Setup in home already. If i am going to a hotels and want to view my room when gone from iPhone 6. Can this be done? do i have to get into the hotels router? can't
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The quick answer is 'yes'. You need to establish a 'dynamic DNS' account for your home, so when you are away, you can look at your cameras via their 'dynamic DNS name' instead of your local home network IP address. You would not be able to access a hotel router, nor would your cameras be on the hotel network anyway. Think in terms of local IP when your are at home, and dynamic DNS when you are away. It does work.
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If you have the app on your iPhone set up correctly and your foscam set up correctly, you can see it from anywhere. The hotels wireless is just a transport option... If not available, it will use your cell service (ATT, version, etc).
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Nope, but as another individual stated, if you have the resources you can convert your cell phone into a hotspot to get the connectivity you want. Actually had to do this when I moved -- the connectivity in the hotel was garbage and wasn't secured. Using my cell worked out well, but cost me a bit more per month.
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No guarantees; it would depend on your distance from the router. Also, in order to set it up you'd probably need more details about the network than the hotel would provide to you - and that's assuming they would allow you to add a range extender in the first place. They would undoubtedly see it on their network. If they're a customer focused hotel and you are staying there for an extended amount of time, it would make sense to ask them because they should be willing to work with you.
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No you place your i phone inside of it. Then you view it with your computer or ipad. Its awesome!
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to view remotely with phone, you need set up network first. This requires professional network experts. End users may not be able to set up the network connection. For iphone, you can search for third party App, like Mobile Eye. We do not provide software or App for access from the phone.
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Put me in the frustrated club. Like another commenter I did not spend a lot of time, but it became clear that my use was not one of the primary supported methods. If you're not in Apple world, I would be prepared to devote some time to getting it to work. It should be possible, but the quick-start easy-setup is not going to do it, and once you get past that, you're on your own to some extent. Docs are not extensive, I didn't see if they have support.
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Dear Abuzer, I am not passionate of computer science and get bored to death very soon with those useless manual (on paper or on line the are equally hopeless). So after a few attempts, I gave up and connected the consolette to the audio output jack of a spare apple base station. As a result it is now connected to the home wi-fi but not on its "own device". If I have time to waste in the future will give it another try
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I am no expert on this matter. You will need to get your iPhone unlocked to use another cell network. Good luck.
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You need to have a monitoring service. The iPhone interface is available through Honeywell. It's called Total Control. We use Alarm Relay for monitoring. It's like ten bucks a month and is UL listed.
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I need a camera to watch a room in my house when im away. I would like to be able to view it from my iPhone or computer. I would like for it to record like dvr but it has to be very discrete. I have wifi at home. I this camera the one I should choose? If possible 2 rooms would be ideal.
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The app that you use on your iPhone does not care whether you connect via WI-FI or cell service. The real question should be whether you are connecting locally or remotely. If you are walking around your house, your iPhone should be finding your router via WI-FI and connecting to the camera using it's local IP address. If you are away from home, your iPhone needs either a WI-FI hot spot or a cell connection. In this case, connection to the camera requires that the camera, router, and the iPhone be configured for port forwarding and DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service). Port forwarding allows the iPhone to burrow through your router's firewall and communicate with the camera. The DDNS allows the iPhone to find your router's IP address in the vast universe of addresses that comprise the internet. Why is DDNS necessary? Your service provider can change your router's address without warning. If all this sounds baffling, you should purchase the camera through Foscam.us or Amazon directly (not a third party retailer) and avail yourself of Foscam's free setup service. Also understand that you would need to deal with these issues with any IP addressable camera, not just Foscam.
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I was also wondering the same, a review at macworld (http://www.macworld.com/article/140133/2009/04/iboom_home.html ) says iPhone goes to Airplane Mode, which is not cool. Btw, this is available at Costco.com for $49.99 this week.
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I am sorry but I don't have an apple router. So I am unable to speak on that. I do have a NetGear router that it connected automatically with. I set it up as an access point and it works great. Since I have a kind of long house and the router is at one end. This has greatly extended our wireless signal in our home. A access point is the best way to go, since it connects to our router by a Cat 6 internet cable so you don't lose part of your bandwidth when you set it up as a WiFi range extender.
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HelloNot without port redirections & static WAN IP addresses on your router, or use of dynamic DNS.There are apps for iPhone but I'm not sure about other phones.I really wouldn't recommend this camera anyway, the light/dark auto-gain issue gives too many false alarms - even when viewing & the sun comes out, the picture flashes rapidly.Cheap product cheaply made. Avoid if possible.Cheers,Ashley
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No, you do not as long as your wifi signal will reach where you reinstall it. You just have to hold down the on/off switch for about three seconds and then swithch it on. It found my wifi from my den to one of my bedrooms and it just took a few seconds to recognize my iPhone and it was playing my playlist.
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so far I have only used the zmodo phone app, which works well. there are 2 apps, one for when you are on your home network. one for when you are not. my understanding is there is a way to "port forward" so you can view your cameras on any computer but my attempts to do that so far have failed. They weren't much of an attempt though. Ill probably try again later. There are some youtube videos of how to do it.
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I don't know why people are saying you can't because you absolutely can view this video/audio feed when away from home. All you have to do is download the app, plug in some settings, and you're good to go.