet cable and then unplug the power for a few seconds. For the price of this camera, it offers a powerful punch. I read the negative reviews about the color, but hey, this camera isn't for shooting the next great documentary, is it? It is easier in some ways to extract the streaming video from a unix mplayer than from windows media player!

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Look for other brands!!!!!

Posted Jan 26, 2007 - I ordered this WVC200 and recieved it promptly. After getting it set up, it went "dead" in less than 24 hours. After spending many hours on the LinkSys customer merry-go-round they determined the camera should be replaced (YA THINK???). As Provantage has a " NO RETURN" policy on this item, I was given an RMA from LinkSys for a replacement. That was over two months ago!!!!!! I have been given more excuses and wasted so much time dealing with LinkSys customer service I'm determined that I'll never buy their products again. My advice to others.......better look at other brands! And just to be clear, I used it one day, and hve been waiting for 70 days for a working replacement. Not too bad for a $230.00 dollar investment!!!!!!!!!! Not!!!

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Going to buy another

Posted Oct 3, 2006 - For everyone having problems not being able to get it to work with your wireless router, change the channel on your router - that's all it takes. Sometimes the default channel has too much traffic on it from others nearby. Once I did this it worked like a champ and hasn't gone down since. I've had many cams but bought this one to setup so we could "keep an eye on things" during our trip to Alaska back in June. We checked in on our cats and birds a couple of times a day, and clear from AK to FL we got great streaming video. Talk about peace of mind ! It also comes with easy to use software for initial setup and a great remote viewing application if you don't want to use your browser. To all the low reviews - either know what you're doing or go back to a wired camera. This isn't for complete newbies.

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WVC200 Wireless PTZ Internet Camera

Posted Sep 3, 2007 - I have older devices on my wireless network that only support WEP. This camera works great hardwired, or with anything besides WEP. Running WEP the camera is slow and sometimes unresponsive. The color thing is hard to get use to as well. There is no green! Everything that should be green looks pink. I will wait for some of these problems to be fixed before I buy another one of these cameras.

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Several features don't work

Posted Apr 18, 2007 - This camera doesn't do what Linksys says it does. It doesn't work with Windows media player. It has frozen up on me several times. If you're on Windows and you can use their monoitor program then it works ok but other wise this camera stinks

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Not worth the hassle

Posted Jul 23, 2006 - I thought this camera could actually be used for security, i.e., monitoring when the supervisor or dog walker enters my apartment. But that was just to entice me into buying it. I was extremely disappointed that, after the euphoria of spending most of the weekend and getting the camera to work, the camera doesn't detect motion beyond about a foot. The only "security" this camera is going to provide is if you stick it right next to your computer to see if somebody is reaching for your keyboard when you aren't around. Do not waste your time and money on this product. (Also, customer service was very unpleasant, basically begging me to hang up on them, but I ultimately got them to help me solve the problem as to why Windows would not allow certain Cisco-Linksys files to be opened (and it was not because a pop-up blocker was on)

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Sorry camera SOFTWARE

Posted Apr 27, 2007 - Software only works with IE. This sucks. But here's the sinker.... The camera's DHCP acquisition doesn't provide correct local IP address except under certain conditions, of which I am, as yet, unable to ascertain... for example, DHCP-acquired address is correct with SMC Barricade and ActionTec wireless access points... Using 2Wire 2700 series WAP, the DHCP-assigned address is some bogus, dice-roll determined address, such as 196.168.1.115, which my WAP router CANNOT EVEN ASSIGN... so where is this BOGUS address coming from? Random core trash? When used with ethernet cable, the camera functions correctly... however, the wired feature, for me, is USELESS, as I cannot string cable around for this camera. Once the power is removed, ethernet cable is removed, and power back on, (this is the procedure to switch from the wired, setup mode, to the wireless mode) the DHCP-assigned address is squirrelly, at best. Also, even with the above noted SMC and ActionTec waps, if the camera antenna is screwed to its terminal, the DHCP address is incorrect ALWAYS...where the camera shows the above dice-rolled IP address 192.168.1.115... for both of WAPs that otherwise correctly.. Remove the antenna, and it usually works correctly with the SMC and ActionTec WAPs... never with the 2Wire 2700 modem... and this really pains me, since the 2Wire is a superior product, with its high powered 400mW radio transmitter and significantly higher throughput. So, all in all, the camera, while a nice enough hardware package setup that COULD WORK, probably, if the software worked correctly, I give the product a 1 out of 5, for my purpose, which is a wireless, internet camera with pan and tilt capability...that communicates with the wireless access point that I have on location... Gee, is this asking for too much, a product that works as advertised and works as expected? You pricks at Linksys need your STUPID HEADS collectively slapped for putting out this disfunctional, garbage pile of so-called product, which has caused SO MUCH TIME WASTAGE on the part of SO MANY, hundreds of, good people who just wanted a simple, functional product. But NOOOO, you have to purvey this pile of sh*t. Save your money until someone makes a decent package, which the WVC200 IS NOT. By the way, my understanding is that Linksys/Cisco didn't really build this crap pile... they just foolishly bought the package from someone else, labeled it as their own, and started the hoax. keith20mm, the guy with the 20mm Solothurn AT cannon.

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Excellent Camera

Posted Sep 5, 2007 - I see from other reviews that some folks had issues with wireless. My guess is they did not read the directions. Set it up with a static IP, not DHCP or dynamic. I don't run LINUX or MAC, so no input there, and since Billy Boy owns the consumer OS market I see no reason for Linksys to bother with those niche users. If you want to run a MAC or Linux you better be very technically competent. MAC is for kiddies at school, and LINUX is for Windows bashing technocrats.

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Beware of this product

Posted Jul 21, 2006 - What I saw on in other reviews is makes my purchase non-sense. It looks like not only I have problem make it work wirelessly. DHCP in my WRT54G router assignes IP - and this is the end of wireless functionality. Same result with manually set IP. WLAN LED blinks periodically and is not dicoverable form my LAN.

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Linksys WVC200

Posted May 6, 2007 - Cisco Systems needs to beef up quality control on ALL Linksys wireless camera/specialty products. All of their wireless/specialty products do not work as claimed. I would recommend Buffalo Technology Federal Edition wireless cameras. They are pricey but ALL features work as claimed.

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