Foscam FI8918W IP/Network Camera Reviews

When you've got under no circumstances interfaced together with your router's program previously (and you also aren't brave!) than this may not be for you. It isn't tough to set up. You plug in its AC adapter and plug it into your router. Follow the instructions and wow.
The picture is superb. The movement alarm is excellent. We placed on of those within our barn across the street from our household, about 350 feet away. We extra an $80. antenna to our router from Hawking, also accessible on Amazon, and poof! I can now see what the many sqwak is at 2AM in my barn with out walking all of the way to choose from! Wow, wow, wow. The pan and tilt characteristics are really good. We setup another at our front door, and 3 "out door" types across the outside from the house. I don't understand how long this black "indoor" will final in the excessive temps and humitity of our barn and front porch, but that is certainly not Foscam's trouble. I will update with the end with the winter, or sooner if they die in the course of winter!

4/3/11 Well they made it as a result of the winter. We have been in a position to evaluate motion detection alarm triggered video clips that have been saved on our computer. We now have been in a position to remote pan across the barn to see who is making the many racket and why. It's beautiful to understand who continues to be on your porch whilst you had been sleeping! The cameras are superb. the there is certainly an antenna you can get on amazon that may extend you wireless cababilities. We view the within and outdoors of our barn across the street. These are good.

I am in need of a two camera set-up (baby cams actually). I think I saw the newest Foscam Surveillance App in action and it displayed up to 4 cameras at once. Does the Foscam Surveillance app play audio too, and does the split screen have audio? Or will the app auto scroll through all of your cameras?
Sorry for all of the questions, but I haven't reach much about that app, but it looks the most promising for iOS devices so far.

This particular model will transmit a reasonably decent audio feed to your desktop, unlike its predecessor, the F18908W. I have four foscams, and I can display them all on one screen in 4up mode. However, you'll only receive the audio feed from the camera that is currently "active", i.e., the camera you have currently clicked on. Two of the cameras that I own are made specifically for outdoor use (F18904W). However, I am using the "indoor" (F18908W) cameras outdoors as well since these have pan & tilt which is quite useful for the north and south locations of the house. I took care, however, to place these in protected areas (well under the soffits) to minimize the effects of the outdoors climate. So far, they have been holding up well. Understand that you need to have access to ac power supply, so in reality these cameras are not entirely "wireless". I haven't yet tested the external speaker connection yet, so I can't comment on that. A rather nice app for your cell phone is one which will allow you to check on your cameras while on the road. I purchased one of these for my Blackberry and it works rather well, although you can only view one camera at a time.